Portal:U.S. roads/Did you know/June 2012

... that the Whitefish Bay National Forest Scenic Byway in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan follows the shore of Whitefish Bay and provides access to the Point Iroquois Lighthouse (pictured)?
...that Parley's Canyon, which carries Interstate 80 across the Wasatch Mountains, is named for Parley P. Pratt, a polygamist Mormon leader who was murdered by the ex-husband of his 12th wife?
...that U.S. Route 6 in Ohio crosses the Black River on the Charles Berry Bridge , the second-largest bascule bridge in the world?
...that the proposed Texas State Highway Spur 1966 connecting to the University of Texas at El Paso campus was numbered in honor of the 1966 NCAA championship of the 1965–66 Texas Western Miners men's basketball team?
...that U.S. Route 11 near Hagerstown, Maryland, has been relocated and placed in a tunnel in separate projects to lengthen the runway at Hagerstown Regional Airport?