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Interstate 182 is an east–west auxiliary Interstate Highway in the U.S. state of Washington. I-182 is 15 miles (24 km) long and serves as a connector from I-82 to the Tri-Cities region. The highway was built after business leaders in the Tri-Cities began lobbying for a freeway in 1958 after early alignments for I-82 were routed away from the area. I-182 was created by the federal government in 1969 as a compromise to the routing dispute, which allowed for direct access to the Tri-Cities and a bypass for other traffic. Construction on I-182 was scheduled to begin in 1971, but was delayed by opposition from conservation groups, disputes over interchange locations, and a funding freeze in 1980. The first section to be built, over the Yakima River west of Richland, began construction in late 1980 and opened to traffic three years later. The Interstate 182 Bridge over the Columbia River opened in November 1984. The final sections of the freeway, between I-82 and Richland, opened to traffic in March 1986. (Full article...)
Did you know ...
- ...that a proposed Michigan Turnpike (map pictured) would have run through the Detroit area if the State Highway Commissioner did not stall it until the creation of the Interstate Highway System made the proposal obsolete?
- ...that a movie was made about a family stranded in a snowstorm near Vya, along former Nevada State Route 8A, who were following a map, but didn't know Vya was a ghost town and that what looked like a highway was actually an unimproved, decommissioned highway?
- ...that Ontario Highway 23 was extended from Highway 8 to Highway 7 as part of a Depression-era relief program?
- ...that unlike elsewhere in the United States, traffic on highways in the United States Virgin Islands drives on the left?
- ...that New York State Route 3 initially extended as far west as Niagara County?
In the news
- The Charles Hall Ferry, which connects the two segments of Utah State Route 276 restarts limited service after being closed for 3 years due to low water levels in Lake Powell.
- The Palm and the Pine, a cedar and palm tree next to each other as an unofficial line between Southern and Northern California, will be removed as part of a reconstruction of California State Route 99. Caltrans will plant replacement trees along the new alignment.
- An oversize vehicle strikes a bridge along U.S. Route 6 in Pennsylvania in Troy Township closing the road until further notice.
- A landslide on Wyoming Highway 22 at Teton Pass causes a part of the roadway to collapse, closing the road.
- The Arizona Department of Transportation completes the reconstruction of a key bridge along Interstate 15 in Arizona in the remote Virgin River Gorge, fully reopening the freeway.
- A truck fire damages a bridge on Interstate 95 in Norwalk, Connecticut, resulting in a freeway closure of over three days.
- Open road tolling is introduced along the Ohio Turnpike.
Ongoing: I-69 Extension (IN), I-405 Expansion (WA), I-695 closure from the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse
Historic byways
- July 1, 1967 – A 25-mile (40 km) New York's Adirondack Northway extends the southern section of the highway from Pottersville to Underwood
- July 1, 1971 – The final gap in New York's stretch of Interstate 84 is closed between NY 208 and the New York State Thruway
- July 2, 1969 – A disconnected section of Interstate 80 in New Jersey between US 46 at I-280 in Parsippany–Troy Hills and Route 23 in Wayne is finished
- July 3, 1963 – Three sections of New York's Interstate 87 are opened: in Saratoga County, the southernmost section of the Adirondack Northway is extended north to NY 9P in Saratoga Springs, New York, and the northbound lanes of the Glens Falls bypass are extended south to NY 29 as a temporary super-two; further south, the Westchester County highway is extended north from Golden's Bridge to Croton Falls
- July 8, 1969 – A disconnected section of Interstate 80 in New Jersey is opened from Allamuchy to Hope
- July 9, 1968 - The first section of the Genesee Expressway opens in New York between Wayland and w:Dansville, New York as a realignment of NY 245.
Selected pictures
Interstate 90 in Wallace, Idaho, site of one of the final traffic lights to be removed from I-90
U.S. Route 9W in the town of Cornwall, New York, as seen from the summit of Butter Hill
A sign gantry removed from its normal position above Interstate 35 in Norman, Oklahoma, and lying in the right-of-way between the Interstate and its service road; the support which the sign is typically mounted on is visible in the background.
North Carolina Highway 147 passing through downtown Durham viewed from the Fayetteville St overpass
A view of the Golden Gate Bridge during a foggy day
Delaware Route 52 in the Brandywine Valley north of Wilmington
U.S. Route 201 along the Kennebec River near Bingham, Maine
The Lincoln Highway Bridge along the historic Lincoln Highway in Tama, Iowa
New York State Route 421 in the fall
Running alongside M-6 south of Grand Rapids, Michigan, the Frederik Meijer Trail connects to other trails in the area.
Utah State Route 12 approaching Bryce Canyon National Park
U.S. Route 13 crossing the Chesapeake Bay on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel in Virginia
Interstate 84 eastbound approaching Mountain Home, Idaho
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