Portal:U.S. roads/On this day AFD


 * 1950 – Pine and cedar trees along the Rim of the World Highway near Lake Arrowhead in Southern California grew oranges overnight.
 * 1987 – Los Angeles radio stations announce that the freeway system will be closed for an entire month for repairs.
 * 2008 – Arizona implemented toll collections on Phoenix-area freeways. Tolls on Loop 101 were set at $1.01 while Arizona State Route 51 was set at $0.51. A spokesman for the Arizona Department of Transportation said that toll collectors would be stationed at freeway on-ramps and exact change would be required for entry to the freeways.
 * 2009 – Georgia Nude, a nude rights organization, pledges to clean their adopted section of State Route 34 from I-85 to Shenandoah Boulevard wearing only orange safety vests. Georgia Carry will clean their adopted section of the same highway while carrying concealed weapons.
 * 2009 – The increased importation of lemons from Mexico was linked to a reduction in traffic fatalities in the U.S.
 * 2010 – Hocking County, Ohio courts attempt to collect traffic fines and court costs on 20-year old tickets that were paid in full already.
 * 2011 – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that US traffic fatalities have dropped to their lowest levels since 1949, declaring the reasons for the decrease "a mystery".