Jackson Highway
Auto trail connecting Chicago and New Orleans
Jackson Highway | |
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Route information | |
Existed | 1911–present |
Major junctions | |
South end | New Orleans, LA |
North end | Chicago, IL |
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Country | United States |
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The Jackson Highway was an auto trail in the United States connecting Chicago and New Orleans via Nashville. It was named after General and U.S. President Andrew Jackson.
The original concepts for the route and its name are credited to Alma Rittenberry of Birmingham, Alabama, member of the Birmingham Equal Suffrage Association, the Poetry Society of Alabama, and the United Daughters of the Confederacy. She conceived of the route in 1911.[1]
Peter Lee Atherton was president of the Jackson Highway Project from its conception.[citation needed]
U.S. Highway 31E in Kentucky approximately traces the Jackson Highway's historic route between Louisville and Nashville.[2]
References
- "Jackson Highway". October 26, 1998. Archived from the original on January 10, 2006. Retrieved April 3, 2006.
- "Father of the Jackson Highway". Motor Age. June 22, 1916. p. 23. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- "Meeting of the Kentucky County Road Engineer's Association". Good Roads. December 9, 1916. p. 243. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
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Parkways and named highways in the Commonwealth of Kentucky
- Eagle Way
- Gene Snyder Freeway (I-265/KY 841)
- Henry Watterson Expressway (I-264)
- AA Highway
- Industrial Parkway (KY 67)
- Mammoth Cave Parkway
- Man o' War Boulevard (KY 1425)
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Expressway (I-65)
- New Circle Road (KY 4)
- Paris Pike
- Russellville Bypass
- The Trace (LBL)
- Veterans Memorial Highway
- Veterans Outer Loop
- Wendell H. Ford Expressway
- Dixie Highway
- Jackson Highway