Bankhead Highway- Broadway of America
11-30-2014, 01:13 AM
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Bankhead Highway- Broadway of America
San Diego, CA to DC. long lost highway from our past
check for it in your state and who is researching it. we have a great guy in Texas
The John H. Bankhead National Highway was one of the earliest American auto trails. It connects the nation's capital, Washington, D.C., and San Diego, California on the Pacific. The Bankhead Highway was an important transcontinental route, and its name still appears on many roads to this day.
District of Columbia
Washington.
Virginia
Alexandria, Accotink, Lorton, Occoquan, Woodbridge, Minnieville, Dumfries, Garrisonville, Stafford, Falmouth, Fredricksburg, Spotsylvania, Partlow, Beaverdam, Negro Foot, Glenallen, Richmond, Port Walthall, Petersburg, Sutherland, Church Road, Ford, Wilsons, Wellville, Blackstone, Kenbridge, Bishops Corner, South Hill, Baskerville, Boydton, Clarksville, Soudan.
North Carolina
Bullock, Stovall, Gela, Oxford (route splits)
West branch from Oxford
Providence, Stem, Fairntosh, Durham (branches merge)
East branch from Oxford
Franklinton, Youngsville, Wake Forest, Millsbrook, Raleigh, Asbury, Cary, Morrisville, Clegg, Nelson, Brassfield, Durham (branches merge)
Single Bankhead Highway route
Funston, University, Hillsboro, Efland, Mebane, Haw River, Graham, Burlington, Elon College, Gibsonville, Sedalia, Greensboro, Jamestown, High Point, Thomasville, Lexington, Yadkin, Spenser, Salisbury, China Grove, Landis, Kannapolis, Glass, Concord, Charlotte, Juneau, Belmont, McAdenv., Lowell, Gastonia, Bessemer City, Kings Mountain, Grover.
South Carolina
Blacksburg, Gaffney, Thickety, Cowpens, Converse, Spartanburg, Duncan, Greer, Taylors, Greenville.
(From Greenville the national Rand McNally 1923 map shows a path down SC-20 and SC-15. The Rand McNally District 20 1922-1923 map shows a direct line to Anderson on SC-8.)
Piedmont, Pelzer, Williamston, Belton, Anderson.
Georgia
Hartwell, Royston, Danielsville, Stratham, Athens, Bogart, Statham, Winder, Carl, Auburn, Lawrenceville, Tucker, Stone Mountain, Ingleside, Decatur, Atlanta, Mableton, Austell, Lithia Springs, Douglasville, Villa Rica (route splits)
North branch from Villa Rica
Temple, Bremen, Waco, Tallapoosa, Hoopers.
South branch from Villa Rica
Carrolton, Bowden.
Alabama
North branch from Villa Rica
Edwardsville, Heflin (branches merge).
South branch from Villa Rica
Hopewell, Heflin (branches merge).
Single Bankhead Highway route
Choccolocco (possible bypass of Anniston through De Armanville), Anniston, Oxford, Munford, Talladega, Cropwell, Pell City, Cooks Springs, Brompton, Leeds, Gate City, Woodlawn, Birmingham, Pratt City, Adamsville, Sayre, Robins, Cordova, Jasper, Townly, Carbon Hill, Winfield, Guin (route splits)
North branch from Guin
Hamilton, Bexar.
South branch from Guin
Sulligent, Detroit.
Mississippi
North branch from Guin
Tremont, Clay, Fulton, Mooreville, Tupelo (branches merge).
South branch from Guin
Splunge, Hatley, Amory, Bigbee, Nettleton, Maring, Plantersville, Tupelo (branches merge).
North branch from Tupelo
Sherman, Blue Springs, Wallerville, New Albany, Myrtle, Hickory Flat, Winborn, Waits, Holly Springs, Red Banks, Victoria, Byhalia, Miller, Olive Branch (branches merge).
South branch from Tupelo
Bissell, Furrs, Pontotoc, Springville, Toccopola, Oxford (A branch of the BH may link Oxford to Holly Spings on the north branch. Towns include College Hill, Abbeville, Malone, Waterford, Gilton, Holly Springs), Tyro, Independence, Lewisburg, Cedarview, Olive Branch (branches merge).
