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Factory 2-U

Clothing store chain. I'm informed that despite the name, Factory 2-U is not a factory outlet store. Verified Sep-02.

Fall Foliage Information

See separate section.

Family Dollar

Discount store chain. Verified Sep-02.

Family Inns Of America

Verified Mar-02.

Family Inns Of America

Most of this chain's properties are in Tennessee. They also have a small number of locations in Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, New York State, North Carolina and Virginia. Verified May-00.

Family.com's Travel Section

This is the travel section of a larger site run by the Disney organisation. It includes travel related articles, mainly but not exclusively on the USA. It also includes personal holiday reports entered by users, some of which can be interesting. Verified Nov-97.

Famous Players

A Canadian cinema chain. Verified Sep-02.

FAST (All The Web)

This search engine promises that it will eventually index the entire web. Verified Jan-09.

Fast Food Source

Reviews of many fast food chains, indexed by city. In most cases there is a very useful list of menu items and prices, although for some chains this link goes to the chain's own web site instead. Verified Apr-02.

Fatburger

This regional fast food hamburger chain has most of its locations in southern California, with a small number in Arizona, southern Nevada and western Washington State. Verified Mar-02.

Federal Aviation Authority (United States) (FAA)

Verified Jul-97.

Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) - Air Traffic Control System Command Centre (ATCSCC)

Includes information on current delays at major US airports. The information appears in windows; to save it you must select it, use CTRL/C to copy it, then paste it into a program such as Notepad and save it from there. The site has several other sections offering other information. Verified Sep-02.

Federal Bureau of Investigation (United States) (FBI)

Verified Apr-97.

Federal Highway Administration (United States)

Verified Jul-02.

Federal Highway Administration (United States) - Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway

This page offers a detailed description of this historic highway. Verified Oct-02.

Federal Highway Administration (United States) - Manual On Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)

Available in the form of Adobe Acrobat PDF files, MUTCD provides images and full details of usage of all the road signs and traffic light configurations commonly used in the United States. This site also offers the Standard Highway Signs (SHS) manual, again in the form of Adobe Acrobat PDF files. SHS has full technical drawing details of the design of each sign, which will be of interest to anyone wishing to manufacture or replicate signs. Verified Jul-02.

Federal Highway Administration (United States) - National Traffic And Road Closure Information

Includes links to all state Department Of Transport sites. Verified Sep-02.

Federal Highway Administration (United States) - Read Your Road: Every Highway User's Guide To Driving Safely

A very useful basic guide to driving in the USA, organised as seven chapters with one web page per chapter. I couldn't find an Adobe Acrobat PDF file version, unfortunately. Verified Jul-02.

Federation of Tax Administrators

This site includes a useful list of current sales tax rates in each American state. Verified Mar-98.

Fenwick Island, Delaware

Verified Nov-99.

Ferries - Dan Youra's Ferry Travel Guide

This site's main focus is ferry information for the northwestern Washington State and southwestern British Columbia area. It also offers other travel related information for this area and ferry information for other areas. Verified Feb-01.

Ferry Companies

See separate section.

Ferry Companies - Transportation Directory

A very useful list of links to the web sites of various bus lines, railways, ferries, airlines, etc. Verified Jul-02.

FHWA Series D Modified Font - Larabie Fonts

FHWA Series D Modified is the official name for the font most commonly used on US road signs and highway marker shields. This personal site features a large number of shareware/freeware TrueType fonts, including Blue Highway which closely resembles FHWA Series D Modified. Verified Dec-99.

Field, British Columbia (and Yoho National Park)

Information regarding activities in Yoho National Park and services such as accommodation in the town of Field. Verified Feb-06.

Fifty States

This highly recommended one-man company site offers a large amount of statistical and practical information for each American state. Verified Dec-99.

Fina (gas/petrol station chain)

Verified Aug-02.

Fires - National Interagency Fire Centre, Boise, Idaho

Detailed current information on large wild fires in all states. Verified Mar-02.

Fires - Wildland Fires Information

Detailed current information on large wild fires in all states. Verified Aug-00.

FirstGov - Access To United States Government Departments' Web Sites

This site acts as a portal to the 20,000 US Government web sites which between them offer over 27 million web pages. It is organised by subject rather than by department name. Verified Sep-00.

