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- 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.