Tennessee
Capley, Oakville, Memphis (route splits).
Arkansas
North branch from Memphis
Marion, Vincent, Crawfordsville, Earl, Smithdale, Parkin, Princedale, Levesque, Wynne, Fair Oaks, McCrory, Grays, Wiville, Howell, Cotton Plant, Des Arc, Hazen (branches merge).
South branch from Memphis
Hulbert, Edmondson, Widener, Madison, Forrest City, Palestine, Goodwin, Wheatley, Brinkley, Brasfield, Bisco, De Valls Bluff, Hazen (branches merge).
Single Bankhead Highway route
Carlisle, Lonoke, Galloway, North Little Rock, Little Rock, Alexander, Benton (route splits).
North Mainline branch from Benton
Hot Springs, Bismark, Arkadelphia (two branches merge).
South Mainline branch from Benton
Reyburn, Malvern, Faber, Joan, Arkadelphia (two branches merge).
Single Mainline Bankhead Highway
Curtis, Smithton, Gurdon, Bierne, Prescott, Emmet, Hope, Fulton, Homan, Mandeville, Texarkana.
Red River branch route from Benton
Slocomb, Lonsdale, Hot Springs (connector route, “north mainline branch”, via Bismarck between Hot Springs and Arkadelphia on mainline branch), Pearcy, Glenwood, Kirby, Daisy, New Hope, Dierks, Lebanon, De Queen.
Oklahoma
Red River branch route
Eagletown, Broken Bow, Idabel, Garvin, Valliant, Swink, Sawyer, Hugo, Soper, Boswell, Bennington, Durant, Tishomingo, Mill Creek, Drake, Sulphur, Davis, Wynne Wood, Marlow, Lawton, Cache, Snyder, Altus, Duke, Hollis.
Texas
Texarkana (Mainline route splits).
North Mainline branch
Redwater, Maud (route splits).
North Mainline branch route via Simms
Simms, Naples (two branches merge).
North Mainline branch route via Douglassville
Douglassville, Dalton, Naples (two branches merge).
North Mainline branch continues
Omaha, Mt. Pleasant, Mt. Vernon, Sulphur Springs (mainline branches merge).
South Mainline branch
Queen City, Atlanta, Linden, Hughes Springs, Daingerfield, Pittsburg, Newsome, Winnsboro, Como, Sulphur Springs (Mainline branches merge).
Single Mainline Bankhead Highway
Commerce, Greenville, Caddo Mills, Royse City, Fate, Rockwall, Garland, Dallas, Grand Prairie, Arlington, Handley, Fort Worth, Weatherford, Millsap, Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto (route splits).
North Mainline branch
Brad, Caddo, Breckenridge, Albana, Acampo, Namby, Abilene (Mainline branches merge).
South Mainline branch
Gordon, Strawn, Ranger, Eastland, Cisco, Dothan, Putnam, Baird, Clyde, Abilene (Mainline branches merge).
Single Mainline Bankhead Highway
Merkel ?, Sweetwater, Roscoe (Central Connector branch departs northwest), Colorade, Westbrook, Coahoma, Big Spring, Stanton, Midland, Odessa, Metz, Monohans ?, Pyote, Barstow, Pecos, Toyah, Kent, Boracho, Plateau, Wild Horse, Van Horn, Sierra Blanca, Finlay, Fort Han****, Fabens, Clint, Ysleta, El Paso (all routes merge), Canutillo.
Red River branch route
Newlin, Estelline, Turkey, Quitaque, Silverton, Plainview, Olton, Muleshoe, Hurley, Farwell.
Route enters New Mexico, then returns to Texas at El Paso.
El Paso.
Central Connector route
Roscoe, Foch, Snyder, Fluvanna, Post, Tahoka, Brownfield, Tokio, Plains, Bronco.
New Mexico
Red River branch route
Texico, Clovis, Cameo, Portales, Delphos, Elida, Kenna, Acme, Roswell (Central branch merges with Red River branch), Picacho, Tinnie, Hondo, Glencoe, Ruidoso, Mescalero, Bent, Tularosa, La Luz, Alamagordo, Turquoise, Oro Grande, Newman.
Central Connector route
Tatum, Caprock, Roswell (joins Red River branch route).
