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Cars previously were routed across Hoover Dam to cross the border between Arizona and Nevada, and checkpoints added after the 9/11 attacks often caused miles-long backups.

Hoover Dam Bridge: New Bypass Soars Near Landmark The Huffington Post News Team 2010

In a separate probe, the Coast Guard determined that what was reported Saturday as potentially a miles-long oil slick is actually a plume of silt emanating from the Mississippi River.

Oily Mystery Investigated on Louisiana Coast Ryan Dezember 2011

HOUSTON -- The U.S. Coast Guard said late Saturday that it is investigating reports of a miles-long oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico.

U.S. Coast Guard Investigating Oil Slick Reports in Gulf Ryan Dezember 2011

Cars previously were routed across Hoover Dam to cross the border between Arizona and Nevada, and checkpoints added after the 9/11 attacks often caused miles-long backups.

Hoover Dam Bridge: New Bypass Soars Near Landmark The Huffington Post News Team 2010

Residents in this eastern city point to a legion of examples: shoddily built schoolhouses where walls have begun to crumble and students are now taught outside; a new hospital where the doors are too narrow to accommodate beds; and a would-be irrigation system that is now a miles-long stretch of caked mud.

As anti-corruption measures lag in Afghanistan, U.S. looks to grass-roots effort Ernesto Londono 2010

What was reported as a miles-long oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico is likely a plume of silt emanating from a dredging operation on the Mississippi River, a U.S. Coast Guard spokesman said Sunday.

Reported Gulf Slick Likely Silt From Dredging, Coast Guard Says Ryan Dezember 2011

The miles-long beach of Boca de Naranja ( "Mouth of the Orange") enchants us with its sheer beauty and isolation.

Your beach of dreams: nine towns on the Nayarit coast of Mexico 2009

Panic and a disruption in fuel supplies have triggered miles-long lines at gas stations that have even led to scuffles and shootings.

Gadhafi Girds for Long Survival Battle Sam Dagher 2011

The attack on the foreign journalists took place as their vehicle was caught in a traffic jam caused by miles-long lines of cars waiting for days for fuel, the journalists said.

NATO widens Libya pressure amid questions on goal 2011

Residents in this eastern city point to a legion of examples: shoddily built schoolhouses where walls have begun to crumble and students are now taught outside; a new hospital where the doors are too narrow to accommodate beds; and a would-be irrigation system that is now a miles-long stretch of caked mud.

As anti-corruption measures lag in Afghanistan, U.S. looks to grass-roots effort Ernesto Londono 2010