America’s Historic Roads
Puzzle 42 · The Automobile Finds a Route · Page 64 in print
Dixie Highway
A 1915 directory showed the Dixie Highway as a northern loop linked to Florida, with Chicago and Detroit on opposite sides.
Jump to a word
The words
Allison
M. M. Allison, president of the Dixie Highway Association.
Atlanta
Georgia city named in the directory’s southern network.
Cincinnati
Ohio city listed on the 1915 eastern loop.
Dayton
Ohio city listed on the 1915 eastern loop.
Detroit
City on the eastern side of the 1915 Dixie loop.
Knoxville
Tennessee city listed on the 1915 eastern loop.
Lake Michigan
Lake whose shoreline the northern branch followed.
Lima
Ohio city on the Dixie Highway routing selected in 1915.
Mackinaw
Michigan endpoint of the planned northern extension.
Miami Beach
Florida development promoted by Dixie Highway originator Carl Fisher.
Relocation
The association’s reserved right to move a route whose local link was unfinished.
Routing
Selection of rival alignments incorporated into the Dixie Highway System.
Taggart
Thomas Taggart, an original Dixie Highway Association vice-president.
Tallahassee
Florida city named in the directory’s southern network.
Toledo
Ohio city listed on the 1915 eastern loop.
Sources
- Tennessee historic bridges report, chapter 2Tennessee Department of Transportation
- West Michigan Pike Association, 1915directorymichiganbeachtowns.com
- See America First, 1915 (National Old Trails Road, part 2)Federal Highway Administration