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Roads In The United States
Highways in the United States are split into at least four different types of systems: Interstate Highways, U.S. Highways, state highways, and county highways. Highways are generally organized by a route number or letter. These designations are generally displayed along the route by means of a highway shield. Each system has its own unique shield design that will allow quick identification to which system the route belongs. History In 1918, Wisconsin became the first state to number its highways in the field followed by Michigan the following year. In 1926 the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO) established and numbered interstate routes (United States Numbered Highways), selecting the best roads in each state that could be connected to provide a national network of federal highways. Interstate Highways The Interstate Highway System is a federally funded and administered but state-maintained system of freeways that forms the transportation backbone of the U ...
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Highway
A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It is used for major roads, but also includes other public roads and public tracks. In some areas of the United States, it is used as an equivalent term to controlled-access highway, or a translation for ''autobahn'', '' autoroute'', etc. According to Merriam Webster, the use of the term predates the 12th century. According to Etymonline, "high" is in the sense of "main". In North American and Australian English, major roads such as controlled-access highways or arterial roads are often state highways (Canada: provincial highways). Other roads may be designated "county highways" in the US and Ontario. These classifications refer to the level of government (state, provincial, county) that maintains the roadway. In British English, "highway" is primarily a legal term. Everyday use normally implies roads, while the legal use covers any route or path with a public right of access, including footpaths etc. Th ...
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List Of State Routes In Connecticut
The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) maintains a system of state highways to serve the predominant flow of traffic between towns within Connecticut, and to towns in surrounding states. State highways also include roads that provide access to federal and state facilities (''Special Service Roads''). The state highway system consists of roads indicated on the official CTDOT map and highway log. As of January 1, 2007, the state highway system contains a total of of roads (not including ramps and interchange connections), corresponding to approximately 20% of all roads in the state. All state highways are state-maintained except for several segments (totaling 4 miles) that are locally maintained. Interstate highways and U.S. highways in the state are not Connecticut state routes, however they are maintained by the state. All state highways are given a number designation. All state highways are assigned ''Route'' numbers. ''Route'' numbers are in the 2–999 range. Sta ...
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List Of Maryland State Highways
Maryland has an extensive system of state highways, exclusive of the national Interstate and U.S. highway systems, that serves all 23 counties and the independent city of Baltimore, almost every incorporated city, town, and village, and most unincorporated places in the state. These highways are each designated Maryland Route X, where X is a number between 2 and 999. The highways are typically abbreviated MD X, although MD Route X and Route X are used less frequently. Because Maryland does not have a secondary route system or signed county route systems, all state highways are part of the main numerical system. That means the same set of numbers is used for both major highways and minor service roads, and almost every number has been used at one time or another. The Maryland State Highway Administration constructs and maintains the vast majority of state highways in the 23 counties of Maryland. The Baltimore City Department of Transportation maintains all state highways within ...
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List Of State Routes In Maine
State routes in Maine are highways within the Maine State Highway System that are signed and maintained by the Maine Department of Transportation, and not U.S. Routes or routes of the Interstate highway system. Some parts of these roads are maintained by local government authorities. There are over 100 State routes. Note about termini: In several cases there is disagreement between the administrative termini of a route (which are defined by MaineDOT) and the termini signed in the field. All termini listed on this page are administrative termini; discrepancies are listed on the respective pages. __TOC__ Primary and secondary routes Special routes Routes crossing state borders New Hampshire Route 113B and New Hamp ...
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List Of State Highways In Louisiana
List LA 1 to LA 99 LA 100 to LA 199 LA 300 to LA 399 LA 400 to LA 499 LA 500 to LA 599 LA 600 to LA 699 LA 700 to LA 799 LA 800 to LA 899 ...
