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January 2010

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April 2010

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New nominations

Rolled over nominations

  • ...that while traversing mountainous terrain, Interstate 5 in California, Interstate 8 in Arizona and Arizona State Route 87 have portions where traffic in one direction crosses over the traffic lanes for the other direction?Dave (talk) 20:41, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
    • The Locations are I5 [2] I8 [3] AZ87 [4]
    • This would have made the cut for August, but I opted to keep it here for now since the fact isn't written and/or referenced in the three articles themselves. I know this isn't Wikipedia DYK but I don't think it would look good if the facts presented here weren't present and referenced in the linked articles. – TMF 08:00, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
      • For the record, it is covered in AZ87. Ironically, it's covered in Interstate 8 in California, but the crossovers are in Arizona, not California. Dave (talk) 06:56, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
        • Used AZ 87 already. --Rschen7754 (T C) 00:45, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
  • ...that Interstate 205 is the only multi-state auxiliary Interstate west of the Rocky Mountains? –CG 16:02, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
    • Not present in the article or referenced. --Rschen7754 (T C) 17:36, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
  • ".... that Nevada State Route 342 is part of the original highway between Carson City and Virginia City that was bypassed with a truck route as far back as 1937? Dave (talk) 07:19, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
    • (alt hook) .... that Nevada State Route 342 was a primary access to the silver communities of the Comstock Lode of the 1860's but became a secondary route since the 1930's when it was bypassed? Dave (talk) 00:26, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
      • Not present or referenced. --Rschen7754 (T C) 07:09, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
        • Present and sourced. Dave (talk) 07:05, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
          • Not explicitly, at least not to me and likely not to Rschen either. The article makes a reference to "both routes" but doesn't make it clear that one of the two was a new bypass route built in the 1930s. – TMF 19:54, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
  • ...that officials in Rockland County, New York sued to prevent the opening of the final segment of Interstate 287 between Montville, New Jersey and Suffern, New York on November 19, 1993 due to the fact the interchange with the New York State Thruway in Suffern had not been completed yet? ---Dough4872 16:26, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
  • ...that floods during the 2000s had washed away several portions of Pennsylvania Route 32 along the Delaware River and negatively impacted businesses along the road? ---Dough4872 19:52, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
Really not interesting, as that always happens.Mitch32(A fortune in fabulous articles can be yours!) 19:55, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
However, this happened multiple times and to several portions of road. The local newspaper had a lot of stories pertaining to the flooding and its impacts. ---Dough4872 19:58, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
Then it needs to be reworded and copyedited. Also, the Rockland one isn't all that interesting.Mitch32(A fortune in fabulous articles can be yours!) 20:17, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
The I-287 one is interesting as it is not often a governmental jurisdiction sues over the opening of a new road. ---Dough4872 20:38, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
  • ...that several floods in recent years had washed away various segments of Pennsylvania Route 32 along the Delaware River, leading to a decline in customers at several roadside businesses and forcing some to close down? ---Dough4872 20:38, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
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May 2010

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  • ... that the MDSHA announced plans to sell the Maryland Route 545 bridge over Little Elk Creek, built in 1932, to an interested buyer as the bridge is too narrow to carry current traffic? Dough4872 02:00, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
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June 2010

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Rolled over nominations
  • ...that a portion of Interstate 5 has inverted travel lanes (you drive on the left). The northbound lanes are west of the southbound lanes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.48.240.20 (talk) 18:17, April 29, 2010 UTC
    • Alternate version from the archives: ...that while traversing mountainous terrain, Interstate 5 in California has a portion where traffic in one direction crosses over the traffic lanes for the other direction? Imzadi 1979  04:51, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
  • ...that the Harbor Tunnel Thruway, otherwise known as Interstate 895 in Maryland, has had three different sets of exit numbers? Viridiscalculus (talk) 04:56, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
  • ...that Maryland Route 329 is 3.29 miles long? Dough4872 14:58, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
    • Can we have something more interesting than the length? It took me two readings of the hook to catch the number/length match, but it's still not that interesting. All highways have a length. If there were a source that links the choice for the designation to the length, that would be more interesting. Imzadi 1979  15:59, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
      • Apparently, that was the most interesting thing I found. The length and the designation happens to be a pure coincidence, the number "329" was chosen as it was in the numbering scheme for Talbot County. I can't think of any other highways where the number and length have the same digits in the same order (not counting decimal placement) Dough4872 17:13, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
        • Well, I can't support this hook at this time. We might not have rules about what articles can be nominated, but maybe this article should wait until the article itself isn't a stub. Additionally, maybe at a later date a more interesting hook can be found than the length coincidence or not. Imzadi 1979  17:23, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
  • ... that construction of Interstate 140 outside Wilmington, North Carolina was delayed in part to redesign an off-ramp to avoid a 450-year-old oak? Dough4872 00:25, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
  • ...that prior to Interstate 410 and the Interstate Highway System, Texas State Highway Loop 13 was the primary loop around San Antonio? Dough4872 00:25, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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July 2010

