Portal:U.S. Roads/U.S. Roads news
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- January 3 - Governor Gregoire threatens to tear down the Alaskan Way Viaduct by 2012 if it is not replaced by then.[1]
- January 19 - A groundbreaking ceremony is held to begin the extension of California State Route 52.[2]
- February 21 - The western part of the Greensboro Urban Loop, including the new I-40 bypass, finally opens.[3]
- March 14 - House Bill 61 passes the Utah Legislature restoring the U.S. Route 89A designation to what had been signed State Route 11. With this change U.S. 89A is again a true alternate route connecting to U.S. 89 at both ends.[4]
- April 6 - The Dewey Bridge is destroyed by a brush fire started by a 7 year old playing with matches. The bridge, built in 1916, was the longest suspension bridge in Utah and believed to be the oldest bridge across the Colorado River still in use.[5][6]
- May 3 - The new HOT lanes open along Washington State Route 167 from Auburn to Renton. The new HOT lanes are the first in Washington and may lead to more future HOT lanes soon.[7]
- June 6 — The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the Ontonagon County Road Commission transfer jurisdiction of M-107 from MDOT to the OCRC, decommissioning the M-107 designation after 72 years of existence.[8]
