Portal:U.S. roads/Did you know/May 2019

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A grayscale view of a rural two-lane road lined with fences and telephone poles
Hand-painted centerline on state highway M-15 in Marquette County, Michigan in 1917
  • ...that, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation, the first highway centerline in the US (pictured) was painted on the first designation of M-15 in 1917?
  • ... that none of State Highway 32 as it was originally designated through southwestern Oklahoma in 1934 is a part of the current route?
  • ...that speed limits on Guam Highway 1 may differ depending on which side of the road you are on?
  • ...that in the 1950s, four service plazas on the Garden State Parkway had uniformed female employees known as the "Park-ettes" whose duties included providing directions and other information to motorists as well as rendering odd bits of service such as sewing a missing button on a patron's coat?
  • ...that California State Route 174, which includes a historic 1924 bridge, was not designated a State Scenic Highway due to opposition by residents concerned about their property rights?