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unusual facts about U.S. Highway



Culver's

In 1984, Sauk City restaurateur George Culver purchased the A&W on Phillips Boulevard (U.S. Highway 12) and began renovating it.

Illinois Route 116

U.S. Route 124 (abbreviated US 124) was a U.S. Highway that was commissioned from 1926 to 1938, and was located in Illinois, running from Peoria through Biggsville.

Place Viger

Much of the Viger Gardens was destroyed in the 1970s to allow for the construction of the Autoroute Ville-Marie highway, and the remainder of the gardens was transformed into a little-travelled public square (named "Viger Square"), with much-criticized concrete landscaping by artist Charles Daudelin.

Trans-African Highway network

Trans-African Highway (TAH 4), Cairo–Gaborone–(Pretoria/Cape Town) Highway, 10,228 km: the completion of the stretch of highway from Dongola to Wadi Halfa in Northern Sudan and the road from the Galabat border crossing in North-Western Ethiopia leaves only 2 stretches unpaved: between Isiolo and Moyale in northern Kenya (dubbed 'the road to hell' by overland travellers) and the gravel section through Dodoma in central Tanzania.

Transport in Barbados

The most popular highway throughout the island is the A. B. C. Highway (Adams/Barrow/Cummins).


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1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision

On October 25, 1995, at 7:10 am CDT, Metra train number 624, traveling approximately 50 mph (80 km/h) at the time of impact, collided with the back of a school bus carrying students to Cary-Grove High School at the intersection of Algonquin Road, Northwest Highway (U.S. Highway 14) and a double-tracked mainline belonging to the Union Pacific Railroad.

2012 Washington state wildfires

Located east of U.S. Highway 97 near Blewett Pass in Kittitas County, the Table Mountain Fire threatened homes and historic structures near Liberty, Washington.

Belle Plaine, Minnesota

The U.S. Highway 169 corridor travels from the city of Virginia, Minnesota, along the western edge of Mille Lacs Lake, through the western suburbs of Minneapolis and continues south through Belle Plaine, Mankato, and then into Iowa.

Buena Vista Marsh, Wisconsin

Buena Vista Marsh is located on fragmented lands south of the Village of Plover and the Wisconsin River, east of Biron, Wisconsin Rapids, and Kellner, north of State Road 73, Adams County, and Waushara County, and west of Bancroft and Interstate 39 / U.S. Highway 51.

California State Route 60

This left the officially designated Route 60 from Beaumont to Los Angeles orphaned from its original U.S. Highway (which to this day begins at a point on Interstate 10 east of Quartzsite, Arizona).

Charles F. Howard

Additionally, he has also been recognized by various publications, including the Houston Chronicle for his efforts in securing funds for the expansion of U.S. Highway 59, which runs through Sugar Land, and by the Republican Party of Texas for Howard's strong recognition of the party's values.

Colorado State Highway 7

Near the community of Raymond it intersects State Highway 72, which takes the Peak-to-Peak Scenic Byway designation with it to the south, while Route 7 turns to the east and follows South St. Vrain Creek downstream onto the piedmont at Lyons, where it intersects U.S. Highway 36.

Garden City, Georgia

a statue of baseball icon Babe Ruth, which stands on the front lawn of Babe's Barbeque Shack, 525 U.S. Highway 80 West;

Minnesota State Highway 316

Minnesota State Highway 316 is a highway in southeast Minnesota, which runs from its first intersection with U.S. Highway 61 in Welch Township, near Miesville; and continues north to its second intersection with U.S. Highway 61 in the city of Hastings.

Nebraska Highway 14

When it is concurrent with U.S. Highway 6, it is the Grand Army of the Republic Highway.

Saginaw, Minnesota

Nearby is the junction of U.S. Highway 2 and State Highway 33 in the northeast corner of Brevator Township.

Star Valley Wyoming Temple

The temple will be located east of U.S. highway 89 south of Afton, Wyoming.

Tennessee State Route 67

At the small, mountainous community of Hampton, the four-laned SR 67 veers left off U.S. Highway 19-E and begins as a two-lane segment, briefly passing by commercial areas with Hampton (including a U.S. post office, a Dollar General store and a non-attended public vehicle parking area for Appalachian Trail hikers arriving or entering the "AT" at Hampton), and then exiting Hampton over a high ridge.

Three Creeks Township, Boone County, Missouri

The Columbia Regional Airport is located on former prairie east of U.S. Highway 63.

U.S. Route 11E

US 11E heads north past Science Hill High School to Roan Street, the main north–south street of downtown Johnson City that the U.S. Highway joins.

U.S. Route 15 in Virginia

The U.S. Highway runs along the east flank of the Bull Run Mountains as it passes James Monroe's estate of Oak Hill just south of the Little River and Oatlands Plantation in the community of Oatlands at its crossing of Goose Creek.

West Virginia Route 97

State Route 97 connects U.S. Highway 52 in the western end of Wyoming County with the county seat of Pineville and goes on to State Route 54 in Maben.