Portal:U.S. Roads/DYK Articles
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[edit] February 2006
- ...that U.S. Route 6 once connected Provincetown, Massachusetts with Wilmington, California for a total length of 3652 miles (5,877 km) and was the longest highway in US history?
- ...that U.S. Route 50 in Nevada is nicknamed the "Loneliest Road in America" and is also the home of the "Loneliest Payphone in America"?
- ...that Scenic U.S. Route 412 is only one of two such "scenic" designations in the US (the other is on U.S. Route 40)?
- ...that the multiplex of Oklahoma State Highway 20/Arkansas State Highway 43 is possibly the only multi-state multiplex in the country?
- ...that Alt Bus US 66 was the only double-bannered US route in history?
[edit] March 2006
- ...Hurricane Charley is sometimes referred to locally as the I-4 Hurricane because the storm's path closely followed Interstate 4 for its last 100 miles (160 km)?
- ...a McDonald's is built over Interstate 44 near Vinita, Oklahoma and is only one of several structures built over an interstate?
- ...Puerto Rico's highway system consists of four different classes?
- ...even though U.S. Route 60 is a "zero highway" and should have crossed the country, its original western terminus was in Springfield, Missouri?
- ...the Dixie Highway (pictured) was actually a whole system of roads and not a single highway?
[edit] April 2006
- ...there are interstate highways in Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico?
- ...U.S. Route 97 was once proposed in Alaska?
- ...Vermont State Highway 26 is only 69 feet long?
- ...U.S. Route 99 was known as the Main Street of California?
- ...Interstate 180 in Wyoming has three traffic lights?
- ...there is an unmarked Interstate 444 in Tulsa, Oklahoma?
[edit] February 2007
- ...that Hawaii Route 560 was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 because of its historical character of one lane bridges?
