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unusual facts about US 101



California State Route 271

The southern portion of SR 271 begins at an interchange with US 101 in the community of Cummings.

MacArthur Tunnel

It carries California State Route 1 under a large hill at the Presidio Golf Course, and connects Park Presidio Boulevard to US 101 on the Golden Gate Bridge Freeway (better known as Doyle Drive).

U.S. Route 6 in California

The northern segment of SR 11 continuing to Glenarm Street became SR 110, which continues briefly as the Harbor Freeway before becoming the Pasadena Freeway north of the Four Level Interchange with US 101.


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Antony Leung

Leung came under severe criticism in January 2003 when he bought a HK$790,000 (US$101,282) Lexus LS 430, just weeks before he raised the tax on new vehicles in his March budget.

Atascadero, California

US-101 runs in a North-South direction and bisects the city (along with the Salinas River), into the western and eastern portions of the city.

Bannered routes of U.S. Route 101

The precursor to the Santa Ana Freeway between Los Angeles and Anaheim was U.S. Route 101 Bypass from the early 1940s to the mid-1950s, when it became part of US 101.

California State Route 271

It also connects with Route 1 just before that route's terminus with US 101 in Leggett.

Central Freeway

The remainder of the freeway is signed as exit 434B from US 101, and comes to the surface at Market Street and Octavia Boulevard, the latter continuing north to Oak and Fell Streets, a one-way pair west to Golden Gate Park.

Confusion Hill

Due to constant mudslides obstructing the road in this area, US 101 was realigned to the Confusion Hill Bridges in 2009, thereby bypassing the attraction and requiring motorists to exit the new roadway to visit it.

Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport

The Abuja Gateway Consortium signed on 13 November 2006 an US$101.1 million contract for the management of the airport over the next 25 years.

U.S. Route 101 in Washington

At the Hood Canal, US 101 follows the western shore to SR 106, where it turns directly south to the east end of SR 106 and Shelton, to meet the west end of SR 3.

US-101

Lockheed Martin VH-71 Kestrel, U.S. military designation for the AgustaWestland AW101