The Dixie Highway Map

A thick red line identifies the dixie highway. Under the slogan “good roads for everyone!” the nha advocated the building and permanent maintenance by the federal government of a system of 50,000 miles (some 80,500 kilometers) of highways. North of palm beach county, dixie highway originally ran through jonathan dickinson state park along the florida east coast railway.

The final result is better understood as a network of connected. Divisions of the dixie highway in georgia and dates authorized: This 1923 map of the dixie highway was issued by the dixie highway association and shows the location of the highway in each state.

An old section of the highway exists today near the small towns of espanola and bunnell.

On april 3, 1915, governors of the interested states met at chattanooga, and each selected two commissioners to lay out the route from chicago to miami. On may 22, 1915, the commission decided on a split route in order to serve more communities. The focus of these maps is primarily on the dixie highway during that time period. The name dixie highway still persists in various locations along its original route such as in south florida where dixie highway runs parallel with u s.