Single Bankhead Highway west from El Paso
Berino, Vado, Mesilla Park (and Las Cruces), Aden, Cambray, Myndus, Deming, Tunis, Separ, Lordsburg (route splits).
South (Mainline-Tucson) branch
Rodeo.
North (Globe) branch
US 70 route to Franklin, AZ.
Arizona
South (Mainline-Tucson) branch
Douglas, Lowell, Bisbee, Tombstone, Benson, Pantano, Vail, Tucson, Florence, Superior, Apache Junction (branches merge).
North (Globe) branch
Franklin, Duncan, Clifton, Solomonsville, Safford, Thatcher, Pima, Glenbar, Eden, Ft. Thomas, Geronimo, Rice, Globe, Miami, Belleview, Superior, Desert, Apache Junction (branches merge)
Single Bankhead Highway route
La Mesa, Tempe, Phoenix, Tolleson, Avondale, Liberty, Buckeye, Palo Verde, Arlington, Gila Bend, Piedra, Sentinel, Stanwix, Aztec, Stoval, Mohawk, Colfred, Wellton, Dome, Yuma.
California
Winterhaven, Holtville, El Centro, Seeley, Dixieland, Jacumba, Boulevard (route splits).
North (Mainline-Alpine) branch
Pine Valley, Guatay, Descanso Junction, Alpine, El Cajon, La Mesa, San Diego.
South (Campo) branch
Campo, Portero, Dulzura, Jamul, San Diego.
Bankhead Highway at AmericanRoads.us
check for it in your state and who is researching it. we have a great guy in Texas
The John H. Bankhead National Highway was one of the earliest American auto trails. It connects the nation's capital, Washington, D.C., and San Diego, California on the Pacific. The Bankhead Highway was an important transcontinental route, and its name still appears on many roads to this day.
District of Columbia
Washington.
Virginia
Alexandria, Accotink, Lorton, Occoquan, Woodbridge, Minnieville, Dumfries, Garrisonville, Stafford, Falmouth, Fredricksburg, Spotsylvania, Partlow, Beaverdam, Negro Foot, Glenallen, Richmond, Port Walthall, Petersburg, Sutherland, Church Road, Ford, Wilsons, Wellville, Blackstone, Kenbridge, Bishops Corner, South Hill, Baskerville, Boydton, Clarksville, Soudan.
North Carolina
Bullock, Stovall, Gela, Oxford (route splits)
West branch from Oxford
Providence, Stem, Fairntosh, Durham (branches merge)
East branch from Oxford
Franklinton, Youngsville, Wake Forest, Millsbrook, Raleigh, Asbury, Cary, Morrisville, Clegg, Nelson, Brassfield, Durham (branches merge)
Single Bankhead Highway route
Funston, University, Hillsboro, Efland, Mebane, Haw River, Graham, Burlington, Elon College, Gibsonville, Sedalia, Greensboro, Jamestown, High Point, Thomasville, Lexington, Yadkin, Spenser, Salisbury, China Grove, Landis, Kannapolis, Glass, Concord, Charlotte, Juneau, Belmont, McAdenv., Lowell, Gastonia, Bessemer City, Kings Mountain, Grover.
South Carolina
Blacksburg, Gaffney, Thickety, Cowpens, Converse, Spartanburg, Duncan, Greer, Taylors, Greenville.
(From Greenville the national Rand McNally 1923 map shows a path down SC-20 and SC-15. The Rand McNally District 20 1922-1923 map shows a direct line to Anderson on SC-8.)
Piedmont, Pelzer, Williamston, Belton, Anderson.
Georgia
Hartwell, Royston, Danielsville, Stratham, Athens, Bogart, Statham, Winder, Carl, Auburn, Lawrenceville, Tucker, Stone Mountain, Ingleside, Decatur, Atlanta, Mableton, Austell, Lithia Springs, Douglasville, Villa Rica (route splits)
North branch from Villa Rica
Temple, Bremen, Waco, Tallapoosa, Hoopers.
South branch from Villa Rica
Carrolton, Bowden.
Alabama
North branch from Villa Rica
Edwardsville, Heflin (branches merge).
South branch from Villa Rica
Hopewell, Heflin (branches merge).
