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  • THE LAST MAJOR section of Interstate 95 to open between Manhattan and Boston was a sixteen-mile whip of road connecting the east side of the Thames River, in Groton, Connecticut, with the Rhode Island border.

    The King's Best Highway Eric Jaffe 2010

  • THE LAST MAJOR section of Interstate 95 to open between Manhattan and Boston was a sixteen-mile whip of road connecting the east side of the Thames River, in Groton, Connecticut, with the Rhode Island border.

    The King's Best Highway Eric Jaffe 2010

  • THE LAST MAJOR section of Interstate 95 to open between Manhattan and Boston was a sixteen-mile whip of road connecting the east side of the Thames River, in Groton, Connecticut, with the Rhode Island border.

    The King's Best Highway Eric Jaffe 2010

  • We had thought of halting at the sixteen-mile flag, as we called it -- the mark at thirty kilometres from Framheim -- and waiting for the others to come up, but as the weather was of the best, calm and clear, and with our tracks on the way south perfectly plain, I decided to go on.

    The South Pole~ The End of the Winter 2009

  • In fact, her best friend, Vanessa, recently talked her into buying a neon spandex Halloween costume, and her nine-year-old neighbor, Claire, somehow got her to participate in a sixteen-mile walkathon.

    Waiting On Wednesday: Girl to the Core by Stacey Goldblatt 2009

  • In fact, her best friend, Vanessa, recently talked her into buying a neon spandex Halloween costume, and her nine-year-old neighbor, Claire, somehow got her to participate in a sixteen-mile walkathon.

    Contest! Win Awesome Books From Em! 2009

  • On our second day of riding, we had to climb Stephens Pass, a sixteen-mile climb up a 9 percent grade in 40-degree weather.

    The Power of a Positive Teen Karol Ladd 2005

  • On our second day of riding, we had to climb Stephens Pass, a sixteen-mile climb up a 9 percent grade in 40-degree weather.

    The Power of a Positive Teen Karol Ladd 2005

  • It was a sixteen-mile walk over asphalt, blistering to the heels, and we were acutely hungry.

    Down and Out in Paris and London 2004

  • I wanted to see the lower part of Havasupai, but as my sister had little desire to make the sixteen-mile round trip, I arranged to meet Jean-Marc and Chad at the river by ten the next morning to make the return trek together.

    127 Hours Aron Ralston 2004

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