Dixie Highway - Wikipedia
Dixie Highway was a United States auto trail first planned in 1914 to connect the Midwest with the South. It was part of a system and was expanded from an earlier Miami to Montreal highway. The final system is better understood as a network of connected paved roads, rather than one single highway. It was constructed and expanded from 1915 to 1929.
Map of the Dixie Highway. - Library of Congress
This map, issued by the NHA in 1915, shows the Dixie Highway, proposed by the Dixie Highway Association and endorsed by the NHA. The projected route runs from Mackinaw City, Michigan, to Miami, Florida.
Dixie Highway Maps - Two Lane Traveler
Indiana includes two different sections of the Dixie Highway. The continuation of the Chicago to Dayton connector runs west to east from the Illinois state line through Indianapolis and on to the Ohio state line. The Western Division of the highway travels from South Bend south to New Albany, across the Ohio River from Louisville, KY. Ohio
Dixie Highway - New Georgia Encyclopedia
2016年3月1日 · The Dixie Highway, a network of roads connecting Canada to Florida in the early decades of the twentieth century, was an ambitious undertaking to build the nation’s first north–south paved interstate highway.
America’s Dixie Highway, the Original North-South Interstate
From Cave City, the Dixie Highway (US 31W) runs southwest through rolling hills to Bowling Green and the National Corvette Museum—here because this is where GM makes the iconic American sports car. In 2014 a sinkhole opened up beneath the …
Driving the Old Dixie Highway - Yesterday's America
A portion running between Nashville, Tennessee and Louisville, Kentucky is today’s U.S. Highway 31W, though in many parts of Kentucky the route still bears the name “Dixie Highway” or “Dixie Avenue.”
US Highways - Dixie Highway - LostHistory.net
2001年11月29日 · Georgia's Dixie Highway - from Ringgold, GA south to Marietta, GA, 13 communities including Dalton, Calhoun, Adairsville, Cartersville, Acworth & Kennesaw have revived their section of the Highway. Lots of local history here.
Dixie Highway was heralded as an avenue to allow snowbirds to escape the winter cold by vacationing in the South–especially Florida. Because of Georgia’s location, both routes of the Dixie Highway extended through it.
Dixie Highway - The Historical Marker Database
2015年8月7日 · Dixie Highway was the first national road linking industrial northern states to agricultural southern states. Several governors met in 1915 to consider an improved road to Miami. Ten states lobbied for inclusion, resulting in eastern and western divisions.
Driving Indiana's Dixie Highway - Down the Road
2012年6月7日 · The Dixie Highway was a 1910s and 1920s network of roads that connected the Midwest to the South, running from Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan to Miami, Florida. In a day where good roads were not a given, the Dixie was formed to …