It formed a part of the Ocean Highway, a road that connected the New York City area to Florida, and still carries that name for much of its route in Maryland.
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The road passes numerous businesses before crossing Leonard Pond, as the road narrows to five lanes ( with two lanes southbound and three lanes northbound ), and becomes Ocean Highway again.
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MD 667 veers north and then back east again and crosses Puncheon Landing Branch immediately before the highway reaches its eastern terminus at US 13 ( Ocean Highway ) near the community of West Pocomoke.
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Arctic Ocean Highway and the Liinakhamari port became vital during the World War II in 1940 1941 as the only export route for Finland and Sweden not controlled by Nazi Germany or the Soviet Union.
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The National Road was absorbed into the National Old Trails Ocean-to-Ocean highway, a route from New York, New York, to Los Angeles, California in the early 20th century.
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The Ocean Highway concept predated the creation of the Interstate Highway System beginning in the 1950s, and in many states the highways and byways of coastal routes from Florida to North Brunswick still carry the name.
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On 14 June, the Liinakhamari port was blocked by the British Navy, but the Germans managed to transport 40, 000 men to Lapland by the Arctic Ocean Highway in order to join the Operation Barbarossa.
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Just north of the Highway 560 / Sultan Industrial Road intersection, the highway crosses the Laurentian Divide, the boundary between the Great Lakes and Arctic Ocean Highway 661, a short spur serving the town of Gogama.
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The post office address also includes an unincorporated area on the mainland adjacent to the island, which includes a commercial district along the Ocean Highway ( The Grand Strand and is one of the oldest resort areas of the US East Coast.
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Unlike many of the earlier named roads such as the Lincoln Highway, Dixie Highway, and the National Auto Trails, the Ocean Highway was intended to promote tourism and leisurely drives, rather than primarily a fast and expeditious long distance route.