Single Bankhead Highway route
Choccolocco (possible bypass of Anniston through De Armanville), Anniston, Oxford, Munford, Talladega, Cropwell, Pell City, Cooks Springs, Brompton, Leeds, Gate City, Woodlawn, Birmingham, Pratt City, Adamsville, Sayre, Robins, Cordova, Jasper, Townly, Carbon Hill, Winfield, Guin (route splits)
North branch from Guin
Hamilton, Bexar.
South branch from Guin
Sulligent, Detroit.
Mississippi
North branch from Guin
Tremont, Clay, Fulton, Mooreville, Tupelo (branches merge).
South branch from Guin
Splunge, Hatley, Amory, Bigbee, Nettleton, Maring, Plantersville, Tupelo (branches merge).
North branch from Tupelo
Sherman, Blue Springs, Wallerville, New Albany, Myrtle, Hickory Flat, Winborn, Waits, Holly Springs, Red Banks, Victoria, Byhalia, Miller, Olive Branch (branches merge).
South branch from Tupelo
Bissell, Furrs, Pontotoc, Springville, Toccopola, Oxford (A branch of the BH may link Oxford to Holly Spings on the north branch. Towns include College Hill, Abbeville, Malone, Waterford, Gilton, Holly Springs), Tyro, Independence, Lewisburg, Cedarview, Olive Branch (branches merge).
Tennessee
Capley, Oakville, Memphis (route splits).
Arkansas
North branch from Memphis
Marion, Vincent, Crawfordsville, Earl, Smithdale, Parkin, Princedale, Levesque, Wynne, Fair Oaks, McCrory, Grays, Wiville, Howell, Cotton Plant, Des Arc, Hazen (branches merge).
South branch from Memphis
Hulbert, Edmondson, Widener, Madison, Forrest City, Palestine, Goodwin, Wheatley, Brinkley, Brasfield, Bisco, De Valls Bluff, Hazen (branches merge).
Single Bankhead Highway route
Carlisle, Lonoke, Galloway, North Little Rock, Little Rock, Alexander, Benton (route splits).
North Mainline branch from Benton
Hot Springs, Bismark, Arkadelphia (two branches merge).
South Mainline branch from Benton
Reyburn, Malvern, Faber, Joan, Arkadelphia (two branches merge).
Single Mainline Bankhead Highway
Curtis, Smithton, Gurdon, Bierne, Prescott, Emmet, Hope, Fulton, Homan, Mandeville, Texarkana.
Red River branch route from Benton
Slocomb, Lonsdale, Hot Springs (connector route, “north mainline branch”, via Bismarck between Hot Springs and Arkadelphia on mainline branch), Pearcy, Glenwood, Kirby, Daisy, New Hope, Dierks, Lebanon, De Queen.
Oklahoma
Red River branch route
Eagletown, Broken Bow, Idabel, Garvin, Valliant, Swink, Sawyer, Hugo, Soper, Boswell, Bennington, Durant, Tishomingo, Mill Creek, Drake, Sulphur, Davis, Wynne Wood, Marlow, Lawton, Cache, Snyder, Altus, Duke, Hollis.
Texas
Texarkana (Mainline route splits).
North Mainline branch
Redwater, Maud (route splits).
North Mainline branch route via Simms
Simms, Naples (two branches merge).
North Mainline branch route via Douglassville
Douglassville, Dalton, Naples (two branches merge).
North Mainline branch continues
Omaha, Mt. Pleasant, Mt. Vernon, Sulphur Springs (mainline branches merge).
South Mainline branch
Queen City, Atlanta, Linden, Hughes Springs, Daingerfield, Pittsburg, Newsome, Winnsboro, Como, Sulphur Springs (Mainline branches merge).
Single Mainline Bankhead Highway
Commerce, Greenville, Caddo Mills, Royse City, Fate, Rockwall, Garland, Dallas, Grand Prairie, Arlington, Handley, Fort Worth, Weatherford, Millsap, Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto (route splits).
North Mainline branch
Brad, Caddo, Breckenridge, Albana, Acampo, Namby, Abilene (Mainline branches merge).
South Mainline branch
Gordon, Strawn, Ranger, Eastland, Cisco, Dothan, Putnam, Baird, Clyde, Abilene (Mainline branches merge).
