Victory at Yorktown. Hopelessly trapped at Yorktown, Virginia, British General Lord Cornwallis surrenders 8,000 British soldiers and seamen to a larger Franco-American force, effectively bringing an end to the American Revolution. Lord Cornwallis was one of the most capable British generals of the American Revolution.
The speed limit on a freeway in Idaho is 80 mph rural, 65 mph urban, and a 70 mph truck speed limit. Generally both 2- and 4-lane highways have 70 mph limits, and roads with traffic lights are posted at 60 mph or below.peed limits in the United States vary depending on jurisdiction, with 75 to 80 mph (120 to 130 km/h) common in the Western United States and 65 to 70 mph (105 to 115 km/h) common in the Eastern United States. States may also set special speed limits for trucks and night travel along with minimum speed limits.
Portions of the Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming road networks have 80 mph (129 km/h) limits. The highest posted speed limit in the entire country can be found in one single stretch of rural freeway in Texas, and it is 85 mph (137 km/h). For 13 years (January 1974âApril 1987), federal law prohibited speed limits above 55 mph (89 km/h).