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You can recommend facts for the Did you know? section on the U.S. roads portal. Facts for the portal "Did you know":

Do not need to have been featured on Wikipedia's "Did you know?" main page section
Do not need to be from newly created or expanded articles
Must be present and referenced in the article that is bolded in the hook

List the fact you would like to recommend below under "New nominations" as you want it to be displayed, then sign. The most interesting five will be displayed next month; any extra facts will be held over to the following month. No voting is necessary; however, discussion regarding a fact is welcomed. In order to ensure that the portal will be updated on time, nominations for the upcoming month will be closed two days before the end of the current month.

May 2010

... 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 to narrow to carry current traffic? Dough 48 72 02:00, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

... that the Seney Stretch (pictured) along M-28 in Michigan's Upper Peninsula is 25 miles (40 km), but "others claim it's 50 miles [80 km], only because it seems longer"? Imzadi 1979 → 07:51, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
...that speed limits on Guam Highway 1 may differ depending on which side of the road you are on? Dough 48 72 03:09, 26 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
... that the Bradley Airport Connector, a freeway in the U.S. state of Connecticut, was renamed the "82nd Airborne Memorial Highway" in 1999 to honor the 82nd Airborne Division? Dough 48 72 03:09, 26 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
... that the post office in Coxs Creek, Kentucky, had to be moved because it created many accidents along U.S. 31E? Dough 48 72 03:09, 26 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
... that although Donner Pass has historically carried the First Transcontinental Railroad, Lincoln Highway, Victory Highway and California Trail across the Sierra Nevadas, the planners of the Interstate Highway system instead decided to route Interstate 80 across a higher summit 2 miles to the north? Dave (talk) 07:13, 26 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

April Fool's 2011 holding area

This section is to hold any hooks, or alternate hooks appropriate for the April Fool's portal special edition. If a second, humorous variation of a hook can be written, it can be added here to run a second time.

... that Nevada State Route 604 is one of the most famous highways in the world?
... that a roadgeek trying to clinch Maryland Route 797 looks like a dog chasing its tail?"
... that Interstate 4 crosses some of the coldest, most snow covered terrain in North America?

Did you know...

...that a portion of Interstate 5 has inverted travel lanes (you drive on the left). The northbound lanes are west of the southbound lanes.