Knowledge: historic
See Also:
- recreation → roads and highways → bridges and tunnels
- recreation → roads and highways → byways
- recreation → roads and highways → europe
- recreation → roads and highways → photography
- recreation → roads and highways → signs and signals
- regional → north america → united states → arts and entertainment → architecture → roadside
- science → technology → civil engineering → history → roads
- science → technology → civil engineering → history → tunnels
- science → technology → structural engineering → bridge → history
Links
- Travel the Bozeman Trail
http://www.bozemantrail.org/ - A gold-rush trail cutting through the hunting grounds of the Northern Plains Indians in Montana and Wyoming, U.S.
- Dixie Highway
http://www.us-highways.com/dixiehwy.htm - Guide to this eastern U.S. highway system of the early 1900s.
- Route 40 - National Road
http://www.route40.net/ - Guide to the first federally-funded road in the U.S. (1800s) and the route which followed it later (US 40).
- Highway History
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/history.htm - United States Federal Highway Administration page with a collection of various auto trail, U.S. highway, and Interstates histories, some from older FHWA publications, as well as other related information.
- A Few Ghostation and Ghostroad Pix
http://personal.riverusers.com/~fw/ghostroads/ghostroads.htm - Description and photos of former US 80 through California and Arizona including the old plank road.
- The Yellowstone Trail
http://www.yellowstonetrail.org/ - Guide to the old highway along the northern tier of the United States.
- Interregional Highways
http://www.roadfan.com/intreg.html - Early plans for systems in the United States, some implemented, some not.
- North American Auto Trails
http://www.marion.ohio-state.edu/fac/schul/trails/trails.html - Catalog of auto trails from the United States and Canada in the 1910s and 1920s; includes route markers and current numbers.
- Historic Auto Trails of Massachusetts
http://www.muddyriverpress.com/historicauto.html - History and photographs from the ones in the western part of the state and nearby areas.
- Columbia River Highway
http://mryamamoto.50megs.com/columbia/columbia.htm - Scans of photos from a book and transcriptions of their captions of this highway in northern Oregon.
- Historic Columbia River Highway
http://www.columbiariverhighway.com/ - Site covering the routing in Oregon, U.S. along the river in the general location of modern US 30 and Interstate 84. Includes activity information, pictures, postcards and ephemera scans.
- Great Platte River Road Archway Monument
http://www.archway.org/ - Structure built over I-80 in Nebraska, U.S., commemorating the old wagon trail. Virtual tour included.
- Pete's Road Page
http://members.tripod.com/~Ogden_Dunes/roads/ - Contains articles on Northwest Indiana, U.S., roads such as the Dunes Highway, the Chicago-Detroit Post Road, and the Lincoln Highway. Includes maps.
- Travel on the Old National Road
http://www.alincolnlearning.us/NationalTrailActivity.html - Activity page containing articles and links regarding this U.S. road, now mostly US 40. Part of an educational website about Abraham Lincoln.
- New England Interstate Highways of the 1920s
http://www.roadgeek.org/nehwys/ - Route log of the system that predated the U.S. highway system.
- Traveling the Dixie Highway in Michigan
http://www.rreini.com/dixiehwy-mi/dixiehwy-mich.htm - Photographs with descriptions from the eastern branch of the highway.
- Drive the Old Spanish Trail
http://www.drivetheost.com/ - Contains history about and photographs of the former auto trail running along the southern tier of the U.S.
- Indiana's Historic National Road
http://www.indiananationalroad.org/ - Covers that state's portion of the road from Illinois to Maryland, U.S. Includes history and attraction listing.
- US-27 in Michigan
http://www.cqql.net/us-27.htm - Includes some historic photographs and details about this route's former routing in the state, now supplanted primarily by US-127 and Interstate 69.
- On the Trail of the Named Highways from Chicago to the Southwest
http://windycityroadwarrior.com/Stories/Pontiac_Trail.html - Gives descriptions of these auto trails with specific mention of the Pontiac Trail.
- Roadsidephotos.sabr.org
http://roadsidephotos.sabr.org/ - Contains information about U.S. 66 and the Lincoln Highway, including maps.
- Via Egnatia
http://www.viaegnatia.net/ - Ancient Roman Road through the Balkan Peninsula of Europe. Includes map, links, and news.
- Old Spanish Trail Centennial
http://www.oldspanishtrailcentennial.com/ - Organization involved in preparing the 2029 celebration of the auto trail. Includes history and travel log scans of the route.
- The Dixie Highway of North Georgia
http://www.dixiehighway.org/ - Tourism project for Cobb, Bartow, Gordon, Whitfield and Catoosa Counties in the U.S. state. Features history and maps.
- National Road Association of Illinois
http://www.nationalroad.org/ - Organization focused on promoting the history of the first byway going west across America, currently known as U.S. Route 40. Includes history of the road, stories, membership details, and contacts.
- Oregon Trail: The Trail West
http://www.vlib.us/old_west/trails/othist.html - Detailed information about trail from Oregon to Missouri.
- White Pole Road Development Corporation
http://www.whitepoleroad.com/ - Includes history of this Iowa, U.S., auto trail.
- El Camino Real International Heritage Center
http://www.elcaminoreal.org/ - Includes information about the El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail, which traverses the country of Mexico and the U.S. state of New Mexico.
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