Alex Burr - hester_nec Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 I just got a General Index Map off ebay showing main auto routes from a 1926 Volume 2 Automobile Blue Book. It covers, on one side, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York from Route 20 south, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. The other side covers North Carolina to Florida, the gulf States to Mississippi, Tennessee and southern Kentucky. 1926 U S highway numbers are not given, but state route numbers are. On the southeastern states routes are lettered as follows: B - Bankhead Highway; BL - Bee Line Highway; D - Dixie Highway; DB - Dixie Bee Line; DO - Dixie Overland Highway; F - Florida Short Route; J - Jackson Highway; Jf - Jefferson Highway; Le - Lee Highway (now U S 11); M - Mississippi River Scenic Highway (Now U S 61); MV - Mississippi Valley Highway; N - National Old Trails Road; S - Old Spanish Trail. The other side, showing northern states, does say some states have not completed the numbering - I take that to mean the new U S highway numbers. Key to organized highways lists the following named highways: B - Bankhead Highway; H - Horseshoe Trail; J - Jackson Highway; LT - Lakawanna Trail; LS - Lakes-to-Sea Highway; Le - Lee Highway; Ly - Liberty Highway; L - Lincoln Highway; N - National Old Trails Highway; RM - Roosevelt Midland Trail; SV - Shenandoalh Valley Pike; ST - Susquehanna Trail; T - Tidewater Trail; P - William Penn Highway; Y - Yellowstone Trail I havn't as yet looked over the map to see where these named highways run - some, like Lee Highway (now U S 11), Yellowstone Trail (now U S 20) and Dixie Highway I'm familiar with. Some of the others I've heard reference to. Looking at the map I found that the Lakes-to-Sea Highway, which I thought was U S 6 ran between Erie, down thru Franklin, over to Harrisburg, finally disappearing somewhere just to the west of Philidelphia. I can't find any markings east of Philly. More digging. I found the Mississippi River Scenic Highway (M) interesting - today it is known, pretty much of its way, as the Great River Road Scenic ByWay - for some reason I think the previous name summed it up much better. Hudsonly, Alex Burr Memphis, TN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilene Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 I sometimes wonder why our numbered highways could not have retained (or been given) prose names, too. Interesting to get this glimpse into the transitional period where the numbered highways were just starting to come into play, Alex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Burr - hester_nec Posted May 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 And the best part of it - I just discovered, sitting on my book shelf, is the 1926 Auto Blue Book, Volume 2, that goes with the map!!!!!!!!!!! Does it get any better!!!!!!! Hudsonly, Alex Burr Memphis, TN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keep the Show on the Road! Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 And the best part of it - I just discovered, sitting on my book shelf, is the 1926 Auto Blue Book, Volume 2, that goes with the map!!!!!!!!!!! Does it get any better!!!!!!! Hudsonly, Alex Burr Memphis, TN Alex, Nope, fate was on your side! Dave Keep the Show on the Road! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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