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1966 Rand McNally Eastern United States (TN/KY border and north, St. Louis and east) - TCN7JM ... April 15, 1940 State Highway Department map ...
U.S. Route 40 or U.S. Highway 40 (US 40), also known as the Main Street of America (a nickname shared with U.S. Route 66), [3] [4] is a major east–west United States Highway traveling across the United States from the Mountain States to the Mid-Atlantic States. As with most routes whose numbers end in a zero, US 40 once traversed the entire ...
The Lincoln Highway is one of the first transcontinental highways in the United States and one of the first highways designed expressly for automobiles. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Conceived in 1912 by Indiana entrepreneur Carl G. Fisher , and formally dedicated October 31, 1913, the Lincoln Highway runs coast-to-coast from Times Square in New York City west ...
The Pershing Map FDR's hand-drawn map from 1938. The United States government's efforts to construct a national network of highways began on an ad hoc basis with the passage of the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916, which provided $75 million over a five-year period for matching funds to the states for the construction and improvement of highways. [8]
There are many historic trails and roads in the United States which were important to the settlement and development of the United States including those used by American Indians. The lists below include only those routes in use prior to the creation of the American Highway System in 1926. Many more local routes are discussed at entries for the ...
U.S. Route 40 (US 40) in the U.S. state of Maryland runs from Garrett County in Western Maryland to Cecil County in the state's northeastern corner. With a total length of 221 miles (356 km), it is the longest numbered highway in Maryland.
Date: 1 January 1940: Source: Maryland State Roads Commission: Author: Maryland State Highway Administration: Permission (Reusing this file)I was informed by a member of the Office of Communications of the Maryland State Highway Administration that this map is in the public domain and may be redistributed.
U.S. Route 66 (US 66, Route 66) was a United States Numbered Highway in Illinois that connected St. Louis, Missouri, and Chicago, Illinois. The historic Route 66 , the Mother Road or Main Street of America , took long distance automobile travelers from Chicago to Southern California .