Portal:U.S. roads/Did you know/April 2012


 * ...that Florida State Road 528 was the site of a 40 mi backup near Cape Canaveral from sightseers wishing to view the final launch (pictured) of the Space Shuttle Discovery in 2011?
 * ... that U.S. Route 102 was the first US Highway designation to be decommissioned in 1928?
 * ... that U.S. Route 63 and U.S. Route 163 are separated by 1000 mi?
 * ...that the Route 4 bypass around Charlotte, North Carolina is numbered as such because the loop has a radius of about 4 mi?
 * ...that Maryland Route 135 once had a sign that suggested to truck drivers "If Brakes Fail Ditch Truck Immediately" on the highway's steep descent of Backbone Mountain?