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


 * ...that Route 17 (pictured) in New Jersey was renumbered from Route 2 in 1942 to match New York State Route 17 and provide a single number for military caravans during World War II?
 * ...that Wurzbach Parkway, an unnumbered freeway in San Antonio, Texas, does not connect directly to the city's other freeways?
 * ...that Pennsylvania Route 163 never strays more than 250 ft from the Mason–Dixon Line?
 * ... that State Highway 7 in the US state of Minnesota follows the Minnesota River National Scenic Byway along Lac qui Parle by the state line?
 * ...that critic H. L. Mencken panned the proposed renaming of Wilkens Avenue in Baltimore as Sunset Boulevard in 1932?