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- Jan. 1, 1969 – Several hundred miles of highways in Iowa are renumbered to allieviate confusion for the traveling public.
- Jan. 2, 1958 – The Connecticut Turnpike opens after nearly four years of construction.
- Jan. 2, 1974 - The National Maximum Speed Law is signed by president Richard M. Nixon mandating a national speed limit of 55 MPH.
- Jan. 3, 2003 – The northernmost segment of E-470 in Adams County, Colorado, opens providing a northern connection to Interstate 25.
- Jan. 4, 1975 – The Federal-Aid Highway Amendments of 1974 was signed into law by President of the United States Gerald Ford.
- Jan. 4, 2017 – Cashless tolling begins in the Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel.
- Jan. 5, 2013 – First Nations protesters blockade the Blue Water Bridge carrying Ontario Highway 402 as part of the Idle No More campaign.