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Crossroads



A crossroads is a road junction or intersection where two or more roads meet. This particular meaning is often used figuratively (or as a metaphor), and has several other meanings.

Crossroads may also refer to:
* Operation Crossroads, a series of US nuclear weapon tests in 1946
* CITS-TV, Ontario-based Christian television also known as Crossroads Television System
* Crossroads Movement, restorationist movement that gave rise to the International Churches of Christ
* Carrefour, an international supermarket chain, the name means "Crossroads"

In music:
* "Cross Road Blues", by Robert Johnson
* "Crossroads", by Cream
* "Crossroads", by Homesick James Williamson
* "Tha Crossroads", by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
* "Crossroads", 1989 album by Tracy Chapman
* "Cross Road", Bon Jovi's 1994 compilation album
* Crossroads (band) AKA Los Crossroads, A 1970s Peruvian blues-rock band
* Crossroads Guitar Festival, a three day concert, arranged by Eric Clapton and featuring acts by blues and rock musiciansIn TV and film:
* Crossroads (1986 film), travelin' bluesman Ralph Macchio takes on Steve Vai
* Crossroads (2002 film), a 2002 Hollywood movie starring Britney Spears
* Crossroads (soap opera), a British soap opera that ran from 1964 to 1988 and again from 2001 to 2003
* Crossroads (CMT TV series), an American country music television series airing on CMT
* The fifth part of HBO's Band of Brothers miniseries

Places
* Crossroads 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.
* Crossroads Centre, an addiction rehabilitation centre in Antigua
* Crossroads mall, Mumbai's first shopping mall, opened in 1999
* A location in the Warcraft Universe
* Cross Roads, Texas
* Cross Roads, Pennsylvania
* Cross Roads, West Yorkshire
* Cross Roads, County Donegal (Falcarragh)
* Crossroads, Bellevue, Washington

See also

* Crossroads (culture)
* Burial at cross-roads, a place where executed criminals and suicides were traditionally buried
* Crossroads School (disambiguation)
* Trivia



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