#Tuletorni (Tuletorn)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Ülemiste
Apparently a renaming of #PäePõik, road leading up to #TallinnaÜlemineTuletorn, or Tallinn upper lighthouse, aka Katharinenthal Rear Light, but actually the Tallinn leading-line rear lighthouse.

#Infrastructure #Taristu
#Maritime #Merendus

#Toodra (Tooder)
#SparBuoy. Quite literally that: a buoy with a tall, thin spar sticking up vertically, either affixed to a regular buoy, or anchored to the ocean floor. Street formerly in #Paljassaare.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Maritime #Merendus
#Infrastructure #Taristu

#Taagi (Taak)
#Historical #Ajalooline
#Stay, as in forestay, mizzen stay, etc., synonym of #staak. See #Paagi and #Toodri.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Maritime #Merendus
#Infrastructure #Taristu

#Purde (Purre)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Kose #Varsaallika (understandably)
#Footbridge, plank or tree-trunk across a stream.

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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Infrastructure #Taristu
#Water #Vesi

#Silde (Sille)
#Span. After the J. #Smuuli overpass alongside it, longest bridge in #Estonia, measuring 370 m. For reference, see #Silla and #Silluse.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Engineering #Tehnika
#Construction #Ehitus
#Infrastructure #Taristu

#Paisu (Pais)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Kose
#Dam, weir. Close to one on the #Pirita river.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Infrastructure #Taristu
#Water #Vesi
#River #Jõgi

include “but where roads haven’t been bloody built yet”.

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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Geology #Geoloogia
#Limestone #Lubjakivi
#Infrastructure #Taristu
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#Viadukti (Viadukt)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Luite
#Viaduct. Carrying the #TallinnVäike narrow-gauge railway line.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Infrastructure #Taristu
#Railway #Raudtee
#Transport

#Kohtuotsa vaateplats (0)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #Toompea
Lit.: Viewing platform at the end of #Kohtu. Place-name, not street-name.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Infrastructure #Taristu

#Salaoja (Salaoja)
#Tallinn #Mustamäe
#Subbase layer, (lit. secret/hidden) stream. One of the various layers of highway construction allowing outflow of water from beneath the upper, surface courses. Another new (2023) and as yet unbuilt street.

#Construction #Ehitus
#Infrastructure #Taristu

Choose your colors wisely. Street names indicated by an #adjective (occasionally an #adverb or #attributive) are in the nominative (see #Kollane). See also #Roheline.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Etymology #Etümoloogia
#Color #Värv
#Infrastructure #Taristu
#Maritime #Merendus
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#Raba (Raba)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla
#Bog, swamp, fen. Actually, at the end of this street is the (in)famous #Pääsküla #prügimägi (landfill, or garbage) mountain, as it’s called with such poetic grace and delicacy.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Infrastructure #Taristu
#Marsh#Soo

#Silla (Sild)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Nõmme
#Bridge. For the bridge at #Nõmme railway station.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Infrastructure #Taristu
#Railway #Raudtee

#Paisu (Pais)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Kose
#Dam, #weir. Close to one on the #Pirita river.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#WaterRelatedStreets #VeeteedeTänavad
#Rivers #Jõed
#Infrastructure #Taristu

#Majaka (Majakas)
Lighthouse, beacon. After the nearby #TallinnaÜlemineTuletorn, or Tallinn upper lighthouse. See #Tuletorni and #Valge.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Maritime #Merendus
#Infrastructure #Taristu

Today it is painted an increasingly-fading brick-red where the previous red lighthouse #Majaka is painted black and white.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Maritime #Merendus
#Ships #Laevad
#Infrastructure #Taristu

Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Renniotsa tunnel.

Entrance to Renniotsa tunnel, Tallinn, from Veerenni.

View inside Renniotsa tunnel, Tallinn, from Veerenni, with noticeable absence of graffiti.

Access slope to/from Renniotsa tunnel, Tallinn, towards south side of Peterburi tee.

Renniotsa (Renniots)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Luite #Ülemistejärve
Channel end. Pedestrian underpass continuing ESE from Veerenni beneath Järvevana and Peterburi. Not the most exciting destination for wildlife photography, but here we are...
#Infrastructure #Taristu
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad