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Interstate 68 is a 112.9-mile (181.7 km) Interstate highway in the U.S. states of West Virginia and Maryland, connecting Interstate 79 in Morgantown to Interstate 70 in Hancock, and is also part of the Appalachian Development Highway System. In Maryland, it parallels the historic National Road between Keysers Ridge and Hancock. A road cut at one of the many mountain ridges it crosses, Sideling Hill, exposes geological features that have become a tourist attraction. From 1965 until the freeway's construction was completed on August 2, 1991, its segments were designated as U.S. Route 48. It crosses Allegany, Garrett, and Washington counties in Maryland, and Preston and Monongalia counties in West Virginia. The two largest cities connected by the highway are Morgantown and Cumberland, Maryland. Although the freeway serves no major metropolitan areas, it connects western Maryland and northern West Virginia and provides an alternative to the Pennsylvania Turnpike for westbound traffic from Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. US 219, US 220 and US 40 overlap in part with I-68. (Full article...)

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...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?

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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.
December 18: A new Main Street interchange is dedicated along I-15 in St. George.
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.
October 30: Interstate 26 in Tennessee has partially reopened from the damage from Hurricane Helene, with one narrow lane in each direction. Significant truck width and weight restrictions in effect on the temporary portion.

Ongoing: Interstate 40 closure at the NC–TN state line from Hurricane Helene • I-695 closure from the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse

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Historic byways

Jan. 6, 2024 – The Utah Department of Transportation holds the grand opening of the West Davis Corridor (State Route 177).
Jan. 7, 1937 – The State Highway Commission of Kansas realigns some existing routes and establishes several new state highways.
Jan. 8, 2013 – The final span of the Clive Avenue Bridge in East Chicago, Indiana, is felled by explosives.
Jan. 9, 1971 – One of the first segments of Corridor B opens in Tennessee.
Jan. 10, 1912 – The West Michigan Lake Shore Highway Association forms to promote a section of the road that would become U.S. Highway 31 in Michigan.
Jan. 10, 2019 – The U.S. Route 301 toll road in Delaware opens to traffic

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A 1948 plan showing San Francisco's trafficways, which would later become the freeways and major streets in the city
A mileage sign along K-99 in Emporia, Kansas. KDOT uses demountable copy for most of its large road signs.
Interstate 287 interchange with the New York State Thruway in Suffern, New York
Interstate 5 curving through Downtown Seattle's skyline
Westbound on Interstate H-3 heading toward Honolulu. Pu'ukahuauli Summit is in the background.
The Pulga bridge along California State Route 70 which crosses the Feather River Route and the Feather River
Puerto Rico Highway 139 southbound in Barrio Maragüez, Ponce, Puerto Rico. The City of Ponce and the Río Portugués channel are in the near background and the Caribbean Sea is in the far background.
The original M-15 (now County Road 492) between Marquette and Negaunee, Michigan, in 1917 showing the first centerline on a state highway
U.S. Highway 30 crossing the Mississippi River at Clinton, Iowa
A 1956 view of M-87 in Fenton, Michigan
The Natchez Trace Parkway extends 444 miles (715 km) through Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee
The Alaska Highway under construction in 1942
Overlooking Astoria, Oregon, and the Astoria–Megler Bridge, which carries U.S. Route 101 over the Columbia River
U.S. Route 202 parkway northbound in Montgomery Township, Pennsylvania
View north from the south end of U.S. Route 93 Alternate at U.S. Route 93 in Lages Station, Nevada
Maryland Route 36 approaching Mount Savage, with part of the Mount Savage Castle visible in the background
Interstate 70 passing through the San Rafael Swell in central Utah
Puerto Rico Highway 511 in the hills of Barrio Real in Ponce

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