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U.S. Route 40 Alternate is the U.S. Highway designation for a former segment of US 40 through Garrett and Allegany counties in Maryland. The highway begins at US 40 near exit 14 on Interstate 68 and runs 31.80 miles (51.18 km) eastward to Cumberland, where it ends at exit 44 on Interstate 68. The highway is known as Old National Pike because it follows the original alignment of the National Road. As the route of the historic National Road, there are many historic sites along Alt US 40, including the Casselman Bridge in Grantsville and the last remaining National Road toll gate house in Maryland, located in LaVale. When the National Freeway was built in western Maryland paralleling the old National Road, the part of the bypassed road between Keyser's Ridge and Cumberland became Alt US 40, and other bypassed sections east of Cumberland became Maryland Route 144 and U.S. Route 40 Scenic. Although Alt US 40 is now less important because of the construction of Interstate 68, it remains an important route for local traffic and serves as the Main Streets of Grantsville and Frostburg. (Full article...)
Did you know ...
- ...that in July 2005, signage at the intersection of Massachusetts Route 10 and Massachusetts Route 141 (pictured) identified the routes with Alabama route markers?
- ...that residents of Seattle have disparagingly referred to the Tacoma Spur as "the road to nowhere" and likened its exit ramps to tentacles?
- ...that Interstate 335 was designated in 1987 to allow a portion of the Kansas Turnpike to raise the speed limit to 65 mph (105 km/h) in compliance with a change in the National Maximum Speed Law?
- ...that the North Branch Bridge on Ontario Highway 78 partially collapsed just 17 days after a temporary bridge was opened to facilitate construction of a replacement?
- ...that Arkansas Highway 980 is the state highway designation for all state maintained airport roads in Arkansas?
In the news
- 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 St. 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
- October 28: INDOT and KYTC begin signing SR 265 and KY 841, respectively, as Interstate 265.
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
- Dec. 21, 1979 – Construction is completed on the Governor Edwin C. Johnson bore for eastbound Interstate 70 over the Continental Divide in Colorado
- Dec. 21, 1993 – The Delaware Route 1 toll road opens between Dover Air Force Base and Smyrna
- Dec. 22, 1989 – The recently completed Interstate 355, also known as the North–South Tollway, is dedicated by Governor James R. Thompson and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Samuel K. Skinner between Bolingbrook and Itasca, Illinois.
- Dec. 23, 1964 – Construction on the last segment of the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway, also known as Interstate 278, is completed in New York City.
- Dec. 24, 1959 – The newly constructed extension of Ontario Highway 401 between Barrie to Coldwater, is opened to traffic as a super two.
- Dec. 25, 1998 – A ruling by the Montana Supreme Court against speeding enforcement tactics used by the Montana Highway Patrol brings an end to the lack of numbered speed limits on Montana's state highways (pictured).
- Dec. 26, 1980 – Severe flooding of the Stillaguamish River leads to the closure of Washington State Route 530 to traffic between Stanwood and Silvana.
- Dec. 27, 1950 – Construction begins on the first section of Arizona State Route 84A (now Interstate 10) in Tucson, with the intended purpose of redirecting truck traffic away from the city's core.
- Dec. 28, 1955 – The Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension opens between US 22 near Allentown and a temporary interchange in Emerald
- Dec. 28, 1961 – The Woodrow Wilson Bridge is opened to traffic across the Potomac River between Alexandria, Virginia and Oxon Hill, Maryland in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
- Dec. 29, 1955 – A marker is installed on Utah State Route 187 (now State Route 287), identifying the route as state's shortest designated highway.
- Dec. 30, 1940 – The remainder of the Arroyo Seco Parkway being constructed in Los Angeles, California between Avenue 40 and Avenue 22, is completed and opened to traffic, in time for the Rose Bowl and Tournament of Roses Parade the next day.
- Dec. 31, 1985 – The Connecticut Turnpike is officially renamed the Governor John Davis Lodge Turnpike after the recently deceased former state governor.
Selected pictures
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
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