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Bronze medal for I-287
I-287 spends a lot of time in New Jersey, which has no I-87. It's also the third longest 3di in the United States, not the fourth as previously stated. (Thanks to Douglas Hafen)
[Aug. 1, 2004]

I-394 doesn't walk with a limp
My page had claimed I-394 was longer in one direction than the other; but a ramp in each direction connects to its ultimate terminus, so there's no difference in length. Earlier claim was based on erroneous information. (Thanks to Dustin Gettman)
[Dec. 30, 2003]

When it's 31, it can claim it's only 29
For some reason, my information had I-165 opening in 1996. An AARoads guy pointed me to a handy newspaper article pinning the date to Oct. 28, 1994. (Thanks to Alex Nitzman)
[Oct. 18, 2003]

Sorry, Nebraska
Cornhusker woes are bad enough without California webmasters forgetting that I-129 goes into Nebraska.
[June 23, 2003]

East Rock Connector != Route 10A
My earlier supposition that New Haven's East Rock Connector might have been numbered CT 10A has not been borne out by any planning docs or 1960s newspaper articles.
   As Tommy Lee Jones said in The Fugitive: "Care to revise your bullsh*t story?"
[Nov. 2, 2002]

Two errors regarding CT 71
Route 71, not 70, shares the one-lane railroad underpass with Route 150. And Route 71 ends at US 5 in Wallingford, not Meriden.
(Thanks to Ralph Turley)
[Oct. 15, 2002]

No. CT 142 never used Townsend Ave.
I had seen "somewhere on a map" that Route 142 originally followed Townsend Ave. back to US 1 after looping south of Tweed - New Haven Airport (now Route 337). But according to official state maps, this never happened. Route 142 has stayed mostly in place since its creation in 1932.
[Aug. 17, 2002]

Sioux City bypass
I had written that I-129 would be extended over the US 20 and 75 bypasses once the US 75 bypass was complete. This was wrong; the roads are just US 20 and 75.
(Thanks to Tim Habeck)
[Jan. 10, 2002]

Original Cleveland Innerbelt didn't include I-490
I thought the triangle formed by I-90, I-77 and I-490 formed the 1950s Innerbelt. They don't; only parts of I-90 and I-71 fit that alignment.
Thanks to Marc Fannin (and go read his MTR FAQ!)
[Jan. 10, 2002]

SR 527 location was wrong
Many Kurumi.com visitors attend the world's finest universities. Dan "SPUI" Moraseski (MIT) discovered this blooper about SR 527. It doesn't follow Bolton Road to US 44 (in fact, no state road does). Instead, it follows West Street northward to CT 83/74 in Rockville.
[Jan. 10, 2002]

"Route 190" photolog sample actually from Route 19
I found a sample photo from ConnDOT's statewide highway photo log on its site. I didn't recognize the scenery, but there was a "0190" marker up top, and a "JCT 319" sign. Route 190, right? Wrong; as Chris Pelizari points out, the scene belongs to Route 19.

I-580 @ I-238 not on Doobie Bros. "Captain and Me"
Someone told me this, and I believed it, but Mike Jones set me straight. The 1973 LP instead features the I-5/CA 14 interchange near Santa Clarita. See Interstate 580.

CT/MA Route 183 doesn't end at MA 57; it actually goes to Lenox.
Route 183 overlaps MA 57, MA 23 and US 7, then gets its second wind, meandering west of Stockbridge, meeting Tanglewood, and finally ending in Lenox. Dan "SPUI" Moraseski caught this, and that why he's at MIT :-) See Route 183.

CT Route 83 used to be Route 108, not 105.
Where did I spot my mistake? In a Hartford Courant article, whose writer stopped by Kurumi.com for a little background info on Route 83. It would have been easy to fact-check this: just get a Connecticut map from the 1920s :-) See corrected info at Route 83

Latest Interstate 215 extension
... was not to I-515 as I had apparently misread from a posting. I drove it on July 17, 2000, and it ends at Gibson Road. See Interstate 215.

Connecticut's 1960s route reclassification
... was not spurred by the state dissolving its county system in 1960. There was no county jurisdiction or funding for roads. The timing is coincidental. See Route Reclassification for corrected and greatly expanded information.

CT 104 doesn't keep its number entering New York
CT 104 was described as reaching NY 121 as NY 104 inside the Empire State. It looked that way on a small-scale map, but the real NY 104 is a major route (formerly US 104) running between I-90 and Lake Ontario from north of Buffalo to north of Syracuse. CT 104 actually becomes Westchester County Route 3 north of the border. Thanks to Phil Case for pointing this out.

I-295 in Washington, D. C.
I-295 was described as entering Maryland and reaching US 50. A nearby resident, Ed Terry, corrects this, saying it ends at I-395 in DC, with the remaining route in DC marked DC 295.

New York's I-86
Interstate 86 has popped up and disappeared in a few places; New York's version, an upgrade of NY 17, will be commissioned west, not east, of Interstate 87.

Connecticut's I-84, I-691, Exit 29, and Route 10
Interstate 691 was described as having its original western terminus planned to be I-84's exit 29 (also described as "exit 30"). Not true, though it looked plausible on a map.
   The actual plans for the long exit 29 ramps were the start of the Southington-New Haven segment of a proposed Route 10 freeway. As far as I know, I-691 was always planned to end where it does now at I-84 near Route 322.

I-355 and Illinois' "Hillside Strangler"
... don't meet. The Strangler strangles Interstates 88, 290, and 294, not 355. See corrected entry for Interstate 355.