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State Route 128 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah. The road is part of the Utah Scenic Byways program, and also forms part of the Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric Highway, a National Scenic Byway. Residents of Moab frequently refer to SR-128 as "the river road", after the Colorado River, which the highway follows. The highway was originally constructed to connect rural cities in eastern Utah with Grand Junction, Colorado, the largest city in the region. The highway was partially merged into the Utah state highway system in 1931; the rest was taken over by the state and assigned route number 128 in 1933. Today, the highway is used as a scenic drive for visitors to the area. The highway crosses the Colorado River at the site of the Dewey Bridge, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This bridge was the longest suspension bridge in Utah until April 2008 when it was destroyed by a fire started by a child playing with matches. The future of the bridge is uncertain, with Grand County conducting a study to determine the feasibility of reconstructing it. (Full article...)
Did you know ...
- ...that the Orchard Pond Parkway (pictured) was the first privately-built toll road to be constructed in Florida?
- ...that Utah State Route 95 is known as the Bicentennial Highway, as its dedication was part of the festivities of the United States Bicentennial celebrations?
- ...that Nebraska Highway 14 became a cross-Nebraska highway with the completion of the Chief Standing Bear Memorial Bridge over the Missouri River in 1998?
- ...that it took over 26 years to plan and construct the Orangeville Bypass of Ontario Highway 9?
- ...that the portion of U.S. Route 209 in New York had five different designations over a span of 10 years in the 1920s and 1930s?
In the news
- January 8: The government of Macedonia dedicates a 25-kilometer (16 mi) extension of A2.
- January 7: A completion date is announced for the Fifth Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge which will be designated Highway 244 and connect Route 13 in Laos with Highway 222 in Thailand.
- December 30: A rockslide forces the closure of Colorado State Highway 96 west of Pueblo.
- December 22: The middle span of the bridge carrying BR-226 and BR-230 over the Tocantins River collapses and a tanker truck carrying sulfuric acid falls into the river.
- November 11: Interstate 57 is designated along a stretch of U.S. Route 67 in Arkansas.
- November 1: The Daniel Carter Beard Bridge, which carries Interstate 471 over the Ohio River and the Ohio–Kentucky line, remains partially open while repairs are made from a fire.
- October 30: Flooding in and around Valencia, Spain kills dozens and destroys several roads including the A-7.
Ongoing: Interstate 40 closure at the NC–TN state line from Hurricane Helene • I-695 closure from the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse
Historic byways
- Jan. 16, 1967 – A short section of New York's Penn-Can Highway extends the existing highway in Syracuse from Calthrop Avenue to Adams Street
- Jan. 17, 1994 – The Northridge Earthquake results in massive damage to freeway infrastructure in the Los Angeles metro area, including a collapse of the Newhall Pass interchange.
- Jan. 18, 1952 – The New Jersey Turnpike is opened north of the Garden State Parkway, completing the highway
- Jan. 19, 1955 – After half a month of blockades from mayors in the New Jersey communities of East Orange and Bloomfield, extensions of the Garden State Parkway in Clifton, extending its termini north from Hazel Street to US 46 at exit 156 and south from Route 3 to the barricaded main section at Bloomfield Avenue in Bloomfield, bypass their blockades and allows the highway from Central Avenue in East Orange to open; exits in Bloomfield are barred from opening for another two days
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Interstate 80 is a major urban freeway though the East Bay, north of the Bay Bridge, in the San Francisco Bay Area (seen here in Berkeley, California).
Northbound, Interstate 15 makes a steep descent from Mountain Pass into the Ivanpah Valley. In the middle distance, the casinos of Primm straddle the freeway right at the Nevada border, while those of Jean are further off, to the left; Las Vegas is immediately on the far side of the hills on the horizon.
The Dalton Highway and the Alaska Pipeline run generally parallel to each other; this segment is between the Arctic Circle and Coldfoot.
Signposts for Nevada's State Route 206 and State Route 207, in front of Jobs Peak of the Carson Range
Hairpin curve on U.S. Route 44 and New York State Route 55 near Gardiner, New York
A view of Interstate 90 in Washington as it passes through Snoqualmie Pass
Looking west over Interstate 235 in Des Moines, Iowa, from the Edna M. Griffin Memorial Bridge
State Route 309 between Kenton and Marion, Ohio
State Highway 103 at Echo Lake in Colorado
M-28 and M-64 near Lake Gogebic
Tree canopy on the Merritt Parkway in Connecticut
State Route 123 in Tennessee heading east toward North Carolina
County Highway 98 in Jackson County, Alabama
The western portal of the McClure Tunnel, which connects State Route 1 to the western terminus of Interstate 10 in Santa Monica, California.
Nebraska Link 53C northbound approaching U.S. Route 30 in Bushnell, Nebraska
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