Dixie and Lincoln Highways

Dixie Highway

I saw a PBS show about some Chicago history, and when they were on the south side, they talked about being on the Dixie Highway to Florida. Now I know the rest of the route.

1915 (source)
Billy Shockey: Also Western Ave. I believe it is the longest street in the United States.

I knew Western Avenue was the only street in Chicago that went all the way from the north border to the south border. I didn't realized that it went south of the Chicago border and continued as the Dixie Highway to Florida.

Satellite

Looking some more at the national map, I knew that Lincoln Highway (US30) went through Fort Wayne, IN. I didn't know that US-24 west of Fort Wayne was part of the initial national highway system. 

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Lincoln Highway

The reason I documented the Dixie Highway before I documented the Lincoln Highway is because I've already discussed the Lincoln Highway here and there in my notes. And the work required to pull it all together intimitaed me. I still can't do all that work, but at least I can get started. 

Currently, my main source of information is a gazebo in Rochelle, IL. It has a much more detailed map of the highway than this map. (I just discovered that the link given in that gazeo, http://www.drivelincolnhighway.com/, no longer works. Bummer) But this map is a nice overview.

Brian Butko posted

This map more accurately shows the "bump" in Indiana.

Janice Olszewski Spann posted

This post is my motivation for starting an overview.

Paul gilger posted
The Western Terminus of the Lincoln Highway is San Francisco’s Lincoln Park, seen here in the lower right corner of this photo.
[But the closest route making of US-30 on Google Maps is in Nebraska.]

Notes that mention Lincoln Highway (currently very partial) from east to west:

• Rochelle, IL: gazebo
• Rochelle, IL: old gas station