Crossroads
Encyclopedia
Crossroads, or crossroad, or cross road may refer to:
- Intersection (road)Intersection (road)An intersection is a road junction where two or more roads either meet or cross at grade . An intersection may be 3-way - a T junction or fork, 4-way - a crossroads, or 5-way or more...
, a road junction where two or more roads meet
Music
- "Cross Road BluesCross Road Blues"Cross Road Blues" is a song by Delta Blues singer Robert Johnson; released on a 78 rpm record in 1936 by Vocalion Records, catalogue 3519. The original version remained out of print after its initial release until the appearance of The Complete Recordings in 1990...
", a blues song by Robert Johnson, later recorded as "Crossroads" by many other musicians - Crossroads (Tracy Chapman album), or the title track
- Cross RoadCross RoadCross Road is a greatest hits compilation released by the American band Bon Jovi in 1994. The album contains hits from between Bon Jovi and Keep The Faith and two new tracks: the hit singles "Always" and "Someday I'll Be Saturday Night", as well as a new, updated rendition of "Livin' on a Prayer"...
, a 1994 compilation album by Bon Jovi - Crossroads (Eric Clapton album) by Eric Clapton or its sequel, Crossroads 2: Live in the SeventiesCrossroads 2: Live in the SeventiesCrossroads 2: Live in the Seventies is a box set by Eric Clapton, released in 1996. Unlike the first Crossroads box set that encompasses more than three decades of Clapton's work, Crossroads 2 is a chronicle of Clapton's live shows between 1974 through 1978...
(box set) - Crossroads Guitar FestivalCrossroads Guitar FestivalThe Crossroads Guitar Festival is a music festival and benefit concert first held in 2004 and again in 2007 and 2010. The festivals benefit the Crossroads Centre founded by Eric Clapton, a drug treatment center located in Antigua. The concerts are also intended to be a showcase for a variety of...
, a three-day blues and rock concert arranged by Eric Clapton - "Tha CrossroadsTha Crossroads"Tha Crossroads" is a Grammy Award–winning song performed by the hip hop group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, dedicated to the late rap icon Eazy-E and released in 1996...
", a 1996 Grammy Award winning single by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony- "Crossroads", a 2002 UK number one single from Blazin' SquadBlazin' SquadBlazin' Squad were an English pop-rap vocal group. The group enjoyed significant success in the UK, achieving six top ten hits, including "Crossroads", a cover version of the Bone Thugs-n-Harmony original.-In The Beginning: 2002:...
based on the above
- "Crossroads", a 2002 UK number one single from Blazin' Squad
- Crossroads (Don McLean song), from the album American Pie
- Crossroads (LL Cool song), from the album 14 Shots to the Dome
- Crossroads (Avenged Sevenfold song), a single by Avenged Sevenfold on Diamonds in the Rough
- Crossroads (Sylver album)Crossroads (Sylver album)Crossroads is the fourth dance album released by the Belgian duo Sylver in 2006.-Track listing:#"Lay All Your Love On Me" #"Why" #"One Night Stand" #"Dance With Loneliness" #"You And I" #"Lovesong"...
, 2006 - Crossroad (Masami Okui album)Crossroad (Masami Okui album)-Track listing:##*Lyrics, composition: Masami Okui#*Arrangement: Monta##*Lyrics, composition: Masami Okui#*Arrangement: Monta##*Lyrics, composition: Masami Okui#*Arrangement: Yamachi#Happy Place#*Lyrics, composition: Masami Okui#*Arrangement: Dry...
, 2002 - Crossroads (quartet)Crossroads (quartet)Crossroads is the barbershop quartet that won the International Quartet Championship for 2009 at the Barbershop Harmony Society's annual international convention, in Anaheim, California...
, winner of the 2009 BHS international quartet championship - "Crossroad" (song)Crossroad (song)"Crossroad" is the forty-ninth single by Japanese singer-songwriter Ayumi Hamasaki, released on September 22, 2010. The single is the second of a three-part project to celebrate the release of her fiftieth single L...
