Yellow brick road
The actual road is believed to be one in Peekskill, New York, where L. Frank Baum attended Peekskill Military Academy. According to a local legend, the Yellow Brick Road was derived from a road paved with yellow bricks near Holland, Michigan, where Baum spent summers. Ithaca, New York, also makes a claim for being Frank Baum's inspiration. He opened a road tour of his musical, The Maid of Arran, in Ithaca, and he met his future wife Maud Gage Baum while she was attending Cornell University. At the time, yellow bricks paved local roads. Yellow brick roads can also be found in Aberdeen, South Dakota; Albany, New York; Rossville (Baltimore County), Maryland; Montclair, New Jersey (Parkhurst Place and Afterglow Way); Bronxville, New York (on Prescott and Valley roads); Chicago, Illinois; Liberal, Kansas; Sedan, Kansas and Chittenango, New York, as well as a school in Abington, Pennsylvania, and abroad in Sofia, Bulgaria.
North Oak Trafficway
North Oak Trafficway is a major north/south arterial road in Kansas City, North, MO and Gladstone, MO. Its southern terminus is at the city limits of North Kansas City, NE 32nd St., where it breaks off of Missouri Route 9, known as Burlington Road inside North Kansas City. From there, it runs 10.5 miles through Kansas City North, Gladstone, and Oaks, MO. Its northern terminus is Missouri Route 291 near NE 115th St. It serves as the main commercial strip in Gladstone and the surrounding areas. It runs parallel with U.S. 169 for its entire length,which is less than a mile to the west. From its southern terminus to I-29/U.S. 71, it is also known as Missouri Route 283.