Portal:U.S. roads/Did you know/Recommend/2019
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February 2019
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.. the Lincoln Highway Bridge is an isolated historical relic along the original routing of the Lincoln Highway and proposed original alignment for U.S. Route 50 that is now inaccessible to the public as it is inside of the Dugway Proving Ground?
June 2019
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...there is a sign at the terminus of Interstate 70 near Baltimore listing the distance to Cove Fort, Utah? Dave (talk) 23:34, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
- For future DYK's we could write similar hooks about U.S. Route 6 and U.S. Route 50, both of which have signs at each terminus marking the distance to the other. Dave (talk) 23:34, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
July 2019
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...the construction of the Eisenhower Tunnel became an event in the history of the women's rights movement when Janet Bonnema, the lone female engineering technician on the project, was initially not allowed to enter the tunnel and sued for the right to do the same work as her male counterparts? Dave (talk) 18:07, 10 July 2019 (UTC)
August 2019
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- ...that a section of Interstate 10 west of Houston, Texas is believed to be the widest highway in the world at 26 lanes? Dough4872 16:16, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
- ...that in 2003, CDOT purged all but 500 feet of SH 110, so that it could have a state access route to it's Silverton Maintenece Field, making it the shortest highway in Colorado? MZ 03:52 28 July 2019 (UTC)
September 2019
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- ... that there is a 137 mile span in the Sierra Nevada mountains with no road crossings? Excluding non-through and seasonally closed roads, there is an over 200 mile gap with no highway crossings between Walker Pass along California State Route 178 and Carson Pass along California State Route 88?
October 2019
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- ...that U.S. Route 222 has like-numbered state route continuations in both Maryland and Pennsylvania? Dough4872 20:07, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
- ...that New York State Route 269 follows the border between Niagara and Orleans counties for its entire length? Dough4872 13:21, 25 September 2019 (UTC)