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Veterans Parkway is an approximately nine-mile expressway corridor which links the city Sparks to southeast Reno.  The corridor begins at the intersection of Sparks Boulevard/Greg Street in Sparks and extends south to Nevada State Route 341 (Geiger Grade Road) in Reno.  Veterans Parkway was conceived as the SouthEast Connector in 1954 and was approved by Washoe County in 1964.  The corridor was shelved for several decades until being revisited during 2007-2010.  Phase II of the SouthEast Connector opened to traffic during July 2018 which made Veterans Parkway a fully functional arterial highway.  Part 1; the history of Veterans Parkway Veterans Parkway was a corridor first proposed as the SouthEast Connector for the southeast Reno area during 1954.  The propose was to serve as an arterial road from Sparks south to the vicinity of Mount Rose Highway and the Geiger Grade.  The corridor was approved during 1964 but was ultimately shelved for several decades.  The SouthEast Connector conc

The Keawe-Wailuku Bridge is a crossing of the Wailuku River along Puueo Street in downtown Hilo.  The structure is a Rainbow Arch design which was constructed during 1938 by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works office out of Hilo.  Puueo Street was once known as "Bridge Street" and served as an alternative routing north out of downtown Hilo to the greater Mamalahoa Highway.   The Keawe-Wailuku Bridge The Keawe-Wailuku Bridge is located on Puueo Street in downtown Hilo at the Wailuku River.  The corridor traditionally was wedged between the Hawaii Consolidated Railway and early Mamalahoa Highway on Wainaku Street.   What is now Puueo Street appears as "Bridge Street" on the 1914 Sanborn Fire Insurance map of Hilo .  It is unclear what type of bridge was located at the Wailuku River along Bridge Street at the time.   The modern name of "Puueo Street" appears on the 1930 Hilo Chamber of Commerce map .   The Keawe-Wailuku Bridge was constructed

Boston Mill Roads is an approximately ten-mile-long Summit County Highway which passes through Cuyahoga Valley National Park.    The roadway (signed as Summit County Route 32) begins at Ohio State Route 21 and extends east via Cuyahoga Valley to Ohio State Route 303.  Boston Mills Road is named after the community of Boston Mills which was plotted on the Ohio & Erie Canal in 1827.  The roadway offers a scenic descent to the Cuyahoga River and has been present since the formation of Summit County in 1840.   Part 1; the history of Boston Mills and Boston Mills Road Boston Mills was plotted along the Cuyahoga River following the completion of the Ohio & Erie Canal in 1827.  By 1842 two years after Summit County created the community reached a peak population of approximately 300 residents.  The name of Summit County refers to it being the place which had the elevation point of the Ohio & Erie Canal.  During the community's prime the plot of Boston Mills had a sawmill, a wa