The Ambiguity of "Ainsworth Road"

1959 Sappers Ad

Above is part of a page from the Hobart Herald of July 9, 1959, which I bought yesterday at a Hobart antique store. At the bottom of the page is an advertisement for Sapper's Farm Market, which still operates today on State Road 51 just south of "the bend" where the east-west 10th Street bends into the north-south Grand Boulevard — both of them part of the sinuous State Road 51.

In the 1959 ad, the store's location is given as "Rt. 51 & 11th St. (Ainsworth Rd.)."

When I saw that, I said to myself, "Huh???" Isn't there about a mile separating the roughly parallel lines of 11th Street and Ainsworth Road?

So this morning I trotted over to Sapper's to ask for help, and I got it. Apparently State Road 51 south of "the bend" used to be called Ainsworth Road.

As if I weren't already confused enough! So eventually Ainsworth Road intersects with Ainsworth Road? Somebody, please shoot me now.