Portal:U.S. roads/Did you know/February 2015

Frankford Avenue Bridge over the Pennypack Creek in Northeast Philadelphia

• ...that U.S. Route 13 crosses the Pennypack Creek in Northeast Philadelphia on the Frankford Avenue Bridge (pictured), which was built in 1697 and is the oldest bridge in continuous use in the United States?
• ...that although 3 digit numbers in the U.S. Highway system are supposed to be used for spur routes, U.S. Route 191, U.S. Route 287, and U.S. Route 395 run almost the entire length of the United States, from Mexico to Canada?
• ... that the Dalton Highway (Alaska Highway 11) crosses both the Arctic Circle and Continental Divide?
• ... that Interstate 375 in Detroit, Michigan was the shortest signed Interstate Highway in the country at 1.06 miles (1.71 km) until Interstate 110 in El Paso, Texas was signed?
• ... that the stub of New York State Route 220 east of Oxford was originally part of an unsigned legislative route from 1916 to 1921?