Portal:U.S. roads/Did you know/March 2013

SR 162 crosses the Puyallup River northwest of Orting on the McMillin Bridge opened in 1934

• ...that the McMillin Bridge (pictured) on State Route 162 in Washington was built with concrete instead of steel during the Great Depression to save the Department of Highways a grand total of $826, about $14,000 in 2013?
• ... that a second segment of Arkansas Highway 341 was created when residents appealed to the Arkansas State Highway Commission to buy and maintain a private ferry, which was closing?
• ...that there is a replica of the Cape Henlopen Light in the middle of the roundabout on Delaware Route 1A entering Rehoboth Beach?
• ...that at approximately 878 miles (1,413 km) in length, Interstate 10 is the longest highway in Texas?
• ... that the local nickname for Interstate 194 in Battle Creek, Michigan, is "the Penetrator"?