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- Dec. 1, 1954 – Over one thousand people join a caravan to drive the first 22 miles (35 km) of the Ohio Turnpike to open for traffic.
- Dec. 2, 2014 – The eastern quarter of the Inner Loop in Rochester, New York, was closed as part of a $21 million freeway removal project.
- Dec. 3, 1971 – The American Association of State Highway Officials approves the removal of the U.S. Route 611 designation.
- Dec. 3, 2012 – The U.S. Route 202 parkway between Montgomeryville and Doylestown, Pennsylvania opens to traffic
- Dec. 4, 1971 – Highway 427 is designated in Toronto.
- Dec. 5, 1984 – U.S. Route 75 between Omaha, Nebraska, and Sioux City, Iowa, is removed from Interstate 29 in Iowa and re-routed along the former U.S. Route 73 and existing U.S. Route 77 corridors.
- Dec. 6, 1967 – A groundbreaking ceremony is held in Lyon County, Kentucky, to celebrate the forthcoming construction of the first section Interstate 24 in the state.
- Dec. 7, 1959 – Forty-five miles (72 km) of Interstate 94 that connect Paw Paw and Battle Creek, Michigan, were dedicated.
- Dec. 8, 1941 – The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor provides the impetus to complete sooner the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel (western portal pictured) along the Portage Glacier Highway.
- Dec. 9, 1944 – The Suitland Parkway, then called the Camp Springs Highway, is opened completely to traffic in Washington, D.C., and Maryland.
- Dec. 10, 1949 – The Parliament of Canada passes the Trans-Canada Highway Act.