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January 2011

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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.

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)
  • ...that the section of Interstate 30 in Texas between Fort Worth and Dallas, called the "Tom Landry Freeway", was renamed the Tom Landry Super Bowl Highway between June 15, 2010 and February 6, 2011 in honor of Super Bowl XLV being held at nearby Cowboys Stadium? Dough4872 04:42, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
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March 2011

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April Fool's Day 2011

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  • ... that Nevada State Route 604 is one of the most famous highways in the world?
    • Support  V 20:58, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
    • Support. — PCB 22:57, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
  • ... that a roadgeek trying to clinch Maryland Route 797 looks like a dog chasing its tail?"
    ... 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.  V 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  V 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?
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April 2011

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Plants washed onto the road at the Post Office, Pago Pago, American Samoa
Plants washed onto the road at the Post Office, Pago Pago, American Samoa
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May 2011

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Rolled over nominations

New nominations

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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?  V 05:29, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
A ship crossing a narrow channel
The SS Drummond Islander IV crossing the De Tour Passage
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July 2011

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August 2011

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September 2011

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Rolled over nominations

New nominations

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October 2011

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November 2011

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December 2011

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