, a 2010 Ayumi Hamasaki song
TV, radio and film
- Crossroads (soap opera), a British soap opera that ran 1964–1988 and 2001–2003
- Crossroads (1955 TV series)Crossroads (1955 TV series)Crossroads is the title of a 30-minute American television religion drama series which aired from 1955–1957, the first season on ABC and the second via syndication....
, an anthology centered on the lives of members of the clergy of various religious denominations - Crossroads (VH1 TV series)Crossroads (VH1 TV series)Crossroads was a half hour alternative music video show that aired on VH1 weekdays between the years 1994 and 1998. Originally called Darcy's Music, the show was hosted by VJ Moon Zappa and premiered on October 31, 1994. The show was named after VH1's then-director of music programming, Darcy...
- Cross Roads (film), a 1930 British film directed by Reginald FogwellReginald FogwellReginald Fogwell was a British Film Director, producer and screenwriter.-Selected filmography:Director* The Warning * Cross Roads * The Written Law...
- Crossroads (1937 film)Crossroads (1937 film)Crossroads is a 1937 Chinese seriocomedy film directed by Shen Xiling and starring Bai Yang and Zhao Dan. The film exemplified the growing trend of Chinese films by the mid-1930s of incorporating references to the war with Japan...
, a Chinese film starring Zhao Dan - Crossroads (1942 film)Crossroads (1942 film)Crossroads is a 1942 mystery film directed by Jack Conway, starring William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, Claire Trevor and Basil Rathbone. Powell plays a diplomat whose amnesia about his past comes back to trouble him...
, a mystery film directed by Jack Conway - Crossroads (1976 film)Crossroads (1976 film)Crossroads is a 1976 short film directed by Bruce Conner. It features extreme slow-motion replays of the July 25, 1946 Operation Crossroads Baker underwater nuclear test at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific....
, directed by Bruce Conner - Crossroads (1986 film)Crossroads (1986 film)Crossroads is a 1986 film starring Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca and Jami Gertz, inspired by the legend of blues musician Robert Johnson.The film was written by John Fusco and directed by Walter Hill and featured an original score featuring Ry Cooder and Steve Vai on the soundtrack's guitar, and...
, starring Ralph Macchio - Crossroads (2002 film)Crossroads (2002 film)Crossroads is a 2002 comedy-drama road film directed by Tamra Davis and starring American recording artist Britney Spears, Zoe Saldana and Taryn Manning...
, starring Britney Spears - Crossroads (CMT TV series)Crossroads (CMT TV series)CMT Crossroads is a television show broadcast on Country Music Television and Palladia that pairs country music artists with musicians from other music genres. Each episode of CMT Crossroads features a different set of stars playing together....
- America at a CrossroadsAmerica at a CrossroadsAmerica at a Crossroads is a documentary miniseries concerning the issues facing the United States of America as related to the War on Terrorism. It aired originally on PBS television....
, a PBS series about radical Islam and the second Gulf War - "Crossroads" (Band of Brothers), the fifth part of HBO's Band of Brothers miniseries
- "Crossroads" (Jericho episode)Crossroads (Jericho episode)"Crossroads" is the ninth episode of season one of the CBS drama Jericho, first aired on November 15, 2006.-Synopsis:Emily dreams of the morning of her wedding to Roger, then awakens and realizes that Roger is most likely dead. Meanwhile, outside of town, the Ravenwood mercenaries, led by Goetz,...
, a 2006 episode of the CBS drama Jericho - "Crossroads" (Stargate SG-1), an episode of Stargate SG-1
- "Crossroads" (Battlestar Galactica)Crossroads (Battlestar Galactica)"Crossroads" are the nineteenth and twentieth episodes of the third season and season finale from the science fiction television series, Battlestar Galactica...
, a 2007 episode of Battlestar Galactica - "Crossroad Blues" (Supernatural), an episode of the show Supernatural
Places
- The Crossroads, a neighborhood in downtown Kansas City, MissouriKansas City, MissouriKansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
- Cross Roads, Monroe County, ArkansasCross Roads, Monroe County, ArkansasCross Roads is an unincorporated community in Montgomery-Smalley Township, Monroe County, Arkansas, United States. The community is located where Arkansas Highway 17 ends at Arkansas Highway 1....
