state highway
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In 1926, Cyrus Avery, a Tulsa businessman and state highway commissioner, led the creation of Route 66.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025
Houses that sit along parts of the major state highway have also been hit by the Palisades fire, including in the city of Malibu.
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2025
Colorado’s governor and other dignitaries, including the chief engineer of the state highway department, acknowledged the moment by posing for a photo standing on bulldozer tracks, next to the trench that would become I-25.
From Seattle Times • May 31, 2024
The so-called slip-out, which stranded more than a thousand motorists overnight along the famous state highway, was the product of winter storms that for months have saturated California.
From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2024
A state highway maintenance truck was parked across from his drive.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
