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...that Maryland Route 995 (pictured) is the designation for Amtrak Way, the road leading to the BWI Rail Station that is served by Amtrak and MARC Train?
...that in 1993, the New York State Thruway became the first road to implement the E-ZPass electronic toll collection?
...that M-38 was previously a part of M-35 that was 65 miles (105 km) away from the rest of the highway?
...that while traversing mountainous terrain, Interstate 5 in California and Interstate 8 in Arizona each have portions where traffic in one direction crosses over the traffic lanes for the other direction?
...that Quebec Route 199 is the only highway in Québec that does not connect to any other highway in the network?

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...that a section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike was abandoned (pictured) after the road was relocated to bypass the Rays Hill and Sideling Hill tunnels in 1968?
...despite being a north-south route, Interstate 15's route through Idaho and Montana crosses the Continental Divide of the Americas 3 times?
...that none of State Highway 32 as it was originally designated through southwestern Oklahoma in 1934 is a part of the current route?
...that the causeways over Lake Scugog on Ontario Highway 7A were constructed over a floating bridge built in 1856?
...that Interstate 180 in Illinois was built to connect Interstate 80 to a steel plant in Hennepin?

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...that the passing lanes of the Arroyo Seco Parkway (pictured), California's first freeway, were paved in a different color to encourage drivers to stay in their lanes?
...that a part of New York State Route 329 in Watkins Glen served as a segment of the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Course from 1948 to 1952?
...that Saskatchewan Highway 39 is one of the nation of Canada's busiest highways, providing ease of transport for $6 billion in trade goods via approximately 100,000 trucks over the year?
...that state highway M-343 between Kalamazoo and Richland, Michigan, was part of M-43 for a century until Kalamazoo wanted to assert control over some other streets?
...that prior to the construction of the Puncheon Run Connector in Dover, Delaware, a site along Puncheon Run had to be excavated as it consisted of prehistoric Native American artifacts?

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...that, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation, the first highway centerline in the US (pictured) was painted on the first designation of M-15 in 1917?
...the creation of California State Route 49 was lobbied for by historians seeking to preserve the history of the 1849 California Gold Rush?
...that at the opening ceremony for Ontario Highway 105, a construction company presented Minister of Highways George Doucett with a bear cub as thanks for his efforts towards the creation of the route?
...that Magnolia Way, officially designated as Mississippi Highway 780, offers drivers no reassurance?
...that a "token war" between the Connecticut Turnpike and the New York City Subway developed in the 1980s when subway riders discovered that the turnpike's cheaper tokens fit in fare boxes?

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...that the Seney Stretch (pictured) along M-28 in Michigan's Upper Peninsula is 25 miles (40 km), but "others claim it's 50 miles [80 km], only because it seems longer"?
...that most of New Jersey Route 29 was designated as a National Scenic Byway called the Delaware River Scenic Byway in 2009?
...that the old bridge on Highway 61 at the Ontario–Minnesota border, known as The Outlaw, was built by local citizens without approval from the Canadian or American governments?
...Oregon and Nevada State Route 140 share the same number as they were part of an effort to have a single highway connecting Winnemucca to the Pacific Northwest called the "Winnemucca to the Sea Highway"?
...that the odds of someone dying on the portion of Interstate 40 in Haywood County, North Carolina are 20 times greater than winning the Powerball lottery?

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...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?

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The original Sawgrass Expressway road signs

...that Florida State Road 869 (the Sawgrass Expressway) had a mascot, a swamp frog named Cecil B. Sawgrass, who appeared on road signs (pictured)?
...Utah State Route 25 abuts and partially bisects Pando, believed to be the largest living tree by weight and landmass?
...that Saskatchewan Highway 58 travels the Missouri Coteau to an important shore bird site on Canada's second largest saline lake?
...that the exit that connects the Hutchinson River Parkway and the Merritt Parkway over the New York–Connecticut state line is numbered 30 in New York, but 27 in Connecticut?
...that Interstate 865 in Indiana was numbered as such as opposed to Interstate 665 because 9-1-1 operators might have difficulty determining if a distressed motorist was saying "65" or "665"?

