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- Nov. 1, 1973 – The final section of Interstate 75 in Michigan is completed between Alger and Roscommon and is dedicated by Governor William G. Milliken.
- Nov. 2, 1972 – The final section of Interstate 94 in Michigan is completed at the Indiana state line and is later opened to traffic after Indiana completes its part of the section.
- Nov. 3, 2022 – The Rhode Island Department of Transportation finishes renumbering Interstate exits from sequential exit numbers to mileage based exit numbers.
- Nov. 4, 1991 – In Oklahoma, U.S. Route 412 is rerouted onto the recently completed Cherokee Turnpike, with the old route becoming US-412 Scenic.
- Nov. 5, 2004 – A groundbreaking ceremony is held in Hughesville, Maryland, for the construction of a limited access bypass of Maryland Route 5.
- Nov. 6, 1927 – The first section of the Southern State Parkway opens near the Nassau County line with Queens, on Long Island in New York State.
- Nov. 7, 1940 – The original Tacoma Narrows Bridge (pictured) in Washington State, carrying Primary State Highway 14 over Puget Sound, collapses following a structural failure during high winds.
- Nov. 7, 1957 – The final section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension opens between PA 315 near Pittston and US 6/US 11 in Clarks Summit
- Nov. 8, 1915 – Construction begins on the Toronto–Hamilton Highway in Ontario, which is a predecessor to Ontario Highway 2 and Ontario Highway 401.
- Nov. 9, 1921 – President Warren G. Harding signs the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1921 into law, which will provide federal funding to improve state-maintained highways across the United States.
- Nov. 10, 2009 – A large rockslide in Tennessee occurs on the Ocoee Scenic Byway near Ocoee Dam No. 2, closing the highway for several months.
- Nov. 11, 1926 – The American Association of State Highway Officials approves the finalized plan for a network of interstate highways, establishing the United States Numbered Highway System (pictured).
- Nov. 12, 1996 – U.S. Route 80 between Selma and Montgomery in Alabama is dedicated as the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail by order of President Bill Clinton.
- Nov. 13, 1973 – The American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO) is renamed the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), to reflect its broadening scope over other modes of transportation.
- Nov. 14, 1803 – The Williamstown Center Turnpike is chartered between East Brookfield and Williamstown in Vermont, which will later become part of Vermont Route 14.
- Nov. 15, 1940 – The Queens Midtown Tunnel, now part of Interstate 495, opens to traffic between Queens and Manhattan in New York City.
- Nov. 15, 1963 – The Delaware Turnpike opens to traffic at midnight.
- Nov. 16, 2015 – In Kentucky, the majority of the Pennyrile Parkway between Interstate 24 and Hendersonville is officially signed as part of Interstate 69.
- Nov. 17, 2017 – The Dale Gardner Veterans Memorial Bridge opens to traffic over the Mississippi River, carrying U.S. Route 52 between Sabula, Iowa and Savanna, Illinois, replacing the older Savanna–Sabula Bridge.
- Nov. 18, 2019 – The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) announces a statewide renumbering project, changing the exit numbers along all state highways to reflect adjoining mileposts.
- Nov. 19, 2010 – A new section of Quebec Autoroute 30, which is part of a planned southern bypass of Montreal, is opened to traffic between Candiac and Châteauguay.
- Nov. 20, 1942 – Having been completed a month earlier, the Alaska Highway is formally dedicated at Soldier's Summit, near the British Columbia–Yukon border.
- Nov. 21, 2015 – Construction on an extension of Ontario Highway 401 in Windsor (pictured) is completed between Dougall Parkway and Ojibway Parkway, becoming the first new section of the route to be designated since 1968.
- Nov. 22, 1991 – The second tube of the Lehigh Tunnel is completed on the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension, which later becomes Interstate 476, making the entire toll road into a divided highway.
- Nov. 23, 1938 – Construction begins on the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington, which will carry Primary State Highway 14 across Puget Sound from Gig Harbor to Tacoma.
- Nov. 23, 1955 – The Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension opens between the mainline turnpike in Plymouth Meeting and US 22 near Allentown
- Nov. 24, 1917 – Construction on the Toronto–Hamilton Highway is completed, becoming the first concrete road in Ontario, and one of the longest stretches of concrete highway in the world between two cities.
- Nov. 25, 1992 – The final section of Interstate 75 is designated along Alligator Alley through the Everglades in Florida, completing the highway between Miami and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
- Nov. 26, 1968 – A new section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike opens, bypassing part of the original highway, including the Sideling Hill Tunnel and Rays Hill Tunnel. The old route will later be known as the Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike.
- Nov. 27, 1969 – A 5.2-mile (8.4-kilometer) long section of the Sprain Brook Parkway is opened in New York between Jackson Avenue in Greenburgh and the Cross Westchester Expressway in Elmsford.
- Nov. 28, 2011 – The long awaited Fort Madison bypass is opened to traffic on U.S. Route 61 in Iowa at a cost of $25 million ($70 million in 2021). The older route through town becomes US 61 Business.
- Nov. 29, 2001 – An old alignment of U.S. Route 66 through Illinois between Litchfield and Mount Olive is added to the National Register of Historic Places.
- Nov. 30, 2021 – In the Northwest Territories, the Tłı̨chǫ All-Season Road, also known as Highway 9, is completed and open to traffic between the Yellowknife Highway (Highway 3) and Whati.