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  2. Garden State Parkway - Wikipedia

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    In 1946, plans were changed to construct a high-speed parkway to provide a bypass of Route 4, which, prior to 1953, ran from Cape May north to the George Washington Bridge by way of Paterson, largely following present-day US 1, US 9, and Route 35. [12] [13] This highway would be constructed using state funds and be known as the Route 4 Parkway.

  3. New York State Thruway - Wikipedia

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    The New York State Thruway (officially the Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway and colloquially " the Thruway ") is a system of controlled-access toll roads spanning 569.83 miles (917.05 km) within the U.S. state of New York. It is operated by the New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA), a New York State public-benefit corporation.

  4. Congestion pricing - Wikipedia

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    In July 2010 congestion tolls were implemented at the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge. The Bay Bridge congestion pricing scheme charges a US$6 toll from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday. During weekends cars pay US$5. The toll remained at the previous toll of US$4 at all other times on weekdays. [148]

  5. List of toll roads in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Tolls is a entrance fee for Valley of Fire State Park. Northshore Road and Lakeshore Road 59.0 95.0 US 93 Boulder City: SR 169 Overton: $25.00 Tolls is a entrance fee for Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

  6. List of Isle of Man TT Mountain Course fatalities - Wikipedia

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    This was possibly the first death in the Isle of Man of a person in a motorcycle or road vehicle crash. [3] The deadliest year was 2005, when 11 people died; three riders and one marshal died during the June race, and six riders and one course bystander died during the Manx Grand Prix in August/September 2005.

  7. United States Electoral College - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, the Electoral College is the group of presidential electors that is formed every four years during the presidential election for the sole purpose of voting for the president and vice president. The process is described in Article II of the U.S. Constitution. [1] The number of electoral votes a state has equals its number ...

  8. American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union. The central conflict leading to war was a dispute over whether slavery should be ...

  9. Collapse of the World Trade Center - Wikipedia

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    The 110-story towers are the tallest freestanding structures ever to be destroyed, and the death toll from the attack on the North Tower represents the deadliest terrorist act in world history. [i] In 2005, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published the results of its investigation into the collapse. It found nothing ...