American Roads: US auto trails and old federal highways.
The Varner Guides American Roads web site features information and resources related to finding and traveling America's scenic and historic old highways. Travel down the Lincoln Highway, the National Old Trails Road, or the Old Spanish Trail. Find old, forgotten alignments of US 60 or 80. Get off the freeways and see the real America!
U.S. Highway 80 at AmericanRoads.us
The highway has been slowly decommissioned eastward, so that now 80 officially ends at Dallas, Texas. Much of the old road in the west still exists, however. U.S. 80 once travelled through Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. The highway was one of the first numbered highways planned in 1925.
Old Spanish Trail at AmericanRoads.us
The Old Spanish Trail's western end is at the Pacific Milestone, in downtown San Diego's Horton Plaza. Other milestones are located in St. Augustine and San Antonio. Although the terminus of the OST is in San Diego, many trail and highway maps showed the road continuing on to Los Angeles via U.S. 101. Old Spanish Trail cities and towns by State
U.S. Highway 80 in California at AmericanRoads.us
Introduction. Driving historic U.S. highway 80 through California is a real road adventure. The old road stretches from Yuma on the southwest border of Arizona to downtown San Diego. You'll travel back into an earlier time as you pass through desert sand dunes, mountain pine forests, and on to the Pacific coast.
Bankhead Highway at AmericanRoads.us
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. The Bankhead Highway was named for Good Roads promoter John Hollis Bankhead. John Hollis Bankhead (1842-1920) was a Confederate war hero ...
Lee Highway at AmericanRoads.us
An extension connected San Diego to Los Angeles and San Francisco via El Camino Real. The Lee Highway was a very important transcontinental route, and its name still appears on roads in Virginia, Tennessee, and Alabama to this day. The Lee Highway was named for General Robert E. Lee. Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) was the son of Revolutionary ...
American Roads Forum - Index
Last post: October 15, 2010, 07:43:19 PM Dixie Highway Articles by Parsa El Camino Real in California Discussions on California's El Camino Real, its missions, and famous guidepost bells.
Maps for the old US Routes
Mar 25, 2013 · For individual states and certain stretches of old highways, there are websites you can see on this links page. A lot of people are interested in the older auto trails that preceded the US highways, and many of these became the first routes of certain US highways. Good examples are the Lincoln Highway that became US highways 30, 50 and 40.
Old City Maps - American Roads
Old City Maps. This page features old city maps from various sources such as Official Automobile Blue Books and ALA Green Guides. Generally, the greatest changes in the alignments of old roads occured in towns and cities. The roads and highways inside cities constantly change, and many auto trails and U.S. highways altered their routings over time.
Auto Trails Table of Contents at AmericanRoads.us
Featured Auto Trails. Bankhead Highway. Dixie Overland Highway. El Camino Real, California's Coast Route. Lee Highway. Old Spanish Trail.