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August 2010

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  • ... that Illinois Route 38 was numbered for the sound of the number of its former designation, Route 30A? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.41.249.219 (talk) 03:23, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
    • All it needs is a source for this fact added to the source article, and if that's found, I like it. Imzadi 1979  03:31, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
  • ...that in the 1950s, four service plazas on the Garden State Parkway had uniformed female employees known as the "Park-ettes" whose duties included providing directions and other information to motorists as well as rendering odd bits of service such as sewing a missing button on a patron's coat? Dough4872 13:19, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
  • ...that a "token war" between the Connecticut Turnpike and the New York City Subway developed in the 1980s when subway riders discovered that the turnpike's cheaper tokens fit in fare boxes? Dough4872 02:40, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
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September 2010

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  • ... that Illinois Route 38 was numbered for the sound of the number of its former designation, Route 30A? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.41.249.219 (talk) 03:23, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
    • All it needs is a source for this fact added to the source article, and if that's found, I like it. Imzadi 1979  03:31, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Imzadi 1979  21:46, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
I'm not sure this is a good hook. Map errors are a dime a dozen. Admittedly, this is one that has gone uncorrected for 18 years, but still. Dave (talk) 20:31, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
  • ... that Texas State Highway 112 was renumbered from Texas State Highway 69 because people kept stealing the road signs?" Suggestion from the USRD DYK list not yet used for the portal. Imzadi 1979  15:46, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
    • I remember us having a similar one from several months ago mentioning how NJ 31 and UT 38 were both renumbered from 69. This hook may be a little redundant to that one, despite mentioning a different route. Dough4872 23:50, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
  • ...that the odds of someone dying on the portion of Interstate 40 in Haywood County, North Carolina are 20 times greater than winning the Powerball lottery? Dough4872 18:51, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
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October 2010

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  • ... that Illinois Route 38 was numbered for the sound of the number of its former designation, Route 30A? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.41.249.219 (talk) 03:23, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
    • All it needs is a source for this fact added to the source article, and if that's found, I like it. Imzadi 1979  03:31, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Imzadi 1979  21:46, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
This sounds more fancruft created myth than fact. If no source has been found by now, I doubt it will be.
Perhaps this could be reworded a little? The hook says that there are many miles of state highways, but then there is the word "one" referring to highways, not miles. --PCB 03:55, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
I only copied was what was approved for the Main Page when that ran, but it is still proper grammar. In this case "one" is serving as a reference to one of the group. If we were talking about the 11 football players on a team, we could still single out one of them to discuss his position, stats, name, or whatever. Imzadi 1979  04:01, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
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November 2010

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I say use it this month. However, this also has some good April Fools Day potential. Did you know that dozens of roadgeeks were burried along TX 165 to honor their wishes? Some roadgeeks clinched TX 165 on the day of their funeral? =-) Dave (talk) 05:43, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
I wish I could have found this sooner, the hook and picture would have worked well for October. Dough4872 15:11, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
Maybe this is a rarity on the east coast, but out west this would not be considered a novel fact. It's fairly common to name a street in honor of a new business development here. In fact there are some interesting oddities, from where a street was named after a business, but the business has since moved. Dave (talk) 16:16, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
Ditto here in Michigan. It's not very rare here. Imzadi 1979  19:55, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
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December 2010

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  • ...that M-209, serving as a connection to the former Coast Guard station in Glen Haven, Michigan (general store pictured), was the shortest state highway in the state at a half-mile until 1996? Imzadi 1979  21:17, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
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