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{{Short description|Historic highway in the United States}}
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{{About-distinguish|the north-south cross country [[auto trail]] in the [[United States]]|Dixie Overland Highway|Dixie Road (disambiguation){{!}}Dixie Road}}
{{For-multi|the road in the southern Florida|Dixie Highway (Broward–Palm Beach)|the road in [[Louisville, Kentucky]]|Dixie Highway (Louisville, Kentucky)}}
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{{Infobox road
|country=USA
|type=Dixie
|alternate_name=Chicago–Miami Expressway<br>Canada–Miami Expressway<br>Macon–Jacksonville Expressway
|map=Dixie Highway Map.png
|length_mi=5786
|length_round=0
|length_ref=<ref>{{cite book |title=The Dixie Highway |date=December 1923 |publisher=Dixie Highway Association |pages=10 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gpom_SzgRyYC&pg=PA10 |access-date=16 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
|established=1915
|decommissioned=
|direction_a=North
|direction_b=South
|section1= Western division
|terminus_a1=[[Chicago, Illinois]]
|terminus_b1=[[Miami, Florida]]
|section2= Eastern division
|terminus_a2=[[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan]]
|terminus_b2=[[Miami, Florida]]
|section3=Central division
|terminus_a3=[[Macon, Georgia]]
|terminus_b3=[[Jacksonville, Florida]]
|states=[[Michigan]], [[Illinois]], [[Indiana]], [[Ohio]], [[Kentucky]], [[Tennessee]], [[North Carolina]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[South Carolina]], [[Florida]]
}}

[[File:AndersonHighwayFlorida.jpg|thumb|right|Postcard image of Dixie Highway in [[St. Johns County, Florida]]. This section was previously part of the older John Anderson Highway.]]
'''Dixie Highway''' was a United States [[auto trail]] first planned in 1914 to connect the [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]] with the [[Southern United States|South]]. It was part of a system and was expanded from an earlier [[Miami]] to [[Montreal]] highway. The final system is better understood as a network of connected paved roads, rather than one single highway. It was constructed and expanded from 1915 to 1929.

The Dixie Highway was inspired by the example of the slightly earlier [[Lincoln Highway]], the first road across the United States. The prime booster of both projects was promoter and businessman [[Carl G. Fisher]]. It was overseen by the Dixie Highway Association and funded by a group of individuals, businesses, local governments, and states. In the early years, the [[U.S. federal government]] played little role, but from the early 1920s on it provided increasing funding until 1927. That year the Dixie Highway Association was disbanded and the highway was taken over by the federal government as part of the [[United States Numbered Highways|U.S. Route]] system, with some portions becoming state roads.

The route was marked by a red stripe with the white letters "DH", usually with a white stripe above and below. The logo was commonly painted on utility poles.

==Route description==
The '''Western route''' connected [[Chicago]] and [[Miami]], via [[Danville, Illinois]]; [[Indianapolis]] and [[Bedford, Indiana|Bedford]] in [[Indiana]]; [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]], [[Elizabethtown, Kentucky|Elizabethtown]], and [[Bowling Green, Kentucky|Bowling Green]] in [[Kentucky]]; [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] and [[Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]] in Tennessee; [[Atlanta]], [[Macon, Georgia|Macon]], and [[Albany, Georgia|Albany]] in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]; and [[Tallahassee, Florida|Tallahassee]], [[Gainesville, Florida|Gainesville]], [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]], [[Arcadia, Florida|Arcadia]], and [[Naples, Florida|Naples]] in Florida.

