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.
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.
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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| 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.
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| 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.
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.
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| Brian Butko posted |
This map more accurately shows the "bump" in Indiana.
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| Janice Olszewski Spann posted |
This post is my motivation for starting an overview.
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| 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 marking of US-30 on Google Maps is in Nebraska.] |
Notes that mention Lincoln Highway from east to west:
- Pulaski Skyway Bridges over Two Rivers in South Kearny, NJ
- Lower Trenton Bridge over Delaware River at Trenton, NJ
- Iron Bridge over Delaware River at Trenton, NJ
- Coatesville, PA
- Bridges over Susquehanna River between Columbia and Wrightsville, PA
- Thorndale, PA
- New Oxford, PA
- Everett, PA
- East Pittsburgh, PA, Westinghouse Electric
- US-30 George Westinghouse Bridge over Turtle Creek at East Pittsburgh, PA
- Bucyrus, OH: Sinclair gas station
- Bucyrus, OH: overpass
- Delphos, OH
- Falstaff/Berghoff Brewery in Fort Wayne, IN
- Wells Street Bridge over St. Marys River in Fort Wayne, IN
- Merrillville, IN
- 130th Street Bridge over the Calumet River in Chicago, IL
- Near Pennsy Panhandle Hartsdale Yard in Schererville, IL
- Joliet, IL
- Plainfield, IL
- The Importance of Streetcars in Chicago Overview
- DeKalb, IL: interpretive mural
- First paved mile was near Malta, IL, in 1914
- Rochelle, IL: gazebo
- Rochelle, IL: old gas station
- Bridge over the Mississippi River between Clinton, IA, and Fulton , IL
- Clinton, IA, C&NW railyard
- LeGrand, IA
- Gothenburg, NE
- "Highway to Heaven" in Wyoming
- Donner Memorial (Rainbow) Bridge east of Donner, CA
- SOC Bridge over San Joaquin River in Lathrop, CA
- Carquinez Bridges over Carquinez Strait at Crocket, CA
Old Gas Stations has multiple geographic locations.
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