- Cross Roads, IndianaCross Roads, IndianaCross Roads is an unincorporated community in Salem Township, Delaware County, Indiana....
, an unincorporated community in Delaware County - Crossroads, George County, Mississippi
- Crossroads, MissouriCrossroads, MissouriCrossroads is an unincorporated community in western Stone County, Missouri, United States. It is located at the intersection of Route 173 and Route 248 about four miles west of Galena. A few businesses and homes are located there....
, an unincorporated community in Stone County - Cross Roads, PennsylvaniaCross Roads, PennsylvaniaCross Roads is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 512 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Cross Roads is located at ....
, a borough in York County - Crossroads, TennesseeCrossroads, TennesseeCrossroads is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Tennessee, United States. Crossroads is located on Tennessee State Route 128 northeast of Savannah....
- Crossroads, Wayne County, Tennessee
- Cross Roads, TexasCross Roads, TexasCross Roads is a town in Denton County, Texas, United States. The population was 603 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Cross Roads is located at ....
, an incorporated town in Denton County - Cross Roads, Henderson County, TexasCross Roads, Henderson County, TexasCross Roads is an unincorporated community in southwestern Henderson County, Texas, United States.The Cross Roads Independent School District serves area students....
, an unincorporated community - Crossroads, Bellevue, Washington, a neighborhood
- Surry, VirginiaSurry, VirginiaSurry is an incorporated town in Surry County, Virginia, United States. The population was 262 at the 2000 census...
, formererly Cross Roads - Crossroads, West VirginiaCrossroads, West VirginiaCrossroads is an unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia, United States. Crossroads is northeast of Hinton....
Shopping malls
- Crossroads CenterCrossroads CenterThis page is about a shopping mall in Minnesota. For other malls named Crossroads, see Crossroads Mall. For the rehabilitation center, see Crossroads Centre....
, a shopping mall in St. Cloud, Minnesota - Crossroads Center (Waterloo, IA)Crossroads Center (Waterloo, IA)Crossroads Center is a shopping mall located in Waterloo, Iowa. It is the dominant shopping center in northeast Iowa with a trade area that extends more than . The mall opened in 1970, and is owned by Jones Lang LaSalle...
, a shopping mall in Waterloo, Iowa - Crossroads Mall (Boulder)Crossroads Mall (Boulder)The Crossroads Mall was an indoor shopping mall from 1963 until 2004, in Boulder, Colorado.-Development:* Crossroads Mall opened on March 14, 1963 with 394,000 leasable square feet for retail stores, surrounded by open-air parking...
, a former shopping mall in Boulder, Colorado - Crossroads Mall (Florida)Crossroads Mall (Florida)Crossroads Mall was a shopping mall located at the intersection of U.S. Route 19 and Roosevelt Boulevard on the border of Clearwater and Largo, Florida.-History:...
, a former shopping mall in the Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida Bay Area - Crossroads Mall (Omaha)Crossroads Mall (Omaha)Crossroads Mall is an enclosed shopping mall located in Omaha, Nebraska at the intersection of 72nd and Dodge Streets. Originally opened in 1960 by Omaha's local Brandeis department store, the mall has been home to several major chains, including Sears, Dillard's, Younkers and Target.-Beginnings:In...
, a shopping mall in Omaha, Nebraska - Crossroads Mall (Oklahoma)Crossroads Mall (Oklahoma)Crossroads Mall is a super regional shopping mall and trade area located in south Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The name of the mall was chosen because it lies at the major intersection of I-35 and I-240, a major crossroads of the city. Today, the mall faces many problems due to the vacancy of all four...
, a shopping mall in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Crossroads Plaza (North Carolina), a shopping district in Cary, North Carolina, near Raleigh
- The Crossroads (Portage, Michigan), a shopping mall in Portage, Michigan
Elsewhere
- Crossroads, Cape Town, South Africa
- Cross Roads, West YorkshireCross Roads, West YorkshireCross Roads with Lees or Cross Roads cum Lees, is a small village which lies on the main A629 road between the village of Haworth and the town of Keighley in West Yorkshire, England....