Except for realignments made since the 1920s, the western route is now [[Illinois Route 1]] and [[U.S. Route 136]] to Indianapolis, [[Indiana State Road 37]] and [[U.S. Route 150]] to Louisville, [[U.S. Route 31W]], [[U.S. Route 68]], and [[U.S. Route 431]] to Nashville, and [[U.S. Route 41]], [[U.S. Route 231]], [[U.S. Route 41A (Tennessee)|U.S. Route 41A]], and U.S. Route 41 to Chattanooga. At Chattanooga, the western and eastern routes intersected; the western took a longer route along [[U.S. Route 27]] to [[Rome, Georgia|Rome]] and then returned to U.S. Route 41 at Cartersville via [[U.S. Route 411]]. At Atlanta, the eastern route split off toward [[Madison, Georgia]], with the western continuing to Macon along the present U.S. Route 41; then [[Georgia State Route 49]], [[U.S. Route 19]], and [[U.S. Route 319]] to Tallahassee; U.S. Route 27 and [[U.S. Route 441 in Florida|U.S. Route 441]] to Orlando; and [[U.S. Route 17 in Florida|U.S. Route 17]] and U.S. Route 41 (over [[Tamiami Trail]]) to Miami.<!--I need more information about how Tamiami Trail fit in, and when the Dixie Highway moved to it-->

The '''Eastern route''' connected [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan]], with Miami, running via [[Saginaw, Michigan|Saginaw]] and [[Detroit]] in [[Michigan]]; [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]], [[Bowling Green, Ohio|Bowling Green]], [[Lima, Ohio|Lima]], [[Dayton, Ohio|Dayton]], and [[Cincinnati]] in [[Ohio]]; [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]] in Kentucky; [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]] and [[Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]] in Tennessee; Atlanta and [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]; and [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]] and [[West Palm Beach, Florida|West Palm Beach]] in Florida.

[[File:Dixie Highway - DPLA - 37f7121a8dc91efc783acd7664a1b6dd.pdf|left|thumb|''The Dixie Highway'' magazine, containing stories of road development from Michigan to Florida, {{circa|1925}}]]
In Michigan's [[Upper Peninsula of Michigan|Upper Peninsula]], the highway followed what is now [[M-129 (Michigan highway)|M-129]] from Sault Ste. Marie to [[Pickford, Michigan|Pickford]] and then west to follow a short portion of former [[U.S. Route 2]], replaced by [[H-63 (Michigan county highway)|Mackinac Trail]]. It crossed the [[Straits of Mackinac]] and then used what is now [[U.S. Route 23]] and old [[U.S. Route 10]] to Detroit. It still exists in Michigan as the name of a secondary road from Saginaw southeast to the county line (as an alternate route to [[Flint, Michigan|Flint]]), from southeast Flint to northwest [[Pontiac, Michigan|Pontiac]], and from [[Flat Rock, Michigan|Flat Rock]] southwest to [[Monroe, Michigan|Monroe]], ending at the state line. A short section of the Dixie Highway in northwest lower Michigan running north from [[Torch Lake Township, Antrim County, Michigan|Eastport]] in [[Antrim County, Michigan|Antrim County]] to the village of [[Norwood Township, Michigan|Norwood]] in [[Charlevoix County, Michigan|Charlevoix County]] is named Old Dixie Highway—[[U.S. Route 31 in Michigan|U.S. Route 31]] parallels this road to the east. In Ohio, it was old [[U.S. Route 25]] to Cincinnati, current U.S. Route 25 and [[U.S. Route 25W]] to Knoxville, and [[U.S. Route 70]] and U.S. Route 27 to Chattanooga. The eastern division took a more direct route than the western between Chattanooga and Atlanta, following the modern U.S. Route 41 all the way, but it followed a more circuitous path south of Atlanta. Traffic left Atlanta to the east on [[U.S. Route 278]], following U.S. Route 441, [[Georgia State Route 24]], a short section of [[U.S. Route 301]], and [[Georgia State Route 21]] to [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]]. There, the route turned south along the coast via U.S. Route 17 to Jacksonville and [[U.S. Route 1 in Florida|U.S. Route 1]] to Miami. It is today (2016) a major street in towns and cities along the [[Florida East Coast]].

