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  U.S. Highway 93 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
United States Highway 93 is a major north-south United States highway in the Western United States, extending between the Canadian border in Montana, where it connects with B.C. Highway 93, and Wickenburg, Arizona, a small town about 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Phoenix.
As of 2004, the highway's northern terminus is in Lincoln County, Montana at the Canadian border, where it continues as Provincial Highway 93.
Its southern terminus is in Wickenburg, Arizona at an intersection with U.S. Highway 60.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/U.S._Highway_93   (439 words)

  
 U.S. Highway system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The numbers are coordinated by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), in which the only current federal involvement is a non-voting seat for the U.S. Department of Transportation.
The major routes were named for American Presidents; for example the Lincoln Highway ran from New York City on the Atlantic coast to San Francisco on the Pacific; the Jefferson Highway from New Orleans north to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
The Jefferson Davis Highway ran from Washington, DC to Blaine in Washington State near the border with Canada.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_highway   (763 words)

  
 U.S. Highway 61 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
United States Highway 61 is the official designation for a United States highway that once ran from New Orleans through Memphis and Iowa through Duluth, Minnesota all the way to the Canadian border.
On Airline Highway in Jefferson Parish in 1987, Baton Rouge televangelist Jimmy Swaggart was confronted by rival preacher Marvin Gorman as Swaggart exited a motel with a prostitute.
As of 2004, the highway's northern terminus is in Wyoming, Minnesota at an intersection with Interstate 35.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Highway_61   (980 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: U.S. Highway 93
United States Highway 93 is a major north-south United States highway in the western U.S., extending between the Canadian border in Montana, where it connects with B.C. Highway 93, and Wickenburg, Arizona, a small town about 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Phoenix.
United States Highway 9 is a north-south United States highway in the states of Delaware, New Jersey, and New York in the United States.
United States Highway 44 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 238 miles (383 km) from Plymouth, Massachusetts to the Hudson Valley region of New York.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/U.S.-Highway-93   (2970 words)

  
 U.S. Highway 1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As of 2005, the highway's northern terminus is in Fort Kent, Maine at the Canadian border, where it crosses the Saint John River and intersects Provincial Highway 205.
In Georgia, US Highway 1 is generally a very rural highway, it runs through the historical plantation areas, it goes through the [[Okefenokee Swamp]] near the coast of Georgia.
The US Route 1 is known as the "Fall Line Highway" in the state of North Carolina since it runs in the central part of the state in the "Capital" region near Raleigh for 208 miles, it generally goes through the area of peach orchards in the Piedmont Plateau.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Highway_1   (3002 words)

  
 United States v. McIver
United States, 466 U.S. 170, 178 (1984) (holding that individuals "may not legitimately demand privacy for activities conducted out of doors in fields, except in the area immediately surrounding the home").
United States, 389 U.S. 347, 351-52 (1967), the Supreme Court explained that what a citizen "seeks to preserve as private, even in an area accessible to the public, may be constitutionally protected." Here, McIver and Eberle did not conceal their marijuana garden.
United States, 454 U.S. 950 (1981) (dissent from denial of petition for certiorari).
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 U.S. 93 Reaching For The Border
Because the States owned the roads, the Joint Board's report was forwarded to their national organization, the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO), for approval.
As a result, U.S. 93 was included when AASHO adopted the U.S. numbered highway plan by ballot of the State highway agencies on November 11, 1926.
Now the state road project of paramount importance at this time is a new, direct route between Phoenix and Kingman, avoiding the long, circuitous swing up through Prescott and Ash Fork, linking up the capital and the important Kingman mining district and giving a direct route not only to Kingman, but to Boulder dam.
www.fhwa.dot.gov /infrastructure/us93.htm   (1585 words)

  
 U.S. 666: Beast of a Highway? - Revised 06/18/03
At the request of State transportation officials, the route became U.S. 491, a spur of U.S. This is the story of why it was numbered U.S. 666 in the first place.
In 1985, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO, as AASHO is now called), eliminated the number "66," at the request of the States involved, after the highway had been replaced by Interstate highways.
The New Mexico State Highway and Transportation Department joined with Colorado and Utah transportation officials in submitting a recommendation to eliminate the last remaining segments of U.S. 666 and establish a new route, U.S. 393, in its place.
www.fhwa.dot.gov /infrastructure/us666.htm   (3911 words)

  
 Harvard Gazette: Highway 61 - and 93 and 128 - revisited
For example, one way Europe (and to a much smaller extent, the United States and Canada) is solving the problem of animal habitats being sliced up by highways is by building overpasses that allow animals to travel safely over roads.
The United States has been quicker to adopt these types of mitigations, with Florida leading the way in an effort to save the rare Florida panther.
It is possible, on the other hand, to mitigate some of the highway noise by depressing the road, building soil berms, or planting more vegetation.
www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/2003/01.23/17-roadecology.html   (954 words)

