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Checklist of stuff to do in Interstate 70 in Maryland

 * Add non-breaking spaces
 * Capitalize "highway" when using "Interstate highway" or "U.S. highway"
 * Add sections to map references
 * Examine moving some references used many times to Works cited section
 * Add links to graphics of maps referenced in Baltimore section. Links needed for following:
 * 1957 Biddle proposal map
 * Darling proposal map
 * 10-D proposal map
 * 3-A proposal map
 * 3-A closeups used for Route description
 * Add links to AARoads I-70 section
 * Revise use of generic terms like highway, freeway, and so on for variety and to avoid unnecessary adjectives
 * Add wikilinks for all routes that are not yet linked
 * Comb for grammatical errors
 * Make Route description more concise; remove unnecessary details
 * Add page numbers to HLR references

U.S. Route 40 in Maryland Good Topic

 * Main article
 * U.S. Route 40 in Maryland
 * Old alignments
 * U.S. Route 40 Alternate (Keyser's Ridge–Cumberland, Maryland)
 * Maryland Route 743
 * Maryland Route 144
 * U.S. Route 40 Scenic
 * Maryland Route 615
 * U.S. Route 40 Alternate (Hagerstown–Frederick, Maryland)
 * Maryland Route 7
 * Freeways
 * Interstate 68
 * Interstate 70 in Maryland
 * Interstate 170 (Maryland)
 * Other Possible Contributing Articles
 * National Road
 * Thomas J. Hatem Memorial Bridge

US 17 in Georgia History
US 17's path through Georgia originated as a pair of concurrent auto trails between Florida and the northern states. The Dixie Highway, the eastern branch of which later became US 25, connected Florida with the Midwest and the Atlantic Highway, whose successor routes were US 17, US 13, and US 1, connected Florida with the Mid-Atlantic states and New England. The first numbers were assigned to what became US 17 by 1920: SR 27 from Kingsland to west of Brunswick, SR 25 through Brunswick to Richmond Hill, and SR 30 from Richmond Hill through Savannah. By 1926, when US 17 was assigned to the Jacksonville–Savannah–Charleston highway as one of the original U.S. Highways designated that year, the entire length of US 17 was part of SR 25.

US 17 originally followed much of its present alignment with the exception of the segment between Waverly and Brunswick and the portion through Savannah. At Waverly, US 17 originally continued north along what are now county highways to the junction of US 82 and SR 99 east of Waynesville. From there, the U.S. Highway headed northeast along SR 99 to Sterling, then ran concurrently with US 25 and US 341 southeast into Brunswick, where it reconnected with modern US 17 at US 25's southern terminus. By 1929, US 17 was moved to its second alignment, which included the present path from Waverly to US 82 south of Brunswick, then north along what is now SR 303 before following US 25 and US 341 into Brunswick. US 17's present alignment from Kingsland to the Florida state line was completed in 1927 concurrent with the completion of the highway's modern bridge over the St. Mary's River. The U.S. Highway followed what is now solely SR 25 from Savannah northwest to Port Wentworth and then east into South Carolina. The highway originally crossed the Savannah River near Port Wentworth at the Houlihan Bridge and a pair of adjacent bridges over three channels of the Savannah River, which all opened in 1922.

The route of what became US 17 was paved from Richmond Hill through Savannah to Port Wentworth by 1921. By 1924, the highway followed an improved road, but not yet paved, from Kingsland to northwest of Brunswick; a paved road through Brunswick; an improved road from Brunswick to Darien; and an extension of the Savannah paved road from Mount Hope Creek to Richmond Hill. Additional paved sections were completed from Brunswick to Darien by 1926. The entirety of US 17 in Georgia was paved by 1929.

As of 1946, US 17 entered Savannah from the southwest on Ogeechee Road. The U.S. Highway veered east onto 37th Street, then turned north onto Montgomery Street, where it ran concurrently with US 80 to the downtown area. US 17 and US 80 turned west onto Bay Street and diverged near the present northern terminus of I-516 in Garden City. The first half of the 1950s saw several realignments of the highway through Savannah. In 1952, US 17 Alternate was assigned to follow Mills B. Lane Boulevard and 52nd Street east from Ogeechee Road to Montgomery Street. By 1954, US 17 was split into a one-way pair, with northbound US 17 following what had been US 17 Alternate. US 17 Alternate and SR 25 Alternate were assigned to a new set of roads in 1955 following the completion of the original Talmadge Memorial Bridge the previous year. The alternate route followed Stiles Avenue north from Ogeechee Road, then took Gwinnett Street east to Boundary Street, which connected with the southern end of the new bridge. Also in 1955, southbound US 17 was moved to Broad Street (now Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard) from Bay Street to 37th Street.

US 17 was extensively reconstructed over its entire length in the mid-1950s. The biggest project south of Savannah was the construction of the original Sidney Lanier Bridge across the Brunswick River and the relocation of US 17 to its present alignment between US 82 and US 25 in the Brunswick area. The original lift bridge was under construction by 1954 and completed in 1956. The old alignment of US 17 became SR 303; south of Brunswick, the U.S. Highway turned east to run concurrently with SR 50 (now SR 520) toward Jekyll Island, then veered north across the new bridge and bypassed Brunswick to the east on the new Glynn Avenue.

Table-list of US 1 special routes
U.S. Route 1
 * Alternate routes:
 * Former alternate routes:
 * Business routes:
 * Former business routes: Florida City–Homestead, FL

Principles: Each box is ordered by type (between cells) and geographically (within cells). Former routes are italicized. 1. Alternate 2. Business 3. Bypass 4. Connector 5. Scenic 6. Spur 7. Temporary 8. Truck