Another street question (Marginal Road)

[johnny g]

Another one that always puzzled me was that little semi-circle "street" off of Hudson by the rt 80 overpass called "Marginal Road". It runs from Hudson around to E Wesley St but has no houses on it, just off street parts of Jackson and Washington Aves.
anyone know anything about this?

[Homer Jones]

Ol' Homer actually has an answer for you. Here are two answers to your query -- you select the one which you want to believe is the correct one.

  A. The street was named for Joe Marginal who was a first ward politician or;

  B. During the late 1950's when the construction plans were being drawn for the Route 80 / Hudson Street exit, an engineer wrote the words "Marginal Road" on the construction plans since that right of way had not been named. The plans indicated the designation for a marginal road which ultimately was shown on the City's street maps as "Marginal Road". And the rest is history.

Sorry Joe.

[johnny g]

Thanks Homer, the second one sounds like the more believable one!