Template:Main Page/Did you know?/19

...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?

Navigation menu