  
 USDOJ: USPC: Our History
As to prisoners in state or territorial institutions, restorations are governed by the rules of the particular institution.
A federal offender serving his sentence in a state institution was eligible for parole under the same terms and conditions and by the same authority as a prisoner committed to that institution by a state court, but all such paroles were subject to approval by the United States Board of Parole.
In 1930, this authority was transferred to the United States Board of Parole, but was actually exercised by the Bureau of Prisons, subject to the satisfaction of the Board of Parole.
www.usdoj.gov /uspc/history.htm   (14829 words)

  
 HIGHWAY 93 - Wells, Nevada...Oh Yeah!
County and State Police just pop-up out of nowhere (how fitting) and before you know it, right there in your rear-view mirror is not an image reflecting something behind you that you've already seen, oh no, it's a new friend in a hurry to meet you.
Highway 93 is not the kind of boulevard that you're going to convince anyone along the way that you're in a hurry.
At the top of the steep, windy grade, U.S. 93 reaches Boulder City, a town that was founded on the construction of the dam and now thrives as the gateway for tourists visiting the dam.
www.angelfire.com /nv2/wells/hwy93.html   (4774 words)

  
 South 93
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and its contractors are making a great deal of progress on improving US Highway 93 between Interstate 40 and Wickenburg.
US 93 is a highway of significant importance, not only to northwestern Arizona, but also to the state as a whole.
However, US 93 remains part of the official CANAMEX Corridor for North American Free Trade and is used as a direct route from Phoenix to Las Vegas and Laughlin, Nevada.
www.us93corridor.com   (285 words)

  
 Help Create Safe Passageways for Wildlife
Aware of the tremendous biological, social, and economic costs of highway-related wildlife mortality, a number of states and the federal government are beginning to address the problem.
Florida has been a leader in providing wildlife safe passage under some of its busiest highways, and Montana is planning the installation of 42 passages in the expansion of Highway 93 between Missoula and Glacier National Park.
But many state departments of transportation cling to the tradition of getting pavement on the ground as quickly as possible, giving minimal consideration to negative impacts on wildlife and the environment.
www.hsus.org /ace/13409   (459 words)

  
 United States Highway 97 Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
It begins at a junction with Interstate 5 at Weed, California, and travels north to the Canadian Border at Osoyoos, becoming B.C. Highway 97 upon entering Canada.
For a time, the Alaska portion of the Alaska Highway was planned to be signed as U.S. 97, with signs even being produced.
A portion of the highway in California and Oregon is part of the Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway.
www.karr.net /search/encyclopedia/United_States_Highway_97   (349 words)

  
 United States: Montana   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Montana is a western state of the United States and its U.S. postal abbreviation is MT. The name of Montana probably came from the Spanish word "monta–a" State nickname: Treasure State which means "mountain".
Montana was the first state to elect a woman to congress, Jeannette Rankin.
The state is the fourth largest in the United States.
www.theparentingsearch.com /Countries/United_States/Montana.shtml   (428 words)

  
 U. S. Highway 93 - A
US Hwy 93 follows the route of US Hwy 50 and US Hwy 6 for 27 miles east of Ely.
Junction: Nevada Highway 318, and Nevada Highway 375.
Highway 95, north to Beatty, Tonopah, and other western Nevada garden spots.
www.schweich.com /ushwy93A.html   (440 words)

  
 Interstate 695
Sargent, elected in 1968, had a highway background and was pegged by many as a natural ally of the Inner Belt.
Then, nearly everyone was sure highways were the only answer to transportation problems for years to come.
The creation of the EPA in 1970 gave protesters new ammunition to fight the highways, and many, including I-695 and I-895, were cancelled.
www.kurumi.com /roads/3di/i695.html   (1959 words)

  
 CAN THE SIMPLE CITE BE TRUSTED?: LOWER COURT INTERPRETATIONS OF UNITED STATES V. MILLER AND THE SECOND AMENDMENT
effectiveness of' the state militias" and cautioned that the Amendment "'must be interpreted and applied with that end in view.'"[22] "The absolutist view of the Second Amendment," a view Mr.
Kallgren concluded his testimony by citing statistics illustrating that "[g]un violence in the United States is a grave national problem."[25] To eliminate it, Mr.
The right was treated by the court as, to quote a later court, mere "historical residue."[133] Once again, the court was unshakable in its belief that the Framers did not mean what the language of the Second Amendment suggests they meant--that individuals have a right to keep and bear arms.
www.guncite.com /journals/dencite.html   (12483 words)

  
 Untitled
The town of Lolo is divided by Highway 93, which runs directly through the heart of town and most students must cross it to get to school.
Once a less traveled road, Highway 93 is the only route for the Bitterroot Valley and Ravalli County to access Missoula, its medical, cultural, and business center.
Consequently, Highway 93 no longer safely carries traffic through small towns such as Lolo and communities have suffered due to the traffic increase.
gis.esri.com /library/userconf/educ02/pap5148/p5148.htm   (853 words)

