Portal:U.S. roads/Did you know/June 2013

... that U.S. Route 41 in Michigan including the Portage Lake Lift Bridge (pictured) was the state's first Michigan Heritage Route in 1995?
... that Washington State Route 8, which currently runs from Elma to Olympia, originally used the current route of U.S. Route 12 from Elma to Grand Mound, from 1964 until 1967?
... that at only 0.32 miles (0.51 km) long, New Jersey Route 64 is a state highway that consists primarily of a bridge over Amtrak-maintained railroad tracks?
...that the Utah Scenic Byways program includes the highest paved road in the state with a summit at 10,715 ft (3266 m)?
... that renowned magazine illustrator David Hunter Strother recounted a treacherous journey on the Moorefield and North Branch Turnpike in his recollections of the American Civil War in Harper's Magazine?