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...that nearby town officials caused an uproar when they moved highway markers from the Lincoln Highway in Omaha, Nebraska (pictured) to their local roadway after the highway was rerouted there in 1930?
...that Interstate 285 roughly forms the boundary between area code 404 serving the center of Atlanta and area code 770 serving the outlying areas?
...that Washington State Route 432 ends at an intersection with Interstate 5 nicknamed the Longview Wye, despite being located in the neighboring city of Kelso?
...that Connecticut Route 136 is one of only two state highways in Connecticut that has a gap in state maintenance?
...that Manitoba Provincial Road 394 is the farthest north in the province?

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...U.S. Route 97 was once proposed to run in Alaska?
...that Maryland Route 117 was the inspiration for the song "Take Me Home, Country Roads" by John Denver?
...that the Indiana State Road System has a mileage cap of 12,000 miles (19,000 km)?
...that British Columbia Highway 2 is a short road from Dawson Creek to the British Columbia/Alberta border?
...that Pennsylvania Route 901 was extended northwest from Minersville to Shamokin to provide a route for traffic to an interchange with I-81 northwest of Minersville?

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...that U.S. Route 491 (pictured) was created in part due to large amounts of sign thefts from its former route number?
...that prior to its reconstruction, the Sioux Narrows Bridge, located along Ontario Highway 71, featured the longest single span of a wooden bridge in North America, at 64 meters (210 ft)?
...that plans were shelved for the Southside Connector over concerns that it would pollute aquifers that were later found to be polluted inadvertently by the military?
...that Wisconsin Highway 131 crosses nine bridges in 7.3 miles (11.7 km) between the communities of Rockton and Ontario?
...that the western terminus of Delaware Route 2 was cut back from the Maryland border to the eastern part of Newark in 2013 in order to reduce sign clutter in Newark?

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...that the Queen Elizabeth Way (pictured in 1940) featured the longest stretch of continuously illuminated roadway in the world prior to World War II?
...that the 30-mile (48 km) section of Interstate 15 in Arizona through the Virgin River Gorge was one of the most expensive rural sections of the Interstate Highway System?
...that M-66 is the only state highway that runs the length of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan?
...that only 2 miles (3 km) of New York State Route 279's 9-mile (14 km) alignment is maintained by the state of New York?
...that North Carolina Highway 3 switched designations with North Carolina Highway 136 in 2002 to honor the late Dale Earnhardt, a NASCAR driver who drove the #3 car?

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...that the Chickasaw Turnpike (pictured) is the only two-lane turnpike in Oklahoma?
...that a one-mile (1.6 km) stretch of New Jersey Route 57 in Franklin Township, Warren County was the first concrete road built in New Jersey, having been constructed in 1912?
...that although it has not been signed since 1979, Interstate 296 near Grand Rapids is still a current part of the Interstate Highway System?
...that labourers paving Saskatchewan Highway 641 in 1942 earned 35 cents an hour and a labourer with a tractor-drawn drag earned 50 cents an hour?
...that California State Route 174, which includes a historic 1924 bridge, was not designated a State Scenic Highway due to opposition by residents concerned about their property rights?

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...that Maine State Route 102 (pictured) was previously a lasso-shaped route in which one could be traveling due north on a road signed "south"?
...that Highway 95 and Highway 96 were the only King's Highways in Ontario not connected to the rest of the network by a fixed link?
...that U.S. Highway 23 in Michigan was the proposed site for a General Motors bid to develop an electronic highway in 1961?
...Utah State Route 279 was a finalist in a competition by Parade Magazine to name the most scenic highway to open to traffic in 1963?
...that a second segment of Arkansas Highway 341 was created when residents appealed to the Arkansas State Highway Commission to buy and maintain a private ferry, which was closing?

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...that Blue Ridge Parkway (pictured) was built as a part of the New Deal?
...that North Dakota Highway 1804 and North Dakota Highway 1806 follow the Lewis and Clark Trail along the Missouri River and were numbered to reflect the years of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
...that Pennsylvania Route 321 was designated to provide access to the recreational area around the Allegheny Reservoir?
...that a 25-foot (7.6 m) tall, traditionally-dressed Ukrainian woman offers bread and salt to Saskatchewan Highway 5 travelers at Canora, a town in Saskatchewan, Canada?
...U.S. Route 54 serves both the western extreme and northern extreme of Texas?

