Why do they call it a "Dead" end road?

Question

My daughter asked me this morning why they call the end of a road "dead". I truely don't know. She's only five and thinks that there's bats and all kinds of crazy stuff on a dead end road. Does anyone know the true answer?

Answer 1

Because there is a big pile of dead people at the end of the road.

Answer 2

For a five year old I would suggest this... The road used to be long like all the others but it died. It is remembered by the sign, just like a tombstone. There is nothing scary about a tombstone. It is just a sign, and the road is just shorter now.

I also found this poem I thought was pretty funny.

www.julieferris.com/deadendroad.html

Although, why they actually call it that, I would have to agree with the others that dead is the end, there is no longer anywhere to go, or they ran out of money to finish the road and the project died. Good luck

Answer 3

when driving down the road and the road ends it just dies and there is nothing there.if it was not dead there would be more road. dead means the end and there is no more. when you are dead it will be the end. same goes for the road

Answer 4

A dead-end is a street with only one inlet/outlet and a turnaround area at its closed end.



A street or alley that must be exited from the same spot it is entered from.

Answer 5

dead as in going no where of no purpose. no use dead no point in going that way it's a DEAD END leads to no where.

Answer 6

the road is no more so when something is no more we tend to call it dead

Answer 7

because the road dies away, or ends. Death is ultimately the end

Answer 8

Dead as in "terminus" or to cease, end, etc.



My kid asks the same type of questions.

Answer 9

i would tell her,because the road stop here and there is nothing in there but grass , neighborhood....there is no road no more.