Dixie Highway

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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.

All labels observed (4)

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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf auto trail
historic highway network
connectsRegion U.S. Midwest
U.S. South
constructionBegan 1915
country United States
endPoint Miami Beach, Florida
linked to: Miami Beach

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

Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Louisville
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 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
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
status largely decommissioned as a named route
succeededBy Interstate Highway System
U.S. Highway System
transportMode automobile

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Referenced by (8)

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

Interstate 75 partOfCorridor Dixie Highway corridor
linked to: Dixie Highway
U.S. Route 80 hasNickname Dixie Overland Highway
linked to: Dixie Highway
Sunset Place situatedNear South Dixie Highway
linked to: Dixie Highway
South Miami Metrorail station near South Dixie Highway
linked to: Dixie Highway
US 1 (South Dixie Highway) alsoKnownAs South Dixie Highway
linked to: Dixie Highway