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The Natchez Trace Parkway is a limited-access national parkway in the Southeastern United States that commemorates the historic Natchez Trace and preserves sections of that original trail. Its central feature is a two-lane road that extends 444 miles (715 km) from Natchez, Mississippi , to Nashville, Tennessee .
Part of the original Natchez Trace near Natchez, Mississippi Old Trace historical marker. The Natchez Trace, also known as the Old Natchez Trace, is a historic forest trail within the United States which extends roughly 440 miles (710 km) from Nashville, Tennessee, to Natchez, Mississippi, linking the Cumberland, Tennessee, and Mississippi rivers.
The Natchez Trace Trail is not a long, continuous footpath, as is the case with other national scenic trails (such as the Appalachian Trail); rather, only a limited number of trail segments along the route, currently over 60 miles (97 km) [1] of trail, have been developed for hiking and horseback riding.
For more great travel guides and vacation tips, please sign up for our free ... Road-trip lovers won't want to miss the 444-mile Natchez Trace Parkway, which connects Natchez to Nashville ...
Natchez Trace Parkway: 444.0 714.5 Liberty Road in Natchez, MS: SR 100 in Nashville, TN: May 8, 1938: Commemorates the historic Old Natchez Trace and preserves sections of the original trail; also passes through Alabama: Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway: 2.9 4.7 Lincoln Memorial Circle in the National Mall, Washington, DC
The bridge, also known as the Natchez Trace Parkway Arches, is the first segmentally constructed concrete arch bridge in the United States. [2] The arches comprise 122 hollow box segments precast in nearby Franklin , each of which was about 9.8 ft (3.0 m) long and weighed between 29 and 45 short tons. [ 2 ]
Col. James Drane House, an antebellum house located at mile marker 180.7 on the Natchez Trace Parkway, at French Camp in Choctaw County, Mississippi. The history of this house, from 1846, is mixed up with the history of the trace itself, and the home is a visitor's attraction along the modern Natchez Trace Parkway, which it adjoins. Boyd Mounds ...
Today, the path is commemorated by the 444-mile (715 km) Natchez Trace Parkway, which follows the approximate path of the Trace, [61] as well as the related Natchez Trace Trail. Parts of the original trail are still accessible and some segments are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.