# Suggestive road names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 2, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestive-road-names/970820 "2022-09-02T16:15:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestive-road-names/970820/21 "2022-09-04T16:00:33Z")
> **[Brown Material Road](http://www.gribblenation.org/2020/04/brown-material-road.html)** > > Crappy times got you down?  Feel like the news is full of nothing but brown material?  Tired of having a giant turd bomb of bad news drop... Which mentions an intersection of Inyo/Butte in Bakersfield. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestive-road-names/970820/22 "2022-09-05T08:04:24Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Speaking of beavers, there’s a sign on I-75 for Big Beaver road in SE Michigan: “Big Beaver: Exit 69”. And sure enough, [there are plenty of web images of it (the sign)](https://www.google.com/search?q=Big+Beaver:+Exit+69&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=minv&sxsrf=ALiCzsbx2D_XJFBj0vY1t67TTUoTkHhsIw:1662364730691&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiU8Ymal_35AhUEBEQIHUBIAwEQ_AUoAnoECAIQAg&biw=428&bih=746&dpr=3). ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestive-road-names/970820/23 "2025-08-23T23:49:43Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > We have a ‘Stoner DR’. The signs are stolen all the time. Bumping this thread since I saw this thread in my periodic random search of the Dope amidst my utter boredom. I found Stoner DR. Google Maps can confirm that it is Stoner DR. But when I zoom in to Street View, the sign is now “County Road 123”, presumably to avoid the expense of sign replacement. I wonder if all roads in the county technically have numbers or if they had to specifically co-brand the road for this purpose. I only wonder that because if so, they were lucky that it wasn’t County Road 69 or 420. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestive-road-names/970820/24 "2025-08-24T00:03:25Z")
When I drove thru Canada 20 years ago, on 401 just east of Detroit I came across Sexton Side Road. Some joker had blotted out the “t” there. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestive-road-names/970820/25 "2025-08-24T00:06:52Z")
Not quite what the OP had in mind, but there’s a street in my area named “Falling Heath”, which I always misread as “Failing Health”. According to this article, it’s named after a village in England and I’m not the only person to misread it: > **[City Streets: Why Such Strange Names?](https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2016/11/17/city-streets-why-such-strange-names/)** > > Falling Heath? Fairy Chasm? Port Sunlight? A short history of town’s oddest names. > Fallings Heath was a village outside of Wolverhampton, England, which Meredith listed as his place of birth. His sons later dropped the “s” from Fallings when they named the street. > But to nearly every one who glances at [Bay View](https://urbanmilwaukee.com/neighborhoods/bay-view)‘s Falling Heath Place street sign for the first time, the thought Failing Health inevitably pops into their mind. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestive-road-names/970820/26 "2025-08-24T00:14:26Z")
In college, there was a guy living in my dorm who was a big time stoner. Every night there was smoke coming out of his room. At the end of the year when we were all looking for places to live the next year, he was ecstatic to inform everyone that he had found a room to rent on High Street. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestive-road-names/970820/27 "2025-08-24T00:40:05Z")
Some college friends of mine got arrested at the Bong Recreation Area for recreating their bongs. [![](https://wiki.animutationportal.com/images/c/c0/BongRecreationArea.jpg) ](https://wiki.animutationportal.com/images/c/c0/BongRecreationArea.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestive-road-names/970820/28 "2025-08-24T00:56:38Z")
[“That street where prostitution is active”](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gropecunt_Lane) not to mince words ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestive-road-names/970820/29 "2025-08-24T09:44:56Z")
I see that Wikipedia page mentions as one such street Bordhawlane. Might that once have been Bored Whore Lane? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestive-road-names/970820/30 "2025-08-24T11:45:21Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I found Stoner DR. Google Maps can confirm that it is Stoner DR. But when I zoom in to Street View, the sign is now “County Road 123”, presumably to avoid the expense of sign replacement. Huh. Your right. The google ‘overview’ map still says Stoner DR though. I used to be in charge of addressing for the county. Sounds easy, right? Gawd. “My numerologist says I shouldn’t be associated with the number 10” That was an easy one as it was a new subdivision, and it was small. He was the developer and is now number 8. One woman put up a hell of a fight not wanting to display her address. You have to have an address displayed to get a building permit. And of course the area/subdivision that we allowed the developer to address. That’s the biggest mess of addresses in the county. I don’t have to deal with that shit anymore, and only 3 months until retirement. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestive-road-names/970820/31 "2025-08-24T12:05:50Z")
