Portal:U.S. roads/Did you know/December 2009




 * ... that New Jersey Route 37 is named "Little League World Champions Boulevard" in honor of Toms River East Little League's victory in the 1998 Little League World Series?
 * ... that the business route of Maryland Route 5 in Hughesville (pictured) uses green shields with the word "business" in place of "Maryland"?
 * ... that the Interstate 695 beltway around Baltimore was initially planned as a county project in 1949 before being taken over by the state by 1953?
 * ... that New Jersey Route 88 was referred to in the Bruce Springsteen song "Spirit in the Night"?
 * ... that Washington State Route 231 is almost 9 mi longer than its "parent" route, Washington State Route 23?