Dixie Highway Florida

Dixie highway in palm beach and broward counties carries two segments of the state road 811 sr 811 designation by florida department of transportation as well as the local county road 811 cr 811 in southeast florida the entire road comprises a section of the dixie highway a national auto trail which eventually became a former routing of u s.

Dixie highway florida. The projected route runs from mackinaw city michigan to miami florida. At least as the dixie highway relates to the 1915 1927 time period. It is located roughly between espanola in flagler county and cr 204 southeast of hastings near flagler estates in st. This is the last section to be mapped and is probably the most controversial as there are many roads through many towns labeled as the dixie highway and it is my opinion that some of them are bogus.

A dixie highway sign in lakeland fla. The florida mapping is finally complete. Route 1 after the route was shifted east to. There are discussions in south florida centered on changing dixie highway s name in parts of the region.

In the 1920s the united daughters of the confederacy erected granite pillars with bronze plaques along the highway to honor general robert e. In order to traverse major cities of the midwest and especially chicago and detroit part of the route is divided into eastern and western. This map issued by the nha in 1915 shows the dixie highway proposed by the dixie highway association and endorsed by the nha.