Corners of 5th Avenue and Broadway in Downtown San Diego, CA
East end
Zero Milestone in Washington, D.C.
Location
Country
United States
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Auto trails
The Bankhead Highway was a United States cross-country automobile highway connecting Washington, D.C., and San Diego. The Bankhead Highway's beginnings can be traced back to 1916 when the Bankhead Highway Association was organized to promote the highway's development. It was part of the National Auto Trail system. The road was named for Alabama politician John H. Bankhead, a leader in the early national road-building movement. In later years, several stretches of U.S. Route 78 in northwest Alabama were renamed for Bankhead's son, former U.S. Representative and Speaker of the House William B. Bankhead.[1]
^Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins(PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 13. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
The BankheadHighway was a United States cross-country automobile highway connecting Washington, D.C., and San Diego. The BankheadHighway's beginnings...
state of Alabama BankheadHighway, a road in the United States This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Bankhead. If an internal...
Road, Dixie Highway, Jefferson Highway, BankheadHighway, Jackson Highway, Meridian Highway and Victory Highway. Many of these named highways were supplanted...
state highways, which were designated on June 21, 1917. In 1920, the entire length of the highway was designated as part of the BankheadHighway, a transcontinental...
Bankhead, West Lake, Howell Station, and other Westside residents. Bankhead Station provides connecting bus service to Donald Lee Hollowell Highway,...
northeast on BankheadHighway. At an intersection with the southern terminus of SR 61 (Carrollton-Villa Rica Highway), SR 166/BankheadHighway turn right...
parts of North Mississippi, "Bankhead Road" or "Bankhead Street" identifies sections of the original (pre 1940s) US 78 highway. In the 1980s US 78 began...
Motor Convoy over the BankheadHighway, June 14, 1920 South: Point for the measurement of distances from Washington on highways of the United States West:...
relocated from Buttermilk Bottom in the Old Fourth Ward. Located on BankheadHighway (renamed Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway in 1998) just inside I-285, the...
State Route 61 (SR 61) is a 107.1-mile-long (172.4 km) state highway that travels south-to-north through portions of Carroll, Douglas, Paulding, Bartow...
amended by Sen. John H. Bankhead (D) of Alabama to conform with model legislation written by the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO). It...
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