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- 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.