Single Mainline Bankhead Highway
Merkel ?, Sweetwater, Roscoe (Central Connector branch departs northwest), Colorade, Westbrook, Coahoma, Big Spring, Stanton, Midland, Odessa, Metz, Monohans ?, Pyote, Barstow, Pecos, Toyah, Kent, Boracho, Plateau, Wild Horse, Van Horn, Sierra Blanca, Finlay, Fort Han****, Fabens, Clint, Ysleta, El Paso (all routes merge), Canutillo.
Red River branch route
Newlin, Estelline, Turkey, Quitaque, Silverton, Plainview, Olton, Muleshoe, Hurley, Farwell.
Route enters New Mexico, then returns to Texas at El Paso.
El Paso.
Central Connector route
Roscoe, Foch, Snyder, Fluvanna, Post, Tahoka, Brownfield, Tokio, Plains, Bronco.
New Mexico
Red River branch route
Texico, Clovis, Cameo, Portales, Delphos, Elida, Kenna, Acme, Roswell (Central branch merges with Red River branch), Picacho, Tinnie, Hondo, Glencoe, Ruidoso, Mescalero, Bent, Tularosa, La Luz, Alamagordo, Turquoise, Oro Grande, Newman.
Central Connector route
Tatum, Caprock, Roswell (joins Red River branch route).
Single Bankhead Highway west from El Paso
Berino, Vado, Mesilla Park (and Las Cruces), Aden, Cambray, Myndus, Deming, Tunis, Separ, Lordsburg (route splits).
South (Mainline-Tucson) branch
Rodeo.
North (Globe) branch
US 70 route to Franklin, AZ.
Arizona
South (Mainline-Tucson) branch
Douglas, Lowell, Bisbee, Tombstone, Benson, Pantano, Vail, Tucson, Florence, Superior, Apache Junction (branches merge).
North (Globe) branch
Franklin, Duncan, Clifton, Solomonsville, Safford, Thatcher, Pima, Glenbar, Eden, Ft. Thomas, Geronimo, Rice, Globe, Miami, Belleview, Superior, Desert, Apache Junction (branches merge)
Single Bankhead Highway route
La Mesa, Tempe, Phoenix, Tolleson, Avondale, Liberty, Buckeye, Palo Verde, Arlington, Gila Bend, Piedra, Sentinel, Stanwix, Aztec, Stoval, Mohawk, Colfred, Wellton, Dome, Yuma.
California
Winterhaven, Holtville, El Centro, Seeley, Dixieland, Jacumba, Boulevard (route splits).
North (Mainline-Alpine) branch
Pine Valley, Guatay, Descanso Junction, Alpine, El Cajon, La Mesa, San Diego.
South (Campo) branch
Campo, Portero, Dulzura, Jamul, San Diego.
Bankhead Highway at AmericanRoads.us
11-30-2014, 07:58 AM
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Interesting info CJ, hadn't heard anything about the Bankhead Highway since 10th grade history class. It's pretty easy to find and drive here in NC, the road is still very much in use as U.S. 29, drive it every day.
12-04-2014, 04:53 PM
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CJ's awoken the "history buff" part of my brain, stopping by the library next week to see what they've got on the Bankhead Highway.
10th grade was a long time ago, but I seem to remember some old markers still around, now to find the photos from way back when.
10th grade was a long time ago, but I seem to remember some old markers still around, now to find the photos from way back when.
12-04-2014, 05:40 PM
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Join Date: 12-06-2009
Location: Alabama
Posts: 11,097
We have a Bankhead Tunnel here in Mobile, Alabama. It was originally known as the John H. Bankhead Tunnel.
It appears that the tunnel and the National Highway were named after the same person.
Although, the tunnel is not part of the National Highway.
It appears that the tunnel and the National Highway were named after the same person.
Although, the tunnel is not part of the National Highway.
12-04-2014, 06:42 PM
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Join Date: 01-23-2009
Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia
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It goes by my workplace on US 1 and takes an oddball turn just down the street at Arcadia, VA (historical marker "turn in Sheridan's Raid"). Sheridan turned off of the direct road to Richmond and attacked from the West instead of the North, unsuccessfully, but wait that's where Appomattox is.
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