It seems that theft was such a problem that the [Horneytown Road](https://www.gpyes.com.au/horneytown-a-tale-of-street-signs-and-gps-tracker-device) sign is chipped. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestive-road-names/970820/32 "2025-08-24T13:13:30Z")
Looks like NC may have given up on Horneytown since all the intersections I checked were unlabeled in Google Street View. I’ve never been tempted to steal a sign, I mean wtf? The closest I came was deliberately stopping in Weed, CA, to get gas when my tank was only halfway empty, only to find that my printed receipt had a different city on its label. I am glad that I didn’t deliberately get $4.20 worth and merely filled up. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestive-road-names/970820/33 "2025-08-24T14:18:23Z")
When we last were house-hunting we looked at a place on Tobacco Road. There’s a photo of me wearing devil horns, posing next to a SE Texas road sign for a small community, Pop. 666. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestive-road-names/970820/34 "2025-08-24T14:50:06Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Some college friends of mine got arrested at the Bong Recreation Area for recreating their bongs. He was a WWII hero, Richard Bong, Medal of Honor recipient. He shot down 40 Japanese aircraft from his Lockheed P-38 Lightning. He was from Wisconsin and he’s buried there. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestive-road-names/970820/35 "2025-08-24T14:57:26Z")
In West Hartford CT where I lived for a bit I lived on Concord Street and delivered the Hartford Courant morning paper on that street. At the end of Concord Street was (is) also Lexington Road, and they both meet at Farmington Avenue. So, there it’s Lexington & Concord. Some Revolutionary War history names. The DD coordinates for that intersection is ▲ 41.7654, -72.72 Lexington & Concord. There’s also another intersection in the town center, Raymond and Burr. Like the actor. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestive-road-names/970820/36 "2025-08-24T15:18:11Z")
Some farmer named two roads that meet in a T intersection, Dick and Johnson. Always made the kids on the bus guffaw. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestive-road-names/970820/37 "2025-08-24T15:20:11Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > So, there it’s Lexington & Concord. Some Revolutionary War history names. Some time back, I ran across the intersection of Moose and Squirrel. I even started a thread on it: > [@Corner of Moose and Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corner-of-moose-and-squirrel/846317): > > I just happened to run across this. In Banff, Alberta, the streets are mostly named for animal, iIncluding Moose and Squirrel Streets. And those two do [intersect](https://www.google.com/maps/@51.1818389,-115.5712879,3a,75y,18.39h,94.81t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sVfPHbu96JP0mtljnnmPlxA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656). It’s just an ordinary residential intersection, no special indication of Rocky&Bullwinkleness, alas. And streetview didn’t have a good image of both street signs together. You can see one of them above the stop sign and if you maneuver around you can see the other. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestive-road-names/970820/38 "2025-08-24T15:24:26Z")
A few blocks away from my place: [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczMWGXBxQUya0qJ-w60ecnlMN62SDNFyIxyQFBP1TtcOBNDADrxVHfIpDFsm-cxX4_98NcjJ4vYxsyuGq-J29rwinFk928eZDk_WPTnAlYipRg3e1jVw=w600-h315-p-k "New photo · Sunday, Aug 5, 2007 📸") ](https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipN-OrRynr5rLHlTxN_hL4zNjVo5fL6cO1dzAMddEVAEmIW8M2zsswBUTvqBf7Z1Uw?key=YTU0SXZKeEJyTE9IMFBNX1o4WmNNYjRESXpIN3RB) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestive-road-names/970820/39 "2025-08-24T16:34:55Z")
Is Lake Shore Drive (aka LSD) in Chicago suggestive enough for the thread. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0saZiLV7-7E?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RD0saZiLV7-7E ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestive-road-names/970820/40 "2025-08-27T18:39:12Z")
Not so much a road name as a stage point in a road race (and it has a hotel as well): > **[Three Cocks village name censored in cycling race listings](https://www.brecon-radnor.co.uk/news/three-cocks-village-name-censored-in-cycling-race-listings-826429)** > > The Powys village of Three Cocks has been censored in the official online listings for the Ras Ieuenctid De Cymru – Junior Race of South Wales. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestive-road-names/970820.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestive-road-names/970820.md?page=3)