Streets in the US with unusual designations (not St, Ave, Blvd, etc.) (homes, neighborhoods)

[DukeCityDenizen]

In Albuquerque these are a few that come to mind:

Ronda de Lechusas
Corte de Aguila
Caminito Coors
Calle Norteña
Paseo del Norte
Mateo Prado
Camino de Salud
Vereda de Chaparral
Avenida Estrellita
Salida del Sol

All of these have meaning in Mexican, Spanish or Portuguese parlance as street designations

[P Larsen]

Originally Posted by 585WNY

Actually along those lines there are several “Wharf” designations in Boston.

Because they used to be active wharves. Some still are (notably, Long Wharf, though it's not nearly as long as it once was, due to infill*), others have long stopped, some even have been surrounded by fill (such as India Wharf; back circa 1800, Boston fleets led the India trade, while Salem fleets led the China trade, though both cities did a mix).


1722 vs 1880: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...oston_1772.png

[EscAlaMike]

In the Indian Head subdivision in Tallahassee, Florida, many of the streets are called "____ Nene", which is the Seminole word for "path" or "trail".

[scorpio516]

Originally Posted by arr430

French Quarter streets are signposted as "Rue Bourbon", with no mention of Street.

Rue is French for street.

I've got a Southwest Cutoff and Northeast Cutoff among hundreds of streets and avenues and parkways and a couple roads in town

[Cabezablanca]

Alameda de las Pulgas in San Mateo County, California

[LINative]

Originally Posted by Nemean

Everything in Nashville is a Pike

I guessing that pike is short for Turnpike.

Nemean is not kidding, I remember reading about some battle outside Nashville during the Civil War and there were at least 6 or so (I don't remember exactly) turnpikes coming into Nashville just from the southern end.

[ParaguaneroSwag]

A portion of Bellaire Blvd in Houston got renamed “Dai Lo Saigon”, where Dai Lo is the equivalent to Blvd/Street. That area obviously has a high concentration of Vietnamese

[DubbleT]

I once took a wrong turn and ended on a dead end street named Phlox Creek, no designation after the Creek. Always thought that was kind of weird.

[KathrynAragon]

In Tyler, TX:

Apache Pass
Arnett Way
Ashton Cove
Balsam Gap
Bishop Alley
Birdpoint Trail
Camden Passage
Canyon Creek
Castleton Way
Cedar Hollow
Chaparrel Run
Chapel Quarters
Charleston Park
Cold Water Cove
Cooks Crossing
Contenders Way
Court Crest
Cross Fence Trail
Crooked Trail
Dobbs Terrace
Doral Place
Essex
Gentry
Horseshoe Trail
Indian Trace
Lansdowne Terrace
Masters Circle
Navajo Trail
Peaceful Acres
Pruitt Plaza
Rainbow Point
Regents Row
Reed Alley
S Tyler Trails Underpass
Settlers Landing
Shelley Park Plaza
Stonebank Crossing
Tammi Trail
Teal Flight Way
Trafalgar Square
Winterberry Cove
Windmill Crossing
https://geographic.org/streetview/usa/tx/tyler.html

[paytonc]

In Chicago, I once had an editor question whether I was correct in just writing "Broadway" - in that gridiron, north-south streets are almost always Avenues, and east-west almost always Streets. (Some extra streets are called "Court" or "Place.") I had to bring an Official City Published Map over to prove that it's just "Broadway."

Chicago is so committed to street suffixes that there's a bridge where Western Ave and Western Blvd run parallel to one another, then cross over.

"Pike" does appear to date back to commercially operated turnpikes, and seems most common in the northeast.

The USPS has a suggested list of suffixes, some of which are also pretty regional.