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Jefferson Highway Category: Highway Wikipedia: Jefferson Highway Description: A north-south highway from New Orleans to Winnipeg, dedicated in January 1919. Page Sections: History · Article Index |
The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Jefferson Highway page on 23 September 2023, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
The Jefferson Highway was an automobile highway stretching through the central United States from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada. The Jefferson Highway was replaced with the new numbered US Highway system in the late 1920s. Portions of the highway are still named Jefferson Highway, for example: the portions that run through Jefferson Parish, Louisiana; East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana; Lee's Summit, Missouri; Osseo, Minnesota; and Wadena, Minnesota.
It was built in the 1910s as part of the National Auto Trail system. Named for President Thomas Jefferson, inspired by the east–west Lincoln Highway, it was nicknamed the "Palm to Pine Highway", for the varying types of trees found at either end.
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| 22 September 2023 | RECOGNIZING THE HISTORY OF THE JEFFERSON HIGHWAY Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the remarkable history of the Jefferson Highway that runs through Bonham, Texas. This route was America's first north-south intercontinental roadway and was inspired by the east-west Lincoln Highway. | Speech (text) Publication: Congressional Record  Byline: Rep. Pat Fallon Topic: Jefferson Highway |