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List Of Primary State Highways In Kentucky
State highways in Kentucky are maintained by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, which classifies routes as either primary or secondary. Some routes, such as Kentucky Route 80, are both primary and secondary, with only a segment of the route listed as part of the primary system. Despite the name, there is no difference in signage between primary and secondary routes. All of the Interstates and parkways are also primary, but only parts of the U.S. Highways in Kentucky are (though every mainline U.S. Highway is at least partially primary). Due to the large size of the state highway system, only segments of routes that are part of the primary system are listed below. Primary state highways 1-999 1000-1999 2000-2999 3000-5999 6000-6999 References *Kentucky Transportation CabinetState Primary Road System Listings accessed November 2014 {{Roads in Kentucky ...
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List Of Kansas Numbered Highways
The State Highways in Kansas are the state highways owned and maintained by the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) in the U.S. state of Kansas. They are numbered with a ''K-'' prefix, e.g. K-10 (Kansas highway), K-10 or K-66 (Kansas highway), K-66. __TOC__ State highways By Kansas law, no state highway may exist entirely within city limits. As a result, some highways have been given to cities as they Municipal annexation in the United States, annex the land around them, as is the case with the eastern branch of K-150 in the Kansas City, Kansas, Kansas City area, which is now entirely within Olathe, Kansas, Olathe and Overland Park, Kansas, Overland Park. This part of K-150 is now known as Santa Fe in Olathe and 135th Street in Overland Park. ...
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List Of Iowa State Highways
State highways in the U.S. state of Iowa are owned and maintained by the Iowa Department of Transportation. References {{Reflist State State may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''State Ma ...
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List Of State Routes In Illinois
The Illinois Routes are the highways in the State Highway System of the U.S. state of Illinois that are not simultaneously part of the Interstate Highway System or the United States Numbered Highway System. These highways are maintained by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), with the exception of Illinois Route 390 and part of Illinois Route 56, which are maintained by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (ISTHA), and all routes that enter the Chicago City Limits are maintained by the Chicago Department of Transportation. History Illinois's state route numbers originated in 1918 as State Bond Issues 1 through 46, used to finance the new roads. The numbers of the bond issues were then used to mark the highway routes along the way. Another series of bond issues were authorized in 1924 (47–185) and again were used to mark the roads they paid for. After that the route numbers evolved into a separate system. The State Bond Issue numbers (SBI) remained as inventory ...
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List Of State Highways In Idaho
The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) is responsible for the establishment and classification of a state highway network, including of roads that are classified as Interstate Highways, U.S. Highways, and state highways within the state of Idaho in the United States. The current state highway marker consists of a white background, black numbering, and a solid black geographic outline of the state of Idaho. History During the 1920s, in lieu of numbering its highways, Idaho had a system of lettered Sampson Trails.Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas, 1926, accessed via thBroer Map Library/ref> They were marked by businessman Charles B. Sampson of Boise at no expense to the state, using orange-colored shields.Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 8, "a concurrent resolution...to permit Charles B. Sampson to extend the marking system of the Sampson Trail..." passed February 16, 1933 By 1929, the trails system had included of marked highways that covered most of the state. By the mid-1930s, ...
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List Of Hawaii State Highways
The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) maintains the smallest state-maintained system of state highways in the country. It consists of Interstates, state highways, and secondary state highways, totaling approximately . The state's four Interstates, all located on O‘ahu, are built to mainland standards unlike their counterparts in Alaska and Puerto Rico. The first three routes ( H-1, H-2, and H-3) were approved in 1960, while an auxiliary route ( H-201) was added in 1989. Primary and auxiliary interstates Primary and secondary routes The current state (then territorial) highway numbering system was established in 1955. Route numbers are organized so that the initial digit corresponds to the island: * Numbers beginning with 1 or 2: Hawaiʻi * Numbers beginning with 3: Maui * Numbers beginning with 4: Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi * Numbers beginning with 5: Kauaʻi * Numbers beginning with 6 to 9: Oʻahu In general, two-digit numbers are primary highways, maintained by t ...
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