The '''Central route''' was a short cutoff between the western division at Macon, Georgia, and the eastern route at Jacksonville, Florida, forming a shorter route to Miami than the western on its own; it followed [[U.S. Route 41]], [[U.S. Route 341]], [[U.S. Route 129]], [[Georgia State Route 32]],<!--anything else in here? or via Alma?--> and [[U.S. Route 1]].

The '''Carolina route''' cut the distance between Knoxville and [[Waynesboro, Georgia]], on the eastern route. It is now U.S. Route 25W and U.S. Route 25, and passes through [[Asheville, North Carolina|Asheville]], [[Greenville, South Carolina|Greenville]], and [[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta]] on its way to the eastern route and Savannah.

==History==
The Dixie Highway, an idea of Carl G. Fisher of the [[Lincoln Highway Association]], was organized in early December 1914 in [[Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]].<ref>{{cite news |work = [[Atlanta Constitution]] |title = Dixie Highway Organized |date = December 4, 1914 }} {{page needed |date=July 2012}}</ref> On April 3, 1915, governors of the interested states met at Chattanooga, and each selected two commissioners to lay out the route from Chicago to Miami.<ref>{{cite news |work = Atlanta Constitution |title = Will Meet May 20 in Chattanooga to Pick Highway |date = April 24, 1915 |page = 1 }}</ref> On May 22, 1915, the commission decided on a split route in order to serve more communities.

The route left Chicago to the south via Danville, Illinois, and turned east to Indianapolis, where it split. The west branch headed south through Tennessee via Louisville and Nashville to Chattanooga, Tennessee, while the east route went east from Indianapolis to Dayton, Ohio, before turning south via Cincinnati; Lexington, Kentucky; and Knoxville, Tennessee; to Chattanooga. Two alternate routes were included between Chattanooga and Atlanta, and again between Atlanta and Macon, Georgia. Finally, between Macon and Jacksonville, Florida, the west route went south to Tallahassee, Florida, before turning east, while the east route had yet to be defined in detail. From Jacksonville, the route followed the east coast south to Miami, along the John Anderson Highway.

The commission voted to invite Michigan to the project, and to extend a branch of the east route from Dayton north to Detroit via Toledo. It also studied a loop around [[Lake Michigan]] and a western route between Tallahassee and Miami.<ref>{{cite news |work = [[Indianapolis Star]] |title = Agrees to Split Dixie Highway |date = May 23, 1915 |page = 1 }}</ref><ref name=presidents>{{cite book |editor-first = James D. |editor-last = Richardson |location = New York |publisher = [[Bureau of National Literature]] |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=mvUMAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP305 |title = A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Prepared Under the Direction of the Joint Committee on Printing, of the House and the Senate ... (With Additions and Encyclopedic Index by Private Enterprise) |year = 1917 |page = 305 |oclc = 1071871 }}</ref><ref name=WB>{{cite encyclopedia |last = Hoskins |first = C.H. |title = Dixie Highway |editor1-first = M. V. |editor1-last = O'Shea |editor2-first = Ellsworth D. |editor2-last = Foster |editor3-first = George Herbert |editor3-last = Locke |encyclopedia = [[The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture]] |year = 1918 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=x3VWKGMdIRUC&pg=RA2-PA1823 |volume = 3 |location = Chicago |publisher = Hanson-Roach-Fowler Co |pages = 1823–4 |oclc = 16737279 }}</ref>

Within a week, Michigan agreed to construct a loop around the [[Lower Peninsula of Michigan|Lower Peninsula]], passing via Toledo, Ohio; [[South Bend, Indiana]]; [[Mackinaw City, Michigan]]; and Detroit.<ref>{{cite news |work = Atlanta Constitution |title = Peninsular Loop is Agreed Upon |date = May 31, 1915 |page = 3 }}</ref> Detroit became the northern end of the eastern division, with the old route to Indianapolis becoming a connecting link.<ref name=presidents/>

