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- Oct. 1, 1940 – Following almost two years of construction, the first section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike (pictured) is opened to traffic between U.S. Route 30 in Irwin and U.S. Route 11 in Carlisle.
- Oct. 1, 1955 – The last section of the Ohio Turnpike is completed and opened to traffic between the Indiana state line and turnpike exit 218.
- Oct. 2, 2004 – The Michigan Department of Transportation holds a promotional open house event called the "Southbelt Shuffle" on an unopened segment of M-6 near Grand Rapids.
- Oct. 3, 1974 – The first section of Interstate H-2 opens to traffic between the Waiawa Interchange at Interstate H-1 and Mililani Cemetery in Pearl City, Hawaii.
- Oct. 4, 2008 – A tanker truck overturns on southbound Interstate 95 in Maryland, spilling acetone among other flammable materials. Four people are taken to the hospital, and the Interstate remains closed for two days.
- Oct. 5, 2019 – A section of Interstate 680 in Iowa between Interstate 29 near Loveland and Interstate 80 near Neola is redesignated to Interstate 880.
- Oct. 6, 1989 – The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials approves a request by the states of Arizona and New Mexico to decommission U.S. Route 80 entirely within both states.
- Oct. 7, 1926 – The state of Pennsylvania and Lancaster County purchase the privately owned Lancaster and Lititz Turnpike as well as the Lititz and Lexington Turnpike at a combined cost of $74,000 USD. Both routes will later become part of Pennsylvania Route 501.
- Oct. 8, 1965 – Under political pressure from President Lyndon B. Johnson, the Highway Beautification Act passes the U.S. House of Representatives at a vote of 245 to 138.
- October 9, 1954 – New Jersey's Garden State Parkway is declared complete south of Irvington (with the exception of a detour over the Beesley's Point Bridge); the previous extension three days earlier had completed this highway north of Rio Grande
- Oct. 9, 1917 – In Michigan, the first traffic tower in the United States is installed at the intersection of Woodward Avenue and Michigan Avenue in Detroit.
- Oct. 10, 1908 – The first section of the Long Island Motor Parkway opens to traffic between Queens and present-day Bethpage in New York.