Fish and Wildlife Service (United States)

Verified Mar-02.

Florida Driver's Manual

This site contains a copy of this official publication for drivers. It provides an excellent guide to driving regulations in the USA. However, some rules may differ in other American states and Canadian provinces. Verified Mar-98.

Florida Holocaust Museum, St Petersburg, Florida

Verified Feb-99.

Florida State Information

Verified Jul-97.

Florida State Parks

Official site. Verified Dec-01.

Florida Today Newspaper

Includes Kennedy Space Centre information. Verified Apr-97.

Florida Tourist Bureau

Verified Nov-98.

Florida - Visit Florida (official state tourism office)

Verified Dec-99.

Florida - Visit Florida - Florida State Highway Maps

Adobe Acrobat format. Verified Dec-99.

Fly Drive USA (also previously called Northwest Fly/Drive)

See Holiday-America.

Flying J Travel Plazas (gas/petrol stations)

Verified Aug-02.

Fodors (guide books)

Verified Apr-97.

Folklore and Folk Tales - American Folklore

This personal site features an extensive collection of American folk tales, usefully indexed by a variety of categories. Verified Sep-02.

Fonts - Larabie Fonts

A personal site featuring a large number of shareware/freeware TrueType fonts, including Blue Highway which closely resembles the font used on US road signs and highway marker shields. Verified Dec-99.

Food 4 Less or Food 4 Less

This supermarket chain has locations in Arizona, California, Missouri, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah and Wisconsin. Verified Sep-02.

Food Lion

Supermarket chain. Verified Sep-02.

Foot Locker

A chain of shoe shops. Verified Sep-02.

Forest Fires - National Interagency Fire Centre, Boise, Idaho

Detailed current information on large wild fires in all states. Verified Mar-02.

Forest Service (United States) - Gateway

This page offers a gateway to information on the 155 National Forests and twenty National Grasslands throughout the USA. Information on each forest or grassland can be reached by its name, by the state or region in which it is located, or via an interactive map. This page is probably the best method of accessing the wealth of excellent and useful material available on the Forest Service's web site. Verified May-01.

Four B's - 4B's (restaurant chain)

This chain operates in Montana, and I'm told that it also has one location in New Mexico, in Grants. Verified Mar-02.

Four Corners Monument (Navajo Parks And Recreation Department)

Also includes information on Monument Valley. Verified Apr-06.

Fox Hills Shopping Mall, Los Angeles, California

This mall is located a short distance from Los Angeles International Airport. Verified Dec-02.

Fox Rent-A-Car

This company has locations in California and Arizona. Cars can only be driven in California, Arizona and Nevada. Verified Sep-02.

Frank Buykx's Walk Across America

Frank Buykx lives in Norfolk, England and recently retired. In the summer of 2001 he is walking across America from Washington DC to the Golden Gate Bridge. This personal web site features his diary, the route details, Frank's interviews on Radio Norfolk and some newspaper articles on his epic walk. Verified Sep-01.

Fred Meyer

Fred Meyer is a chain of department stores, similar in terms of building design, store layout and range of goods to Wal-Mart and K-Mart but with generally rather higher prices. They are part of the Kroger group. Verified Sep-02.

Freeway Entrance

A guide to information on roads, road signs and maps on the web. Verified Feb-98.

Friendly's (restaurant chain)

Verified Mar-02.

Friendship Inns

Friendship Inns have now been absorbed into the EconoLodge and Rodeway chains. Verified Mar-09.

Fuel Gauge Report - (AAA - American Automobile Association)

Detailed information on current gas (petrol) prices in each US state and major city. Verified Sep-02.

Fun Plans

This site offers information about various US theme parks. Verified Oct-00.

Funway Holidays

This UK-based holiday operator includes flights from numerous UK regional airports via Amsterdam. Verified Dec-99.

Furr's Family Cafeterias

This chain has locations in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Their web site has a list of the locations in each state. Verified Mar-02.

Furr's Supermarkets

This supermarket chain, which previously had numerous locations in New Mexico and Texas, has now ceased trading and its web site (http://www.furrs.com) is no longer online. The Furr's Family Cafeterias chain is a separate organisation and not affected. Checked Sep-02.

Future Shop

A Canadian electronics store chain, selling audio, video and computer equipment, etc. Verified Sep-02.
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