Dixie Highway

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auto trail historic highway network

Dixie Highway was an early 20th-century network of paved roads that connected the U.S. Midwest to the South, playing a key role in the development of long-distance automobile travel before the modern numbered highway system.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Dixie Highway canonical 3
South Dixie Highway 3
Dixie Highway corridor 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf auto trail ⓘ
historic highway network ⓘ
connectsRegion Midwestern United States ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Midwest

Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: U.S. South
constructionBegan 1915 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endPoint Miami Beach ⓘ
surface form: Miami Beach, Florida

Miami ⓘ
surface form: Miami, Florida
era pre‑U.S. numbered highway era ⓘ
established 1915 ⓘ
follows multiple pre‑existing local roads ⓘ
followsCity Atlanta ⓘ
Chattanooga ⓘ
City of Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

Cincinnati ⓘ
Indianapolis ⓘ
Jacksonville, Florida ⓘ
surface form: Jacksonville

Louisville, Kentucky ⓘ
surface form: Louisville

Macon metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Macon

Miami ⓘ
hasBranch Central route segments ⓘ
Eastern route ⓘ
Western route ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation portions listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
hasNameOrigin named for the American South ("Dixie") ⓘ
hasRouteType paved road network ⓘ
influenced economic growth in communities along its route ⓘ
tourism development in Florida ⓘ
inspiredBy Lincoln Highway ⓘ
locatedIn Midwestern United States ⓘ
Southern United States ⓘ
maintainedBy Dixie Highway Association ⓘ
notableFor being one of the earliest long‑distance paved road networks in the U.S. ⓘ
partOf United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
surface form: National Auto Trail system
passesThrough Florida ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ
Kentucky ⓘ
Michigan ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
planningBegan 1914 ⓘ
precededBy local wagon roads ⓘ
promotedBy Carl G. Fisher ⓘ
Dixie Highway Association ⓘ
purpose connect northern tourists to Florida ⓘ
promote long‑distance automobile travel ⓘ
replacedBy U.S. Route 1 ⓘ
U.S. Route 25 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 31 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 41 NERFINISHED ⓘ
startPoint Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois

Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan ⓘ
status largely decommissioned as a named route ⓘ
succeededBy Interstate Highway System ⓘ
United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Highway System
transportMode automobile ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

United States Numbered Highway System → precededBy → Dixie Highway ⓘ
Interstate 75 → partOfCorridor → Dixie Highway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dixie Highway corridor
U.S. Route 80 → hasNickname → Dixie Highway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dixie Overland Highway
Waterford Township, Michigan → hasMajorRoad → Dixie Highway ⓘ
Sunset Place → situatedNear → Dixie Highway ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Dixie Highway
South Miami Metrorail station → near → Dixie Highway ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Dixie Highway
US 1 (South Dixie Highway) → alsoKnownAs → Dixie Highway ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Dixie Highway
Independence Township, Michigan → majorHighway → Dixie Highway ⓘ