Jefferson Highway
National auto trail in the United States and Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the highway from New Orleans to Winnipeg. For the highway in Oregon, see Jefferson Highway (Oregon).
The Jefferson Highway was an automobile highway stretching through the central United States from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada. The Jefferson Highway was replaced with the new numbered US Highway system in the late 1920s. Portions of the highway are still named Jefferson Highway, for example: the portions that run through Jefferson Parish, Louisiana; East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana; Lee's Summit, Missouri; Osseo, Minnesota; and Wadena, Minnesota.
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From | New Orleans, Louisiana |
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It was built in the 1910s as part of the National Auto Trail system.
Named for President Thomas Jefferson, inspired by the east–west Lincoln Highway, it was nicknamed the "Palm to Pine Highway", for the varying types of trees found at either end.