Portal:U.S. Roads/DYK Articles

Previous "Did You Know" items for the U.S. Roads Portal.

[edit] February 2006

...that U.S. Route 6 once connected Provincetown, Massachusetts with Wilmington, California for a total length of 3652 miles (5,877 km) and was the longest highway in US history?
...that U.S. Route 50 in Nevada is nicknamed the "Loneliest Road in America" and is also the home of the "Loneliest Payphone in America"?
...that Scenic U.S. Route 412 is only one of two such "scenic" designations in the US (the other is on U.S. Route 40)?
...that the multiplex of Oklahoma State Highway 20/Arkansas State Highway 43 is possibly the only multi-state multiplex in the country?
...that Alt Bus US 66 was the only double-bannered US route in history?

...Hurricane Charley is sometimes referred to locally as the I-4 Hurricane because the storm's path closely followed Interstate 4 for its last 100 miles (160 km)?
...a McDonald's is built over Interstate 44 near Vinita, Oklahoma and is only one of several structures built over an interstate?
...Puerto Rico's highway system consists of four different classes?
...even though U.S. Route 60 is a "zero highway" and should have crossed the country, its original western terminus was in Springfield, Missouri?
...the Dixie Highway (pictured) was actually a whole system of roads and not a single highway?