Portal:U.S. roads/Did you know/November 2017

...that a section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike was abandoned (pictured) after the road was relocated to bypass the Rays Hill and Sideling Hill tunnels in 1968?
...that two rest areas along Interstate 80 in New Jersey were shut down in 1982 due to chronic use for homosexual activities?
... that M-38 was previously a part of M-35 that was 65 miles (105 km) away from the rest of the highway?
...that Florida State Road A1A was renumbered from State Road 1 in 1946 in order to reduce confusion with nearby U.S. Route 1?
...that the former alignment of U.S. Route 80 in California was designated as a state historic route called Historic U.S. Route 80 in 2006?