Portal:U.S. roads/Did you know/August 2011


 * ... prior to the construction of the Cave Rock Tunnel (pictured), U.S. Route 50 was a single lane road featuring a hanging bridge along the eastern shore of Lake Tahoe?
 * ...that Utah State Route 32 is a former section of U.S. Route 189 that became disconnected from the rest of the route when the portion through the town of Hailstone was submerged by the Jordanelle Reservoir?
 * ...that the Central Scranton Expressway was built on a portion of the former Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad right-of-way passing beneath the Harrison Avenue Bridge?
 * ...that the final piece of mainline Interstate 80 to open to traffic was a 5 mile stretch in Utah that included the interchange with Interstate 215 and the Salt Lake International Airport, in 1986?
 * ... the original Reno Arch was installed to celebrate the completion of the Lincoln and Victory Highways?