Examples
There are several streets called Lovers Lane, including those at Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Kersey, Pennsylvania; Boonville, New York; Greenfield, Massachusetts; Southborough, Massachusetts; Northfield, Vermont; Riverton, Utah, Bowling Green, Kentucky, Portage, Michigan; Excelsior Springs, Missouri; Springfield, Missouri; Charlestown, New Hampshire; Princeton, New Jersey; Slatington, Pennsylvania; Adliya, Bahrain; Dallas, Texas; Ravenna Township, Portage County, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Newark-on-Trent, Ancaster, Ontario, Canada and Ludham (both in England).
- The area on the south-east side of Fullers Bridge, which crosses the Lane Cove River, and is located near Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, is a well-known Lovers' Lane.
- Lovers Lane is a famous road in St. Joseph, Missouri of which a popular poem by Eugene Field was written.
- Lovers' Lane is most commonly used in the urban legend "The Hook".
The bowdlerised version Love Lane is sometimes seen.
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