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Roads in America cross referenced with Eagles on Wikipedia

The Eagles are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1971. With five number-one singles, six number-one albums, six Grammy Awards and five American Music Awards, the Eagles were one of the most successful musical acts of the 1970s in North America. In addition, they are one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold more than 200 million records worldwide, including 100 million sold in the US alone. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 and were ranked number 75 on Rolling Stone's 2010 list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". Wikipedia

We take the Eagles article on Wikipedia, find the entries that belong to it, and look for roads whose name is the same as one of those entries. A match means the street name equals an entry's Wikipedia title, its Wikidata label, or one of its aliases. It says nothing about why a road has its name.

Matched street names 5

Each street name below equals the entry shown, once the road type (St, Rd, Ct) is ignored.

Left out 1

These names were found and then set aside. Nothing on the story page counts them.

NameEntryWhyRoads
EAGLESEaglesCarried by more than 100 roads nationally267

Every Wikipedia entry tried 46

Including the entries that matched no road at all.