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- Jan. 16, 1967 – A short section of New York's Penn-Can Highway extends the existing highway in Syracuse from Calthrop Avenue to Adams Street
- Jan. 17, 1994 – The Northridge Earthquake results in massive damage to freeway infrastructure in the Los Angeles metro area, including a collapse of the Newhall Pass interchange.
- Jan. 18, 1952 – The New Jersey Turnpike is opened north of the Garden State Parkway, completing the highway
- Jan. 19, 1955 – After half a month of blockades from mayors in the New Jersey communities of East Orange and Bloomfield, extensions of the Garden State Parkway in Clifton, extending its termini north from Hazel Street to US 46 at exit 156 and south from Route 3 to the barricaded main section at Bloomfield Avenue in Bloomfield, bypass their blockades and allows the highway from Central Avenue in East Orange to open; exits in Bloomfield are barred from opening for another two days