Portal:U.S. roads/Did you know/March 2020
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- ...that although Donner Pass (pictured) has historically carried the First Transcontinental Railroad, Lincoln Highway, Victory Highway and California Trail across the Sierra Nevadas, the planners of the Interstate Highway system instead decided to route Interstate 80 across a higher summit 2 miles (3.2 km) to the north?
- ...that the Harbor Tunnel Thruway, otherwise known as Interstate 895 in Maryland, has had three different sets of exit numbers?
- ... that the two roads that use former New Jersey Route 65, Port Street and Doremus Avenue, dead-end just after their respective intersection?
- ...that Interstate 129 and U.S. Route 77 both end at Interstate 29 less than 1 mile (1.6 km) after crossing the Missouri River into Sioux City, Iowa?
- ...that a part of New York State Route 329 in Watkins Glen served as a segment of the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Course from 1948 to 1952?