Portal:U.S. roads/Did you know/December 2009
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![Maryland Route 231 (Prince Frederick Road) at the intersection with Maryland Route 5 Business in the heart of downtown Hughesville](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Maryland_Route_231_Westbound_7%2C_Downtown_Hughesville%2C_Charles_County%2C_August_14th%2C_2009.jpg/150px-Maryland_Route_231_Westbound_7%2C_Downtown_Hughesville%2C_Charles_County%2C_August_14th%2C_2009.jpg)
- ... that New Jersey Route 37 is named "Little League World Champions Boulevard" in honor of Toms River East Little League's victory in the 1998 Little League World Series?
- ... that the business route of Maryland Route 5 in Hughesville (pictured) uses green shields with the word "business" in place of "Maryland"?
- ... that the Interstate 695 beltway around Baltimore was initially planned as a county project in 1949 before being taken over by the state by 1953?
- ... that New Jersey Route 88 was referred to in the Bruce Springsteen song "Spirit in the Night"?
- ... that Washington State Route 231 is almost 9 miles (14 km) longer than its "parent" route, Washington State Route 23?