In early April 1916, the commission approved the route between Macon and Jacksonville via Savannah, Georgia, and designated the more direct route via [[Waycross, Georgia]], as the central division.<ref>{{cite news |work = Atlanta Constitution |title = Wonderful Progress in Road Construction Shown by Two Auto Tours Through Georgia |date = April 2, 1916 |page = 10A }}</ref> At the urging of locals,<ref>{{cite news |work = Atlanta Constitution |title = Urge Old Capitol Route |date = April 18, 1916 |page = 7 }}</ref> the eastern division was realigned to a more direct path northwest from [[Milledgeville, Georgia]], to Atlanta over the "Old Capitol Route"<!--any history of this apparently historic trail?-->, bypassing Macon. The old eastern division via [[McDonough, Georgia|McDonough]], [[Jackson, Georgia|Jackson]], and Macon was removed from the system in early July 1916.<ref>{{cite news |work = Atlanta Constitution |title = Highway Directors Bar Eastern Route Atlanta to Macon |date = July 2, 1916 |page = 1 }}</ref>

By early 1917<!--any details?-->, the western division had been modified in Florida to go southeast from [[Tallahassee, Florida|Tallahassee]] via [[Kissimmee, Florida|Kissimmee]] and [[Bartow, Florida|Bartow]] to the eastern division at [[Jupiter, Florida|Jupiter]];<ref>{{cite news |work = [[Newark Advocate]] |title = The Advocate's Melting Pot |date = February 13, 1917 |page = 4 }}</ref> the old Tallahassee–Jacksonville route became another connection.<ref name=presidents/> The Carolina division, connecting to the eastern division at Knoxville, Tennessee, and Waynesboro, Georgia, was approved in mid-May 1918.<ref>{{cite news |work = Atlanta Constitution |title = Include New Link in Dixie Highway |date = May 17, 1918 |page = 4 }}</ref> By mid-1919<!--any details?-->, a short piece on Michigan's [[Upper Peninsula of Michigan|Upper Peninsula]] to Sault Ste. Marie, became part of the eastern division of the highway, which was extended north from Detroit to Mackinaw City and across the [[Straits of Mackinac]].<ref>{{cite news |work = [[Fort Wayne News and Sentinel]] |title = System of Roads Urged by Hoosier State Automobile Association |date = August 27, 1919 |oclc = 11658858 |page = 6 }}</ref><!--only other routes on the 1923 map are Detroit-Bay City and Arcadia-Miami-->

Construction of various sections was done by convict laborers.<ref>{{cite magazine |title = Florida Is to Use Convict Labor |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=NV1LAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA195 |magazine = Good Roads |date = April 6, 1918 |volume = 15 |issue = 14 |page = 195 |access-date = March 1, 2020 |via = [[Google Books]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title = Michigan Plans Big Paving Program for Year of 1924 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=RdXVJkURajcC&pg=PA11 |magazine = The Dixie Highway |date = October 1923 |volume = 7 |issue = 7 |page = 11 |access-date = March 1, 2020 |via = Google Books }}</ref>

[[File:Dixie_Highway_Maitland.jpg|thumb|Brick section of the Dixie Highway]]

===After establishment of U.S. Highway System===
{{Infobox NRHP
| name         = Dixie Highway-Hastings, Espanola and Bunnell Road
| image        = Dixiehwyespanola1.jpg
| caption      =
| location     = [[Flagler County, Florida|Flagler]] and [[St. Johns County, Florida|St. Johns]] counties, [[Florida]], [[United States|USA]]
| nearest_city = [[Hastings, Florida|Hastings]] and [[Espanola, Florida|Espanola]]
| coordinates  = {{coord|29|34|49|N|81|20|35|W|display=inline}}
| locmapin     = Florida#USA
| built        = 1916
| architect    = Wilson, James Y.; McCrary Engineering Company
| architecture =
| added        = April 20, 2005
| area         = {{convert|72.7|acre}}
| refnum       = 05000311<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a|dateform=mdy}}</ref>
}}
Much of the eastern route—and all the Carolina route—became U.S. Route 25. Then the primary eastern route (Knoxville to Macon) was largely paralleled and in some sections replaced by [[Interstate 75]], which runs from Miami to Sault Ste. Marie. Large portions of the former US 25 in western Ohio became known (after Interstate 75's completion in that area in 1963) by various names, including County Road 25A, Dixie Drive, Dixie Highway, Cincinnati-Dayton Road, and, through Dayton, Patterson Boulevard and Keowee Street. A four-lane portion runs between [[Cygnet, Ohio|Cygnet]] and Toledo, through Bowling Green, as [[Ohio State Route 25]]. In Michigan, [[M-25 (Michigan highway)|M-25]] from Port Huron to Bay City incorporates the segment of old US 25 that Interstates 75 and [[Interstate 94|94]] did not supplant as a through route. The eastern portion from Jacksonville south was largely replaced with U.S. Route 1.

