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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 promote a roadgeek meetup celebrating the completion of the Lincoln and Victory Highways?

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