Dixie Highway, Historic road network between Chicago and Miami, United States.
Dixie Highway is a historic road network between Chicago and Miami in the United States. The western route passed through Indianapolis and Nashville, while the eastern path linked Detroit and Atlanta.
Carl Fisher launched the project in December 1914 in Chattanooga and formed a commission to plan the network. Between 1915 and 1929 the connected routes took shape, greatly easing travel between North and South.
The name links colloquial American language for the South with the need for a continuous connection between industrialized and farming regions. Today road signs and surviving sections recall a time when long-distance travel required patience and good maps.
Most sections of the eastern route later became U.S. Route 25, while Interstate 75 now handles the main traffic. Those seeking remnants can find old markers and bridges along rural side roads in several states.
The section near Hastings in Florida entered the National Register of Historic Places for its engineering importance to early long-distance travel. This stretch still shows original construction from the early years of cross-country road building.
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