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...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?

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...that the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel (pictured) uses computer regulated traffic controls to safely carry bi-directional automobile and train traffic through the single-laned tunnel?
...that in 2013 North Carolina Highway 45 was extended from Swan Quarter to North Carolina Highway 12 in Ocracoke via the Swan Quarter-Ocracoke Ferry across the Pamlico Sound?
...that New Hampshire Route 113B is a suffixed route of Maine State Route 113, and it comes nowhere near its implied parent, New Hampshire Route 113?
...that when the US 41 Marquette Bypass opened in November 1963, cufflinks using jasper unearthed in the construction were supposed to be given to President Kennedy, but he was shot just hours later in Dallas?
...that the Northern Woods and Water Route is a 2,400 km (1,490 mi) highway route through northern Canada, from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, to Winnipeg, Manitoba?

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...that the Orchard Pond Parkway (pictured) was the first privately-built toll road to be constructed in Florida?
...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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Bridge over Hanalei River on Hawaii Route 560

...that Hawaii Route 560 (pictured) was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 because of its historical character of one lane bridges?
...that in 2006 Pennsylvania Route 291 was rerouted around the Philadelphia International Airport due to runway expansion?
...that County Road 510 in Marquette County, Michigan, previously crossed the Dead River on a bridge moved to the site from Pennsylvania?
...that much of Maryland Route 260 was built on the former right-of-way of the Chesapeake Beach Railway?
...that the Hanlon Expressway is named after Felix Hanlon, who helped cut the first tree to inaugurate Guelph, Ontario?

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...that upon the opening of Legacy Parkway (pictured) over 2,000 acres (8.1 km²) of protected areas were created as well?
...that the Thousand Islands Parkway was the final two-lane section of Highway 401?
...that U.S. Route 20 in Massachusetts used to be part of the Boston Post Road, one of the earliest roads established in the United States?
...that M-78, a state highway in Michigan, was extended several times and converted into a freeway, but now follows its original 1919 routing?
...that the Delaware Turnpike and Northeast Expressway connecting Wilmington, Delaware to Baltimore, Maryland were dedicated by President John F. Kennedy one week before his assassination and were named the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway in his honor?

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...that in 1967, women helped construct Interstate 29 in Iowa because there was a shortage of male workers?
...that Florida State Road A1A was renumbered from State Road 1 in 1946 in order to reduce confusion with nearby U.S. Route 1?
...that a rest area along Interstate 295 in New Jersey was named in honor of Howard Stern by Governor Christine Todd Whitman as payback for Stern granting Whitman airtime during her 1993 gubernatorial campaign?
...that the St. Clair Parkway travels through Corunna, Ontario, a planned town intended to be the capital of a united Upper and Lower Canada when it was established in 1823?
...despite the Reno Arch's (pictured) modern association with gambling, the arch was originally built to celebrate the completion of the Lincoln and Victory Highways?

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...that Arizona was the first state to designate U.S. Route 66 (pictured) as a historic route on December 20, 1987?
...that Pacific Highway No. 1 in Oregon was the first state highway to be completely paved between two state lines?
...that most rental car companies don't allow customers to drive vehicles on the Dalton Highway in Alaska, due to its dangerous conditions?
...that M-185 on Mackinac Island in Michigan is the only state highway in the United States cars aren't allowed to drive on?
...Utah state routes 900 and 901 are actually dirt roads that were previously either federally or county maintained, but assigned state route numbers to give the state authority to block shipments of nuclear waste?

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...that U.S. Route 10 is designated along the ferry route served by the SS Badger (pictured), which is the last operational coal-fired passenger steamship in the United States?
...that U.S. Route 70 was re-routed four different times west of Clovis, New Mexico, changing its western terminus from Holbrook, Arizona to El Paso, Texas and finally to Los Angeles, California all between 1931 and 1935?
...that Interstate 78 is designated on a pair of one-way surface streets through downtown Jersey City, New Jersey?
...that songwriter Bobby Troup originally wanted to write the song "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" about U.S. Route 40 instead of U.S. Route 66?
...when the final piece of Interstate 80 was dedicated in 1986, it became the first contiguous freeway to span from the Atlantic to Pacific oceans?

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