Scan of streets NOT THERE, along Oswego Road

[BarryC]

I think I posted here about this previously, that my Burlington County map from Alfred B. Patton, Inc., shows streets along Oswego Road that aren't there. Well it suddenly ocurred to me that I can scan it, and that way everyone can see what I'm talking about.
So I posted the scan of this in my gallery, along with a similar view from Topozone. These can be seen on page 11 of my gallery. Take a look. It's pretty odd about those streets. I wonder if it was something planned that never happened, or if it's one of those anti-copying tricks that map-makers use sometimes.
Hold on! It just ocurred to me- I wonder if those are streets that were once part of Allentown. I read once on a now-defunct website about New Gretna history that Allen Road used to be called Allentown Road, because there was a town out there called Allentown. Sometime in the late 1800s or early 1900s the town was packed up and moved out to Route 9 and renamed New Gretna. I wonder.
Barry

 

[bobpbx]

Barry, paper streets are common. They are planned developments that never happened. Do you remember "fruitland"? I think those streets are on paper only too. What is a little weird is having them end up on a map published for public use...........bob

 

[Ben Ruset]

Also, sometimes map companies put fake streets on maps where people normally would never have to go, so that they can tell if someone copied their map for their own publication.

 

[BarryC]

Yes- I said that I wonder if that was a possibility: (from my text above- I wonder if it was something planned that never happened, or if it's one of those anti-copying tricks that map-makers use sometimes. )
Either one of these is a possibility. It would be interesting to find out for sure. And the thing about Allentown- Who knows? It would be interesting to know that too.

Also, sometimes map companies put fake streets on maps where people normally would never have to go, so that they can tell if someone copied their map for their own publication.