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- Sept. 11, 1985 – A proposed southern extension of the Blue Ridge Parkway to Interstate 75 near Marietta, Georgia is formally cancelled by the federal government.
- Sept. 12, 1991 – The final traffic light on Interstate 90 is ceremonially retired in the town of Wallace, Idaho.
- Sept. 12, 1993 – The Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge, a floating bridge carrying eastbound traffic on Interstate 90 from Seattle to Bellevue, Washington, is reopened after major repairs following its 1990 sinking.
- Sept. 13, 1976 – Interstate 35W in Kansas is renunmbered to Interstate 135, to conform with new AASHTO guidelines discouraging suffixed Interstates.
- Sept. 14, 1913 – The finalized route of the Lincoln Highway (pictured) between New York City and San Francisco is announced by the Lincoln Highway Association in Indianapolis.
- Sept. 15, 1978 – The last section of the All American Freeway is completed in North Carolina between Fayetteville and Fort Bragg.
- Sept. 16, 1965 – The Outdoor Advertising Control Bill, which will later become the Highway Beautification Act, is passed in the U.S. Senate by a vote of 63 to 14.
- Sept. 17, 1952 – A new section of U.S. Route 66 in Arizona, which bypasses Oatman, is opened to traffic between Topock and Kingman.
- Sept. 18, 1992 – The Arizona Department of Transportation officially retires the U.S. Route 666 designation and renumbers it as a southern extension of U.S. Route 191.
- Sept. 19, 2018 – The New York State Department of Transportation approves the conversion of State Route 895 in The Bronx from a freeway into a surface street.
- Sept. 20, 1963 – A law is passed by California State Legislature authorizing the 1964 state highway renumbering. Several U.S. Highways are removed in favor of Interstate Highways.