The portion of the western route from Nashville, Tennessee, north to Louisville, Kentucky is now U.S. Highway 31W. In most of the cities it traverses in Kentucky, it is still referred to as "Dixie Highway" or "Dixie Avenue". The western route generally follows the present-day route of US 150, Indiana SR 37, and Indiana SR 67 from Louisville to Indianapolis. From Nashville to Indianapolis, the route parallels [[Interstate 65]]. Portions of this stretch were originally parts of the [[Louisville and Nashville Turnpike]], which began construction in the 1830s.

[[U.S. Route 1]] is named Dixie Highway from the national southern terminus of [[Interstate 95]] in Miami to the [[Overseas Highway]] in [[Key Largo, Florida]]. The name "Dixie Highway" persists in various locations along its route where the main flow of long-distance traffic has been rerouted to newer highways and the old Dixie Highway remains as a local road. In some south Florida cities, [[Dixie Highway (Broward–Palm Beach)|Dixie Highway]] (or sometimes Old Dixie Highway) parallels "Federal Highway" (U.S. Route 1), sometimes just a block away. In Tennessee, the name lives on in [[Dixie Lee Junction, Tennessee|Dixie Lee Junction]] (where Dixie Highway and [[Lee Highway]] intersected). In western North Carolina, seven bronze plaques on granite pillars were placed by the [[United Daughters of the Confederacy]] in the late 1920s to mark the route (which today follows US 25) of the Dixie Highway and honor General [[Robert E. Lee]]. These markers could be found in the towns of Hot Springs, Marshall, Asheville, Fletcher, and Hendersonville, and on the South Carolina and Tennessee state lines; an eighth monument of identical type can be found on US 25 in [[Downtown Greenville, South Carolina|downtown]] [[Greenville, South Carolina]]. Two additional monuments could be found in [[Franklin, Ohio]] at the intersection of the Old Dixie Highway and Hamilton-Middletown Road, and near [[Bradfordville, Florida]], on US 319. Markers in [[Hot Springs, North Carolina|Hot Springs]], [[Marshall, North Carolina|Marshall]], and Tuxedo were stolen.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Casey |first=Johnny |title=Stolen Confederate plaque: Hot Springs Chief says 'a lot of history, hates that it's gone' |url=https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/madison/2022/03/23/hot-springs-police-chief-looks-stolen-robert-e-lee-plaque-leads/7125506001/ |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=The Asheville Citizen Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |title=Gen. Robert E. Lee marker stolen over weekend |url=https://www.blueridgenow.com/story/news/2017/10/30/gen-robert-e-lee-marker-stolen-over-weekend/17735545007/ |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=Hendersonville Times-News |language=en-US}}</ref> Markers in Asheville and Franklin were removed by local governments.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Penter |first=Caitlyn |date=2020-06-16 |title=Confederate monuments to be moved from downtown Asheville |url=https://wlos.com/news/local/confederate-monuments-to-be-moved-from-downtown-asheville |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=WLOS |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-08-16 |title=Confederate plaque in Franklin removed overnight |url=https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/clermont-county/franklin-township/confederate-plaque-in-franklin-township-will-not-be-removed-official-says |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=WCPO 9 Cincinnati |language=en}}</ref> In 2022 Calvary Episcopal Church in Fletcher returned the marker in front of the church to the local chapter of the [[United Daughters of the Confederacy]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-26 |title=A new space for healing and reconciliation takes shape |url=https://www.calvaryfletcher.org/blessed-with-memory/2022/9/26/a-new-space-for-healing-and-reconciliation-takes-shape |access-date=2023-06-21 |publisher=Calvary Episcopal Church |language=en-US}}</ref> The name Dixie Highway is also still commonly used in portions of Michigan's Lower Peninsula, such as in the Waterford area, where it is a major thoroughfare known as [[U.S. Route 24 in Michigan|U.S. Route 24]].

