Welcome to the Roadscapes Wednesday segment! Each week here on Geek Alabama, Roadscapes Wednesday will feature roads and infrastructure related topics. Geek Alabama Editor / Publisher Nathan Young is often called the “road geek” for a good reason, Nathan loves roads and loves talking about roads!
Before there was Route 66, there was the Dixie Highway. Born in 1915 from a vision to connect the Midwest to the South, the Dixie Highway became one of America’s first great road networks. In this episode of Beyond the Exit, we explore how civic leaders, everyday citizens, and the Good Roads Movement came together to build a highway that changed the way Americans traveled.
From Carl Fisher’s bold vision to the towns and workers who laid the pavement, this is the story of how the Dixie Highway was born — and why its legacy still matters today.
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