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Tumbleweed Snowman... that the Big I reconstruction project in Albuquerque, New Mexico won the 2002 President's Transportation Award for Highways from the AASHTO? --Admrboltz (talk) 05:25, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
(alt) ...that the Albuquerque Metropolitan Arroyo Flood Control Authority has installed a tumbleweed snowman at the Big I interchange every year since 1995?
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February 2011
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Rolled over
I rolled these over, not that I thought that they were bad, rather I wanted to use the snowman photo for January, and still use the MD-68 photo in February. The other was held over to avoid two NM hooks in the same month.
Disambiguation sign posted in advance of the MD 68 interchange on westbound I-70 near Clear Spring...that signs were placed on westbound Interstate 70 to reduce motorist confusion between Maryland Route 68 and Interstate 68, which meet I-70 17 miles (27 km) apart in Washington County, Maryland? VC 05:07, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
The factoid of US491 being former US666 has been done in DYK in a few formats (both serious and as part of April fools Day). How about a slight tweak to make the hook fresh, like "... that U.S. Routes in New Mexico include the Mother Road and the Devil's Highway? (the target article would have to be expanded to cover both of these facts) Dave (talk) 19:20, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
That works, but I would also suggest that on the actual DYK page as well, as I have it up there as well. --Admrboltz (talk) 19:32, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
New nominations
...that the previous shield for the Massachusetts Turnpike, which had a pilgrim hat with a Native American feather sticking through it, was revised in 1989 to not have the feather as motorists sometimes mistakenly turned in the direction the arrow pointed (right) when attempting to enter the turnpike? Dough4872 17:52, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
...that residents of Seattle have disparagingly referred to the Tacoma Spur as "the road to nowhere" and likened its exit ramps to tentacles? --Admrboltz (talk) 18:15, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
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March 2011
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... that Delaware Route 71 currently follows its original alignment, even though the route has been realigned during its history? Dough4872 18:45, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
The redlink will be recreated shortly. Admrboltz has userfied the previously deleted article for me. Imzadi 1979→ 05:46, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
Westbound on the Benedict Bridge over the Patuxent River looking toward Benedict... that the Benedict Bridge (pictured), which carries Maryland Route 231 between Charles and Calvert counties in Southern Maryland, was the southernmost crossing of the Patuxent River for 25 years? VC 09:59, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
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April Fool's Day 2011
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... that Maryland Route 797 is the highway that does not end, it seems to go on and on my friend?
Support the dog chasing tail entry. VC 20:58, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
Support first MD 797 entry. Dough4872 22:04, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
... that Interstate 4 crosses some of the coldest, most snow covered terrain in North America?
Support VC 20:58, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
Support. Dough4872 22:04, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
Support. — PCB 22:57, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
... that 99% of roadgeeks who claim to have been to Beatosu, Ohio are lying? Dave (talk) 21:41, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
... that if you've clinched Utah State Route 299 enough times to write the route description for the wikipedia article, you are a really crappy driver.Dave (talk) 19:29, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
Support. Dough4872 22:04, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
... that once, cars were stranded in a mousetrap? --PCB 18:35, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Davey likey. = -) Dave (talk) 19:20, 31 December 2010 (UTC) P.S. I wonder if we could work torpedoes into the hook?
ALT1: ... that because of some torpedos, cars were once stranded in a mousetrap? Imzadi1979→ 22:54, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
... that mousetrap + torpedos = 8 hour par-tey? Dave (talk) 23:52, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Support ALT1 VC 20:58, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
Support ALT1. Dough4872 22:04, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
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April 2011
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... that sections of state highway M-37 in Michigan have been named for a Civil War general, a governor, and the road's "divine scenic and recreational delights"? Imzadi 1979→ 05:49, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
...that the Camino Colombia Toll Road was foreclosed on in late 2003 and auctioned off on January 6, 2004? Dough4872 18:46, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
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May 2011
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...that U.S. Route 6 and U.S. Route 50 enter and leave the state of Utah on a concurrent alignment, but in the center of the state are almost 100 miles apart? Dave (talk) 19:11, 15 March 2011 (UTC) (this one may need some tweaking and improved coverage in the article, but I don't think this one has been on the page before).
...that Eden Brent has a blues song named "Mississippi Number 1" in honor of Mississippi Highway 1. Dough4872 21:58, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
New nominations
...that Bud Shuster named Interstate 99 after a street car, No. 99, that took people from Shuster's hometown of Glassport to McKeesport? Dough4872 23:57, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
Support Whoever found that streetcar source, fantastic find! VC 15:02, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
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June 2011
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...that an abandoned stretch of the partially-built Pennsylvania Route 23 freeway in Lancaster County was given to local farmers to use and is now known as the "Goat Path Expressway"? Dough4872 19:51, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
...that the bridge that carried Maryland Route 32 across the Patapsco River in Sykesville between 1963 and 2004 was the longest of only three aluminum triangular box beam girder bridges constructed in the United States? VC 05:29, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
The SS Drummond Islander IV crossing the De Tour Passage
... that M-134 is one of three state highways in Michigan on an island, and one of two to use a ferry (pictured)? Imzadi 1979→ 08:35, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
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July 2011
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August 2011
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...that the final piece of mainline Interstate 80 to open to traffic was a 5 mile stretch in Utah that included the interchange with Interstate 215 and the Salt Lake International Airport, in 1986. Dave (talk) 00:17, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
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September 2011
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Rolled over nominations
...that the U.S. Route 550 crosses three highway passes, all of which are higher than 10,500 feet in elevation? Dave (talk) 22:15, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
... legend has it that newly divorced women would throw their rings off of the Virginia Street Bridge, which carries U.S. Route 395 Business across the Truckee River in Reno, Nevada, to celebrate the end of their marriages? Dave (talk) 22:18, 13 July 2011 (UTC)(borrowing work done by User:Ljthefro, which reminded me of the oft repeated legend)
New nominations
...that a bridge and a downstream ford on present-day Pennsylvania Route 134 were used by Union troops during the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg? Dough4872 02:20, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
...that when Maryland Route 145's present bridge over Loch Raven Reservoir was completed in 2000, the old bridge constructed in 1922 was retained and refurbished for recreational use? VC 14:32, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
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October 2011
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November 2011
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... that a landmark along Interstate 84 is the Thousand Mile Tree, which marks the western progress of exactly 1000 miles along the original alignment of the First Transcontinental Railroad? (borrowed from the trains portal, but applicable here). Dave (talk) 17:13, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
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December 2011
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...that the introduction of E-ZPass has led to "significant improvements of infant health" among mothers giving birth that lived near toll plazas? Dough4872 02:44, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
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