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

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January 2015

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... that U.S. Route 395 has two segments in California, as the route enters and returns from Nevada, with exit numbers restarting for both segments? Dave (talk) 02:46, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

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February 2015

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...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? Dave (talk) 22:17, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
...that U.S. Route 13 crosses the Pennypack Creek in Northeast Philadelphia on the Frankford Avenue Bridge, which was built in 1697 and is the oldest bridge in continuous use in the United States? Dough 48 72 05:32, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
... that the Dalton Highway (Alaska Highway 11) crosses both the Arctic Circle and Continental Divide? Dave (talk) 21:37, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

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March 2015

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...that the Schuylkill Parkway freeway stub in Bridgeport, Pennsylvania has been used as a filming location as well as for training emergency vehicle drivers and for commercial vehicle driver tests? Dough 48 72 04:12, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
...that Interstate 15's route through Arizona is completely isolated from the rest of the state road network? Dave (talk) 16:24, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

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May 2015

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...that state funding reserved for the canceled Bay Freeway project in Seattle was instead used to widen U.S. Route 195 to four lanes in Eastern Washington?

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June 2015

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...that the Airline Highway in Louisiana was considered a pet project of Governor Huey P. Long as it reduced the length of his journey between the capitol building in Baton Rouge and the bars and establishments in New Orleans? Dough4872 01:59, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

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August 2015

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...that a portion of Interstate 190 in Massachusetts was built with extra-wide shoulders, which are painted green, to prevent runoff from contaminating the nearby Wachusett Reservoir? Dough4872 03:56, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
...that a rest area along Interstate 295 in New Jersey was named in honor of Howard Stern by Governor Christine Todd Whitman as payback for Stern granting Whitman airtime during her 1993 gubernatorial campaign? Dough4872 01:44, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

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September 2015

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...that during the construction of Interstate 279 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1987, a 19th-century cemetery was discovered? Dough4872 04:23, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

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November 2015

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...that a section of Interstate 85 near Charlotte, North Carolina was named the Jeff Gordon Expressway in honor of NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon in 2012 after he recorded his 85th career win? Dough4872 03:03, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

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