Portal:U.S. roads/Did you know/July 2010


 * ...that M-26 between Houghton and Hancock, Michigan uses the Portage Lake Lift Bridge (pictured), the heaviest and widest double-decked lift bridge in the world?
 * ... that the Keller Ferry, which operates as part of Washington State Route 21 was taken over by the Washington Department of Highways on September 1, 1930, although a cable ferry was operated during the early 1890s?
 * ... that U.S. Route 20 in Massachusetts used to be part of the Boston Post Road, one of the earliest roads established in the United States?
 * ... that the two roads that use former New Jersey Route 65, Port Street and Doremus Avenue, dead-end just after their respective intersection?
 * ...that California State Route 174, which includes a historic 1924 bridge, was not designated a State Scenic Highway due to opposition by residents concerned about their property rights?