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U.S. Route 50 in Nevada runs from the resort communities of Lake Tahoe eastward to the Utah border near Great Basin National Park. Route 50 is a transcontinental highway that stretches from West Sacramento, California, to Ocean City, Maryland, on the east coast. The Nevada portion crosses several large desert valleys separated by alpine forestland, across the Basin and Range Province of the Great Basin. It passes through the state capital in Carson City as well as Fort Churchill State Historic Park, ghost towns and petroglyph sites. The route was constructed along a historic corridor, first used for the Pony Express and Central Overland Route and later for most of State Route 2 (before the U.S. Highway System) and the Lincoln Highway. U.S. Route 50 in Nevada was named "The Loneliest Road in America" by Life magazine in 1986; they were referring to large desolate areas with few or no signs of civilization along the route, but Nevada officials seized on the name as a marketing slogan. (Full article...)

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...until the 1990s, Massachusetts Route 127 intersected itself at one of its endpoints?
...that Interstate 10 in Texas is longer than both I-10 west of Texas and I-10 east of Texas?
...that Alaska's only numbered route above 11, Alaska Route 98, was numbered that because of the 1898 gold rush?
...the portion of Interstate 70 (pictured) between Salina and Green River, Utah, is the longest distance without motorist services in the Interstate Highway System?
...While the Pan-American Highway is often discussed as if it is a single contiguous highway, it is in fact a system of highways with a continuity gap between Yaviza, Panama and Turbo, Colombia?

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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
October 28: INDOT and KYTC begin signing SR 265 and KY 841, respectively, as Interstate 265.
October 10: A section of US 17/US 92 in Orange City is washed out by the flooding aftermath from Hurricane Milton.
October 3: Caltrans announces that October 7, they will begin shifting traffic along US 395 to a new bypass of Olancha.

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

Nov. 21, 2015 – Construction on an extension of Ontario Highway 401 in Windsor (pictured) is completed between Dougall Parkway and Ojibway Parkway, becoming the first new section of the route to be designated since 1968.
Nov. 22, 1991 – The second tube of the Lehigh Tunnel is completed on the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension, which later becomes Interstate 476, making the entire toll road into a divided highway.
Nov. 23, 1938 – Construction begins on the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington, which will carry Primary State Highway 14 across Puget Sound from Gig Harbor to Tacoma.
Nov. 23, 1955 – The Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension opens between the mainline turnpike in Plymouth Meeting and US 22 near Allentown
Nov. 24, 1917 – Construction on the Toronto–Hamilton Highway is completed, becoming the first concrete road in Ontario, and one of the longest stretches of concrete highway in the world between two cities.
Nov. 25, 1992 – The final section of Interstate 75 is designated along Alligator Alley through the Everglades in Florida, completing the highway between Miami and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
Nov. 26, 1968 – A new section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike opens, bypassing part of the original highway, including the Sideling Hill Tunnel and Rays Hill Tunnel. The old route will later be known as the Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike.
Nov. 27, 1969 – A 5.2-mile (8.4-kilometer) long section of the Sprain Brook Parkway is opened in New York between Jackson Avenue in Greenburgh and the Cross Westchester Expressway in Elmsford.
Nov. 28, 2011 – The long awaited Fort Madison bypass is opened to traffic on U.S. Route 61 in Iowa at a cost of $25 million ($70 million in 2021). The older route through town becomes US 61 Business.
Nov. 29, 2001 – An old alignment of U.S. Route 66 through Illinois between Litchfield and Mount Olive is added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Nov. 30, 2021 – In the Northwest Territories, the Tłı̨chǫ All-Season Road, also known as Highway 9, is completed and open to traffic between the Yellowknife Highway (Highway 3) and Whati.

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U.S. Route 50 in the desert of Nevada. This section is nicknamed the "Loneliest Road in America".
Heavy congestion on Interstate 495 eastbound in Queens
The Columbia–Wrightsville Bridge over the Susquehanna River
Interstate 84 and Interstate 5 meet near the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon.
The four-lane Foresthill Bridge over the was built in 1971 to replace the low crossing of the American River on State Route 49 in preparation for the construction of the Auburn Dam. The dam was canceled for environmental reasons, but the bridge, the tallest in California, remains along the local Foresthill Road.
Sunset over Louisiana Highway 1040
A photo from 1960 showing a sign assembly along Route 27 for Route 18 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. At the time, Route 18 was signed as east–west; it is now posted as north–south.
The New River Gorge Bridge, which carries US 19 across the New River near Fayetteville, West Virginia
A former section of U.S. Route 18 and U.S. Route 85 in Niobrara County, Wyoming
An older "sidewalk highway" segment of U.S. Route 66 in Miami, Oklahoma
California State Route 44 in the wintertime
Interstate 75 and Interstate 85 near downtown Atlanta, Georgia
Illinois Route 92 near the town of Ohio
Fall colors along Kettle Moraine Scenic Drive in Wisconsin
Rhode Island Route 216 northbound in Ashaway
North Dakota Highway 21 eastbound at North Dakota Highway 67 in Slope County
U.S. Route 1 along Rhode Island Avenue in Washington, D.C.
K-57 in Milford State Park in Geary County, Kansas

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