Oakridge Street in the suburb of Halswell, Christchurch

Oakridge St – Named after Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Oak Ridge was established in the early 1940s as a base for the Manhattan Project, the U.S. government operation that developed the atomic bomb. The subdivision was developed and Oakridge Street named by Andrew James Cunningham (1906- 1985), a farmer of 250 Halswell Road. The street was formed in 1960. First appears in street directories in 1962.A reasonable amount of information from the library website and I couldn’t find any other information online. I can’t see why this street would have been named after a place in the US when every other street in the area has been named for local places or where local families came from. Andrew Cunningham didn’t live where Oakridge St is situated as he lived at 250 Halswell Rd and was living at 3 Cobra St when he died. He was also born in Akaroa. I wondered if there is actually a link to the property Oaklands as that would make sense. A short street with one house from 1960 and the rest are from 1990 and later. The only thing of interest here is that this street is on the 360 trail.