Portal:U.S. roads/Did you know/Recommend/2017

January 2017

 * ...that Dupont Road, which carries a portion of Delaware Route 100, was built by the DuPont Company in the 19th century to transport black powder south to the Christina River to be shipped, bypassing the city of Wilmington?  Dough   4872  19:50, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

May 2017

 * ...that the Smyrna Rest Area along U.S. Route 13 in Smyrna, Delaware is home to the Delaware Highway Memorial Garden, which has a path with bricks bearing the names of people who died along roads in Delaware?  Dough4872   10th   04:50, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
 * ...that California State Route 266 has more connections to Nevada State Routes than California's road network? Dave (talk) 07:04, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
 * (alt hook) that Caltrans and Nevada DOT have agreed to a joint maintenance agreement for California State Route 266 due to the road's isolation from the rest of California's route network? Dave (talk) 07:04, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

August 2017
...although still commonly called Nevada State Route 49 by visitors to Nevada's Black Rock Desert and the Burning Man festival, the highway hasn't been maintained by the state since the 1980s? Dave (talk) 04:59, 19 July 2017 (UTC)
 * I'll cede the point that this article is a stub and needs work, and part of this hook is content in related articles, but still, maybe this will result in some article improvement. Dave (talk) 04:59, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

September 2017
...that the route of modern Interstate 84 traces its origins to a compromise in a dispute over the routing of U.S. Route 30 in the western US that resulted in the creation of U.S. Route 30S? Dave (talk) 22:25, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

October 2017

 * ...that, although the first section of Washington State Route 520 opened in 1963, the 13 mi freeway wasn't fully completed until 1981?  Sounder Bruce  02:03, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
 * ...that Interstate 87 in North Carolina and Virginia is numbered in honor of important dates in the history of both states, such as the founding of the Roanoke Colony in 1587, the Virginia Plan helping to develop the U.S. Constitution in 1787, and the creation of North Carolina State University in 1887?  Dough   4872   23:40, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

November 2017

 * ...that in 1982, two rest areas along Interstate 80 in New Jersey were shut down due to chronic use for homosexual activities?  Dough   4872   22:48, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
 * This is worded ambiguously and I think it would be problematic to use the hook as is. --Rschen7754 00:27, 14 October 2017 (UTC)