474. Trivial Answers

Here are the answers to the Trivial Driving Quiz from last week. I really appreciate everyone who submitted an answer or comment.

1. East Manslick Road - PRESTON HIGHWAY - South Park Road.

2. Robbs Lane - SHEPHERDSVILLE ROAD (formerly known as OLD SHEPHERDSVILLE ROAD) - Applegate Lane.

3. Seventh Street Road - BERRY BOULEVARD or SEVENTH STREET ROAD - Manslick Road. (Two possible answers). This is not the original configuration of the intersection, although it has been this way since the late 1930s. Originally, before Berry Boulevard was built, the road forked at this point, with 7th Street Road hugging the railroad R-O-W to the point of crossing. The city limits line between Shively and Louisville follows this old line, behind the Thorobred Dance Club building.

4. New Cut Road - SOUTHERN PARKWAY - Taylor Boulevard.

5. Baxter Avenue - SHADY LANE (ENTRANCE TO CALVARY CEMETERY also accepted - Newburg Road. This is an old Louisville City Limits line from the 1920s. As evidence, you will notice the sidewalks end at this point on Newburg Road.

6. Browns Lane - BOWLING BOULEVARD - Hubbards Lane. This original answer would have been Browns Lane, and was until not long ago. With the construction of Kresge Way in the 1970s and Bowling Boulevard in the 1980s, the road names have changed disconnecting the two sections of Browns Lane in this area.

7. Southside Drive - NEW CUT ROAD - Third Street Road.

8. Algonquin Parkway - WINKLER AVENUE - Rodman Avenue. Again, this is not the original configuration, which originally had Algonquin forking off of Winkler Avenue, with Rodman crossing over both streets. The former path can be reckoned by following the driveway out of the Dairy Queen to Rodman.

9. Breckenridge Lane - FRANKFORT AVENUE (SHELBYVILLE ROAD also accepted reluntantly) - Chenoweth Lane. Of course, up until the 1980s, Breckenridge Lane was spelled Breckinridge Lane.

10. Brownsboro Road - BROWNSBORO ROAD - Ballardsville Road.

11. Manslick Road - PALATKA ROAD - Saint Andrews Church Road.

12. Beulah Church Road - BEULAH CHURCH ROAD - Fegenbush Lane

13. S. Third Street - NO ANSWER, THE STREET CHANGES NAME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK. FOR THAT MATTER, THE BLOCK NUMBER SKIPS FROM 3100 TO 3700 AT THE SAME POINT - Southern Parkway. (This is a trick
question). Where 3rd Street originally ended was where Mayor Jacob decided to build his "Grand Avenue" out to Jacob's Park, now called Iroquois Park. The park was also called Jacob's Folly at the time, as it was in the middle of nowhere with no access. All that has changed.

14. Winkler Avenue - WINKLER AVENUE - Taylor Boulevard.

15. Goss Avenue - EASTERN PARKWAY - Poplar Level Road.

16. Fern Valley Road - FEGENBUSH LANE - S. Hurstbourne Parkway. This is a recently finished roadway, rebuilding Fern Valley at Poplar Level and extending S. Hurstbourne over to meet them. Briefly last year, there was a movement to change the name of Fern Valley to W. Hurstbourne, as businesses would rather have a Hurstbourne address than a Fern Valley address.

17. W. Manslick Road - FAIRDALE ROAD - Mount Holly Avenue.

18. Pindell Avenue - HESS LANE - Oriole Drive.

19. Oakdale Avenue - SOUTHERN PARKWAY - S. Third Street.

20. E. Main Street - NO ANSWER, THE STREET CHANGES NAMES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 1400 BLOCK - Mellwood Avenue. (This is a trick
question).

21. S. 15th Street - W. HILL STREET - S. 16th Street. Before the construction of the old Brown-Williamson plant at this intersection, S. 16th followed it former patter and would not intersected with S. 15th at this point.

22. E. Oak Street - BARRET AVENUE - Winter Avenue.

23. S. Shelby Street - CLARK'S LANE - Preston Highway.

24. Newburg Road - SHEPHERDSVILLE ROAD (formerly known as OLD SHEPHERDSVILLE ROAD) - Buechel Bank Road.

26. Klondike Lane - KLONDIKE LANE -Bradford Avenue.

27. Hikes Lane - NEWBURG ROAD (PETERSBURG or OLD NEWBURG ROAD also accepted) - Produce Road. For years, in the 1960s and 1970s, the intersection of Produce Road, then known as Produce Lane, did not connect with Hikes Lane or anything else. It was built but didn't go anywhere. In the 1970s, the ends of Produce Lane and Hikes Lane were constructed to connect to the previously built intersection.

28. S. 7th Street - ALGONQUIN PARKWAY - Seventh Street Road. (There is
disagreement on this answer. I am looking for the Post Office definition). Others assert the name changes at the old Railroad R-O-W just south of McFerran Elementary. Still others say it is where the City Limits line is on the west side, which is a few blocks south of Algonquin Parkway, just past the Mobile Home Park entrance. Of course the City erroneously marks it as 7th Street in places all the way out to Berry Boulevard.

29. New Cut Road - BROWN AUSTIN ROAD or W. MANSLICK ROAD - W. Manslick Road. This was not the original configuration. In the 1980s, a road was built through between W. Manslick Road at Brown Austin Road and New Cut Road about 3/4 mile to the north. People mostly called it Manslick Road (since that is a pretty common street name in Louisville and Jefferson County) but it really wasn't. It was never officially named and was only known on some maps as KY1865. Finally, in the 1990s, and after a few building permits were taken, it became necessary to name it. Since W. Manslick went off in another direction at one end, it was decided to name it New Cut Road. But then at the other end was the road originally called New Cut. That section was changed to Old New Cut.

30. Saint Andrews Church Road - DIXIE HIGHWAY - Greenwood Road.

31. W. Manslick Road - W. MANSLICK ROAD - Keys Ferry Road.

32. Old New Cut Road - W. MANSLICK ROAD - Penile Road.

Extra Credit:

Where is the street Louisville Metro officially calls Old Shepherdsville Road? Hint: It is not the street most of us mean when we say Old Shepherdsville Road (or "Old Shep") but it used to be. ANSWER: IT IS THE REMNANT OF THE OLDER PART OF SHEOHERDSVILLE ROAD AT SAINT FRANCIS AVENUE IN THE CITY OF WEST BUECHEL.

Also, Louisville has three streets named Indian Trail which aren't connected. Where are they? ANSWER: ONE IS EAST OF PRESTON HIGHWAY, STARTING AT MONTGOMERY CHEVROLET. THE SECOND IS WEST OF PRESTON HIGHWAY, STARTING AT H&S HARDWARE. THE THIRD IS OFF NEW CUT ROAD, NORTH OF THE OUTER LOOP.

Happy Trails!