Portal:U.S. roads/Did you know/December 2009

... that New Jersey Route 37 is named "Little League World Champions Boulevard" in honor of Toms River East Little League's victory in the 1998 Little League World Series?
... that the business route of Maryland Route 5 in Hughesville (pictured) uses green shields with the word "business" in place of "Maryland"?
... that the Interstate 695 beltway around Baltimore was initially planned as a county project in 1949 before being taken over by the state by 1953?
... that New Jersey Route 88 was referred to in the Bruce Springsteen song "Spirit in the Night"?
... that Washington State Route 231 is almost 9 miles (14 km) longer than its "parent" route, Washington State Route 23?