The Dixie Highway-Hastings, Espanola and Bunnell Road (also known as County Road 13 or the Old Brick Road) is a historic section of Old Dixie Highway in Florida. It is located roughly between Espanola (in Flagler County ) and CR 204 southeast of …

2021年11月22日 · If you love hidden gems and history, then Old Dixie Highway Florida is a MUST visit! Get our tips and where to find Old Dixie Highway.

2019年12月6日 · From the southern terminus of Interstate 95 in Miami to the Overseas Highway in Key Largo, U.S. Route 1 is known as Dixie Highway. In the 1920s, the United Daughters of the Confederacy erected granite pillars with bronze plaques along the highway to …

From Lexington, you can follow the old Dixie Highway north to Cincinnati, where the striking National Underground Railroad Freedom Center memorializes slaves who fled north to escape bondage on Southern plantations.

The Old Dixie Highway was once a vital transportation artery, connecting towns and communities across Florida in the early 20th century. This two-lane road, which predates the famous U.S. Route 1, played a pivotal role in shaping the state’s development.

This map, issued by the NHA in 1915, shows the Dixie Highway, proposed by the Dixie Highway Association and endorsed by the NHA. The projected route runs from Mackinaw City, Michigan, to Miami, Florida.

The original Dixie Highway Association existed from 1915 – 1927 (though it technically never disbanded). For all intents and purposes, the Dixie Highway and other named routes were replaced by the U.S. Highway System which came into being in November of 1926.

The Old Dixie Highway was one of the earliest highways in the US, whose success inspired the massive expansion and renovation of America’s roadways. In partnership with the Good Roads Movement, advocates for the Old Dixie Highway fought for cleaner, smoother, and longer roads to crisscross the country.

2021年11月1日 · Historians credit the Dixie Highway with building cities like Miami Beach, West Palm Beach and Hialeah, though it’s important to remember that by then, what’s known as the Great Migration, the exodus of six million Black people from Southern states to the North and West, had already begun.

2016年5月5日 · Florida is one of several states where, once in a while, you’re subject to come across a road called “Old Dixie Highway.” Some of the roads with this name are prominent thoroughfares, while others have become mere side streets over the years, bypassed by larger highways built along the outskirts of town.