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Purple Heart Highway may refer to: Des Moines Bypass; Guam Highway 8; Interstate 11; Interstate 20, from Interstate 285 to U.S. Route 441; Interstate 76, from Interstate 71 to Interstate 80; Interstate 180 (Nebraska) Pennsylvania Route 5; Pennsylvania Route 45; U.S. Route 5, from East Hartford to East Windsor-Enfield; U.S. Route 171
The route is one of the more important highways in the island and is designated the Purple Heart Highway. The primary means of traversing the plateaued central part of the island, the route begins running south from a junction with GH-1 and almost immediately curves eastward into Mongmong-Toto-Maite.
The highway has major junctions with U.S. Route 93 (US 93; the main highway connecting Phoenix and Las Vegas, Nevada) in Kingman and again approximately 22 miles (35 km) to the east and I-17 (the freeway linking Phoenix to northern Arizona) in Flagstaff. For the majority of its routing through Arizona, I-40 follows the historic alignment of US 66.
The highway's former alignment was demolished to make way for an expansion of the Lincoln Air Force Base (now Lincoln Airport). [5] In 1997, this 4-mile (6.4 km) section of U.S. 34 was designated as the Purple Heart Highway. [6] Prior to 2014, U.S. 34 entered Iowa at the Plattsmouth Bridge east of Plattsmouth.
On September 23, 1995, the bypass was designated the Military Order of the Purple Heart Highway. Signs were installed that year on the US 65 portion of the freeway. Nearly ten years later, after construction had completed, signs were installed on the Iowa 5 section of the bypass. [9]
In 2006, the Illinois General Assembly dedicated all of I-72 as Purple Heart Memorial Highway. The stretch between Springfield and Decatur is also called Penny Severns Memorial Expressway , and the section between mile 35 and the Mississippi River is known as the Free Frank McWorter Historic Highway .
Purple Heart Highway — — GH-9: 3.2: 5.1 GH-3/GH-3A in Dededo: GH-1 at entrance to Andersen Air Force Base in Yigo — — GH-10 — — GH-4 in Chalan Pago-Ordot: GH-8 in Barrigada — — GH-10A — — GH-1 in Tamuning: GH-16 in Barrigada — — Provides access to Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport: GH-11 — — Access road to ...
Route information; Maintained by SDDOT: Length: 412.76 mi [1] (664.27 km) NHS: Entire route: Major junctions; West end: I-90 / US 14 at Wyoming state line: US 85 / I-90 BL in Spearfish I-190 / US 16 in Rapid City US 14 near Wall US 83 / I-90 BL in Murdo US 83 / SD 53 in Vivian US 183 / I-90 BL in Presho US 281 in Plankinton US 81 near Salem