Dixie Highway retains its name running south from Chicago through the towns of [[Posen, Illinois|Posen]], [[Harvey, Illinois|Harvey]], and [[Homewood, Illinois|Homewood]] to the town of [[Chicago Heights, Illinois|Chicago Heights]]. Here it joins [[Illinois Route 1]], which runs contiguous with the old Dixie Highway's original course.

[[Image:Monument US 1 Brevard Volusia county line.jpg|thumb|Monuments like this, and even arches over the roadway, were put up by cities and counties as they built sections of highways including the Dixie Highway.]]
In Indiana, the only portion of the Highway that retains its name is located in southwestern [[Bedford, Indiana|Bedford]],<ref name="cruise-in.com">{{cite web |url = http://cruise-in.com/dixie-highway-indiana/ |title = Dixie Highway Indiana - Cruise-IN.com |website = cruise-in.com |access-date = March 1, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180302044524/http://cruise-in.com/dixie-highway-indiana/ |archive-date = March 2, 2018 |url-status = dead }}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=April 2022}} although [[Roseland, Indiana|Roseland]] names its section Dixie Way.<ref>[[Google Maps]], April 2022.<!-- Couldn't find a more specific source --></ref> [[Indiana State Road 37]] in southern Indiana and [[U.S. Route 31 in Indiana|US 31]] in northern Indiana were once part of the Dixie Highway system.<ref name="cruise-in.com"/> A detailed 1915 map of the Dixie Highway route through Indiana and other states was generated by the National Highways Association.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/1465 |title = Dixie Highway 1915 |website = collections.lib.uwm.edu }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.wdl.org/en/item/11544/ |title = Map of the Dixie Highway |date = December 1, 1915 }}</ref> At least a portion of the Dixie Highway in Indiana was paved with brick,<ref>{{cite web |url = https://blog.jimgrey.net/2013/08/14/a-hundred-year-old-brick-road/ |title = A hundred-year-old brick road |date = August 14, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://blog.jimgrey.net/2012/06/18/how-to-make-an-old-roadgeek-happy/ |title = How to make an old roadgeek happy |date = June 18, 2012 }}</ref> although some portions used continuous concrete (meaning no expansion joints).<ref>{{cite web |url = https://blog.jimgrey.net/tag/dixie-highway/ |title = Dixie Highway - Down the Road |website = blog.jimgrey.net |date = August 16, 2024 }}</ref> The state has not forgotten the crucial part that entrepreneur and native son Carl G. Fisher played in the development of the Dixie Highway nor the importance of the Dixie Highway itself.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.in.gov/history/markers/4105.htm |title = IHB: Carl Fisher |website = www.in.gov |date = December 15, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://secure.in.gov/history/markers/4119.htm |title = IHB: Lincoln & Dixie Highways |website = secure.in.gov |date = December 15, 2020 }}</ref>

In some cities and towns, Dixie Highway is the north–south axis of the street numbering system. Also, the route of Dixie Highway generally parallels the coast, often running diagonally instead of straight north and south, causing irregularities in the numbering system.

