Portal:U.S. roads/Did you know/Recommend/2007

September 2007[edit]

...that a tanker fire caused part of the MacArthur Maze to collapse? --w^L^{<speak·check>} 06:11, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
...that Interstate 78 is routed on two one way streets? --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 20:35, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
...that Interstate 676 has stoplights on it? --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 20:35, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
...that Interstate 95 is still incomplete? --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 20:35, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
...that Interstate 97 is the only 1 or 2-digit Interstate highway outside of Hawaii to not cross a county line? -Jeff ^(talk) 03:54, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

...that Interstate 90 is longer than the entire British motorway network? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Scott5114 (talk • contribs) 08:21, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

...that the segment of Pennsylvania Route 309, known as the Bethlehem Pike between Quakertown and Philadelphia is over 300 years old? -- JA10 Talk • Contribs

~~...that Pennsylvania Route 378 uses wrong direction sequential exit numbering? -- JA10 Talk • Contribs 23:22, 16 September 2007 (UTC)~~
- I'm not sure that this is true; there are certainly other cases where numbering proceeds south or west from the "parent". --NE2 08:26, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
  - Do you have a fact that can replace this one? --TMF ^{Let's Go Mets - Stats} 22:36, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

...that Luzerne County is the only county in Pennsylvania with county routes? -- JA10 Talk • Contribs 22:35, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
- Needs a link to a page with more information. --NE2 19:42, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
  - mapquest link and same map as the mapquest link, also has more data on the county roads within Luzerne. -- JA10 Talk • Contribs 23:46, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

...that Wisconsin was the first state to sign route numbers on its state highways in 1918? --Polaron | Talk 12:54, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

...that some Vermont routes are town-maintained and use a different style sign than state-maintained routes? --Polaron | Talk 19:01, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

...that New York State Route 20SY was the only state highway to have an "SY" suffix in its name?Mitch32^contribs 01:07, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
...that New Jersey Route 47 is the longest state route in New Jersey at 75 miles?Mitch32^contribs 01:07, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
...that North Carolina has surpassed Texas and now has the largest state highway network in the U.S. at 79,779 miles? --Polaron | Talk 12:18, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
...that Interstate 190 is the only auxiliary Interstate Highway to reach the Canadian border? --TMF ^{Let's Go Mets - Stats} 12:27, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

These four are not interesting hooks and should probably not be included --Polaron | Talk 12:14, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

- ...that New Jersey Route 75 was projected to be a highway throughout downtown Newark, New Jersey?Mitch32^contribs 01:07, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
- ...that New York State Route 146 has two decomissioned spur routes?Mitch32^contribs 01:07, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
- ...that New Jersey Route 55 is missing 20 miles of length?Mitch32^contribs 01:07, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
- ...that New Jersey Route 15 may become the state's second Super 2-freeway in New Jersey?Mitch32^contribs 01:07, 1 October 2007 (UTC)