, England, UK - Crossroads CentreCrossroads CentreThe Crossroads Centre is a drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation centre located on the Caribbean island of Antigua. The centre was founded by guitarist Eric Clapton & Richard Conte, CEO of The Priory Hospitals Group and Transitional Hospitals Corporation . All development of the facility was...
, an addiction rehabilitation facility on Antigua in Antigua and Barbuda - Crossroads Mall (Mumbai), the first shopping mall in Bombay, India – possibly the first such mall in India
- Cross Roads, Jamaica a primarily commercial neighbourhood of Kingston, JamaicaKingston, JamaicaKingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island...
Other uses
- Crossroads (mythology), in folk magic, a location "between the worlds"
- Operation CrossroadsOperation CrossroadsOperation Crossroads was a series of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. It was the first test of a nuclear weapon after the Trinity nuclear test in July 1945...
, the 1946 atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll - Crossroads CareCrossroads CareCrossroads Care, also known as Crossroads, is a registered charity in England and Wales which provides support for carers.The organisation was first established in 1974. It took its name from the TV soap opera Crossroads, in which the problems of families caring for disabled people at home were...
, a charity for carers in England and Wales- Crossroads Caring ScotlandCrossroads Caring ScotlandCrossroads Caring Scotland is a national charity which exists to support carers in Scotland, through the provision of respite care and other forms of practical support...
, a parallel charity in Scotland
- Crossroads Caring Scotland
- Crossroad (manga)Crossroad (manga)is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shioko Mizuki. It was serialized by Akita Shoten in the shōjo manga magazine Princess from 2003 to 2005 and collected in five bound volumes. It is licensed in North America by Go! Comi and in France by Taifu Comics...
, a seven volume manga series - Crossroads (hieroglyph)Crossroads (hieroglyph)The Ancient Egyptian Crossroads hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. O49 for the intersection of a town's streets. In some Egyptian hieroglyphs books it is called a City Plan....
, an Egyptian language hieroglyph - Crossroads (video game)Crossroads (video game)Crossroads was a popular computer game from 1987 created by Steve Harter. The game consisted of a bird eyes view of a large maze filled with nine different single colored types of monsters as well as the player. Each monster has its own alliances and enemies which made the huge fray of monsters...
, a 1987 chaotic shooter video game for the Commodore 64 - Crossroads (comics)Crossroads (comics)Crossroads was a five-issue limited series published in 1988 by First Comics.Crossroads made use of various First Comics published characters, including Sable, Badger, Grimjack, Dreadstar, and Nexus. The stories, written by Steven Grant, Mike Baron, and Roger Salick, were intertwined, although...
, a five issue limited series from First Comics - Crossroads Movement, which gave rise to the International Churches of Christ
- Crossroads villageCrossroads villageCrossroads village is a term that refers to a settlement, primarily in U.S. American history, that was situated where two or more roads would intersect...
, a settlement situated at a crossroads - CarrefourCarrefourCarrefour S.A. is an international hypermarket chain headquartered in Levallois-Perret, France. It is one of the largest hypermarket chains in the world...
(English: Crossroads), an international supermarket chain founded in France - Crossroad Publishing CompanyCrossroad Publishing CompanyThe Crossroad Publishing Company is a New York-based publishing house for books on spirituality, religion, and wellness. The company is the American branch of the global, 200-year old Herder family publishing group, with headquarters in Freiburg, Germany and Barcelona, Spain...
, a New York-based publishing house - American CrossroadsAmerican CrossroadsAmerican Crossroads is a 527 organization that has raised and spent tens of millions of dollars to defend and elect Republican candidates to federal office, and was very active in the 2010 U.S. midterm elections. Its president is Steven J. Law, a former United States Deputy Secretary of Labor for...
, a non-profit political organization
See also
- Burial at cross-roads, a place where executed criminals and suicides were traditionally buried
- Crossroads Church (disambiguation)
- Crossroads School (disambiguation)
- Fork in the road (disambiguation)