Old Spanish Trail (auto trail)

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auto trail historic highway route transcontinental highway

The Old Spanish Trail (auto trail) was an early 20th-century transcontinental highway route that linked St. Augustine, Florida, to San Diego, California, promoting automobile travel across the southern United States.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Old Spanish Trail	1
Old Spanish Trail Association	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	auto trail ⓘ historic highway route ⓘ transcontinental highway ⓘ
category	Auto trails in the United States ⓘ Named highways in the United States ⓘ
connects	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endPoint	San Diego, California, United States ⓘ surface form: San Diego, California
established	1910s ⓘ
followsDirection	east–west ⓘ
hasHeadquartersLocation	San Antonio ⓘ surface form: San Antonio, Texas
historicalEra	early 20th century ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Gulf Coast of the United States ⓘ surface form: Gulf Coast Southern United States ⓘ southwestern United States ⓘ surface form: Southwest United States
maintainedBy	Old Spanish Trail (auto trail) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Old Spanish Trail Association
name	Old Spanish Trail (auto trail) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Old Spanish Trail
namedAfter	Old Spanish Trail (trade route) ⓘ
notableCityAlongRoute	El Paso ⓘ surface form: El Paso, Texas Houston ⓘ surface form: Houston, Texas Jacksonville, Florida ⓘ Mobile, Alabama ⓘ New Orleans ⓘ surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana San Antonio ⓘ surface form: San Antonio, Texas San Diego, California, United States ⓘ surface form: San Diego, California Tucson ⓘ surface form: Tucson, Arizona Yuma, Arizona ⓘ
passesThrough	Alabama ⓘ Arizona ⓘ California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Florida ⓘ Louisiana ⓘ Mississippi ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ Texas ⓘ
promotedInDecade	1920s ⓘ
purpose	encourage highway development ⓘ facilitate tourism ⓘ promote automobile travel ⓘ
replacedBy	Interstate 10 ⓘ Interstate 8 ⓘ U.S. Highway 70 ⓘ U.S. Route 80 ⓘ surface form: U.S. Highway 80 U.S. Route 90 ⓘ surface form: U.S. Highway 90 U.S. Route 98 ⓘ surface form: U.S. Highway 98
routeType	auto trail ⓘ
startPoint	St. Augustine, Florida ⓘ
status	historic ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

U.S. Route 90 in Florida → followsHistoricRouteOf → Old Spanish Trail (auto trail) ⓘ

Old Spanish Trail (auto trail) → maintainedBy → Old Spanish Trail (auto trail) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Spanish Trail Association

Old Spanish Trail (auto trail) → name → Old Spanish Trail (auto trail) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Spanish Trail