  
 UNITED STATES
he September 11 hate crime backlash confirmed the fears of Arabs and Muslims in the United States: a major terrorist attack gave rise to a nationwide wave of hate crimes against persons and institutions perceived to be Arab or Muslim.
Reverend Klutz also stated that local police initially asked whether the church was a mosque when they first arrived at the church even though many crosses were located prominently on the church premises.
Anti-Muslim hate crimes in the United States increased from twenty-eight during 2000 to 481 during 2001.
www.hrw.org /reports/2002/usahate/usa1102-04.htm   (5547 words)

  
 Hoover Dam Bypass
Construction on the nearly 2,000 foot long bridge began in late January 2005 and the completion of the entire Hoover Dam Bypass Project is expected in June 2008.
The increasing congestion caused by the switchbacks leading to the Hoover Dam site and the restrictions at the dam crossing have led to the development of the Hoover Bypass Project.
The PMT has representation from each of the major project stakeholders including the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the States of Arizona and Nevada, the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) and the National Park Service (NPS).
www.hooverdambypass.org   (275 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Montana   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
US-MT Montana is a western state of the United States and its U.S. postal abbreviation is MT.
Montana became a United States territory on May 26, 1864 and the 41
Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Montana   (478 words)

  
 Nevada @ RockyMountainRoads.com - U.S. Highway 93
The duplicative routing was eliminated eight years after the State of California eliminated its section of U.S. 466 west of Barstow (modern California 58).
When we visited the area in June 1997, we found that the highway is clearly signed from U.S. 93 with standard Nevada DOT shields.
U.S. 93 is considered by some to be another contender for "The Loneliest Highway" in America (a title that is bestowed upon U.S. There are only a few towns between Interstate 15 and Interstate 80, with Ely shining as the one "big city" in all of Eastern Nevada.
www.rockymountainroads.com /us-093_nv.html   (3269 words)

  
 Lincoln Highway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Begun in 1913, the Lincoln Highway was the United States first transcontinental automobile highway.
When the numbered highway system replaced the old named highway system in the late 1920s, most of the old Lincoln Highway became United States Highway 30.
Long after most other named highways have vanished by the wayside, markers still exist that delineate the route of the Lincoln Highway.
www.termsdefined.net /li/lincoln-highway.html   (112 words)

  
 Texas Road Map Travel Guide: United States #281 Texas Tropical Trail (The Old Military Highway)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Highway 281 as well as being called "The old Military Highway", and is part of the "Texas Tropical Trail" the highway is also part of "The Great Texas Birding Trail"
Note: Highway 281 East of this point is called the Texas Tropical Trail.
Note: Texas Tropical Trail leaves Highway 281 and joins Highway 285 West at this point.
www.milebymile.com /main/United_States/Texas/United_States_281_2/United_States_Texas_highway_map_logs.html   (224 words)

  
 Highway 93 :: Across Nevada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Once again, the highway rolls along taffy-pulled Spring and Lake valleys, ushered on its way by the Schell Creek, Fairview, Bristol, and Highland ranges on the west, and the Snake and Wilson Creek ranges on the east.
Beyond is an even rarer sight, not only for this highway but for any highway: a little interface zone in which the junipers grow right next to Joshua trees.
It irrigates some 2.5 million acres of land in the United States and Mexico, and supplies electricity, from 17 electrical turbines inside the dam’s base, to millions of people.
www.roadtripusa.com /hwy_93/nevada.html   (3384 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
BRIAN JASON CABALLERO PLEADS GUILTY IN U.S.   Bill Mercer, United States Attorney for the District of Montana, announced today that during a federal court session in Missoula, on December 11, 2003, before Chief U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy, CABALLERO pled guilty to charges of felon in possession of a firearm.
  In an Offer of Proof filed by the United States, the government stated it would prove at trial that in 1986 CABALLERO suffered a felony conviction for burglary in California.
On February 9, 2003, a Kalispell police officer observed CABALLERO walking around in the parking lot of a bar on Highway 93 South near closing time.
www.usdoj.gov /usao/mt/PressReleases/200312120817.htm   (247 words)

  
 Welcome to Road Trip USA
This 1,500-mile, mostly two-lane route starts at the northwest tip of the United States at Olympic National Park, and remains within sight of the Pacific Ocean almost all the way south to the border with Mexico.
From its start high up in the Canadian Rockies, this route is pure mountain majesty, passing through some of the most wild and rugged land in Canada and the United States.
Cutting across the heart of the Great Plains, this arrow-straight highway passes through hundreds of all-American small towns and endless expanses of agriculture, all the way from Canada to the mouth of the Rio Grande.
www.roadtripusa.com   (416 words)

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