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Did you know...

...that U.S. Route 127 in Michigan (pictured) was tripled in length by extending the highway to replace its parent route, U.S. Route 27 in 2002?
...that the US National Park Service is helping to fund improvements to county road H-58 which serves as the main access road to the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan?
...that Interstate 37 is one of the few limited-access hurricane evacuation routes away from the Texas coast?
...that Interstate 80 in Nevada crosses the Forty Mile Desert, the most dangerous part of the California Trail?
...that prior to Interstate 410 and the Interstate Highway System, Texas State Highway Loop 13 was the primary loop around San Antonio?
...that at 1,328 feet (405 m) above sea level, Brockway Mountain Drive in Michigan's Upper Peninsula is the most elevated road between the Rockies and Alleghenies?
...that the Memorial Tunnel along the West Virginia Turnpike was the first tunnel in the U.S. to have closed-circuit television monitoring?
...that speed limits on Guam Highway 1 may differ depending on which side of the road you are on?
...that Summerlin Parkway, a freeway in Las Vegas, was initially constructed by the Summerlin homeowners' association?
...that at the time of construction Interstate 70 in Colorado featured the world's highest road tunnel?
...that M-209 was the shortest state highway in Michigan at a half-mile until 1996, serving as a connection to a former Coast Guard station?
...that California's four-lane Bayshore Highway, now a freeway, was built to high standards in the 1920s and '30s, but was called "Bloody Bayshore" because of the number of crashes?
...that about three-quarters of the Oroville-Chico Highway (now Route 149) in California's Sacramento Valley has been absorbed by realignments of Routes 70 and 99?
...that the two parts of California State Route 139 were constructed by a joint highway district of Lassen and Modoc Counties and by the U.S. federal government before being turned over to the state?
...that Connecticut Route 136 is one of only two state highways in Connecticut that has a gap in state maintenance?
...that the easternmost part of California State Route 20 follows a branch of the historic California Trail, parts of which have been preserved as a National Recreation Trail?
...that U.S. Route 50 in California was the route traveled by many '49ers and the Pony Express, and later became California's first state highway and a branch of the Lincoln Highway?
...that the city of San Francisco contributed a large proportion of the funds for constructing the extension of Junipero Serra Boulevard beyond the city limits?
...that the northern half of Oklahoma State Highway 95 was once part of U.S. Route 56?
...that the passing lanes of the Arroyo Seco Parkway, California's first freeway, were paved in a different color to encourage drivers to stay in their lanes?
...that Alameda Street was built by Los Angeles County, California as a "truck boulevard" to the port?
...that Ric Williamson, the departed chairman of the Texas Transportation Commission advocated toll roads, including the controversial Trans-Texas Corridor, to increase his state's highway capacity?
...that, despite being added to California's state highway system in 1933, the portion of State Route 190 over the Sierra Nevada remains unconstructed?
...that California State Route 174, which includes a historic 1924 bridge, was not designated a State Scenic Highway due to opposition by residents concerned about their property rights?
...that State Route 70, a National Scenic Byway through California's Feather River Canyon, was constructed using an access road laid out by the Utah Construction Company when it built the Western Pacific Railroad in the canyon?
...that U.S. Route 199 is numbered as a spur of U.S. Route 99, which no longer exists?
...that New Mexico State Road 4 forms the core of Jemez Mountain Trail National Scenic Byway, with trails to Puebloan ruins, a 10,199-foot mountain, and a 70-foot waterfall from roadside turnouts?
...that scenic State Route 160 crosses California's Sacramento River twice on 1923 bascule bridges (one pictured) patented by Joseph B. Strauss, who went on to design the Golden Gate Bridge?
...that the city of West Sacramento, California is converting the former State Route 275 freeway into a surface road by replacing interchanges with at-grade intersections?
...that the Utah Scenic Byways program includes the highest paved road in the state with a summit at 10,715 ft (3266 m)?
...that U.S. Route 70 runs across the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, and can be closed several times per week for missile tests?
...that Wurzbach Parkway, an unnumbered freeway in San Antonio, Texas, does not connect directly to the city's other freeways?
...that the 30-mile (50-km) section of Interstate 15 in Arizona through the Virgin River Gorge was the most expensive section of rural freeway by mile? [sic]
...that the U.S. state of Utah built the Wendover Cut-off (pictured) across the Great Salt Lake Desert in the early 1920s to force motorists to Southern California to take the Arrowhead Trail and remain in that state for about 200 miles (300 km) more?
...that State Route 69 (road sign pictured) in the U.S. state of Utah was renumbered State Route 38 in 1993, due to sign theft caused by the connotation of the number?
...that the Hibbs Bridge on the Snicker's Gap Turnpike, which partly replaced the first toll road in the United States, still carries traffic, and is being rebuilt in its original state?

...that Key Highway, built to provide better access to the municipal piers in Baltimore in preparation for increased trade through the Panama Canal, is now a truck bypass of the historic Federal Hill neighborhood?
...that New Mexico State Road 6563 takes its number from the wavelength (6563 Å) used by scientists to locate areas of interest on the Sun?
...that Henry Ford helped stop construction of a state highway in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in order to gain admission to the exclusive Huron Mountain Club?
...that Interstate 10 in Texas is the longest continuous untolled freeway under a single authority in North America?