The '''Dixie Highway-Hastings, Espanola and Bunnell Road''' (also known as [[County Road 13 (St. Johns County, Florida)|County Road 13]] or the '''Old Brick Road''') is a historic section of Old Dixie Highway in Florida. It is located roughly between Espanola (in [[Flagler County, Florida|Flagler County]]) and [[County Road 204 (St. Johns County, Florida)|CR 204]] southeast of [[Hastings, Florida|Hastings]] near [[Flagler Estates, Florida|Flagler Estates]] (in [[St. Johns County, Florida|St. Johns County]]). This is one of the few extant portions of the original brick Dixie Highway left in Florida. On April 20, 2005, it was added to the [[United States|U.S.]] [[National Register of Historic Places]]. [[Maitland, Florida]], is also home to a brick section of the Dixie Highway stretching around Lake Lily.  In [[Hobe Sound, Florida]] development centers on Dixie Highway, and historic lampposts dating to around 1925 are present along the route. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Picture City promised Hollywood glitz in 1920s in what is now Hobe Sound|url=https://archive.tcpalm.com/lifestyle/picture-city-promised-hollywood-glitz-in-1920s-in-what-is-now-hobe-sound-ep-381841066-342931592.html|access-date=2024-06-10|website=archive.tcpalm.com|language=en}}</ref>

There is also a small section of the original brick Dixie Highway, and a monument marking the county line, near [[Loughman, Florida]], on the [[Osceola County, Florida|Osceola County]]/[[Polk County, Florida|Polk County]] border.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Loughman, FL - Forgotten Citrus Center Monument #2|url=https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/15136|access-date=2021-08-16|website=RoadsideAmerica.com|language=en}}</ref>

A segment of Dixie Highway remains as an arterial street in [[Hallandale Beach, Florida]]. The name is [[Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials|mired in controversy]] due to its antebellum connotation, which some say glorifies the nation's racist history of slavery, and "upholds the history of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]]".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/20/us/dixie-highway-change-florida.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329232022/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/20/us/dixie-highway-change-florida.html |archive-date=March 29, 2020 |title='We've Got to Change This': Has Dixie Highway Reached the End of the Road? |last=Burch |first=Audra D. S. |date=January 20, 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=December 9, 2023 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> A portion of US&nbsp;1 named Dixie Highway in [[Coral Gables, Florida]], has been given the historical designation of "[[Harriet Tubman]] Highway" on brown designation signs, but any change to the official road name requires state approval.<ref>{{Cite news |url = https://www.local10.com/news/local/2021/05/25/coral-gables-changing-us-1-name-to-harriet-tubman-highway/ |title = Coral Gables designating US-1 to now be called Harriet Tubman Highway |last = Vazquez |first = Christina |date = May 25, 2021 |work = Local10.com |publisher = WPLG-TV |access-date = August 1, 2021}}</ref>

==See also==
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*[[Dixie Square Mall]]
*[[Dixie Overland Highway|Dixie Overland Highway (Atlantic to Pacific)]]
*[[Florida tourism industry]]
*[[Florida East Coast Railway]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
{{Refbegin}}
* {{cite book |last = Ingram |first = Tammy |title = Dixie Highway: Road Building and the Making of the Modern South, 1900-1930 |year = 2014 |location = Chapel Hill |publisher = The University of North Carolina Press |isbn = 9781469615523 }}
*  {{cite book |last1 = Ramsay |first1 = Lisa R. |first2 = Tammy L. |last2 = Vaughn |name-list-style = amp |title = Tennessee's Dixie Highway |year = 2011 |location = Charleston, SC |publisher = Arcadia Publishing |series = Postcard History |isbn = 9780738587691 }}
{{Refend}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Dixie Highway}}

*[http://www.lincolnhighwayoh.com/v1/Dixie.html In Search of...The Dixie Highway in Ohio] by Michael G. Buettner, February 2006
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160616175415/http://www.flaglerlibraryfriend.com/holden/brickroad/brick%20road.htm Dixie Highway information]

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