Bankhead Highway - Wikipedia
WEBUnited States. Highway system. Auto trails. The Bankhead Highway was a United States cross-country automobile highway connecting Washington, D.C., and San Diego. The Bankhead Highway's beginnings can be traced back to 1916 when the Bankhead Highway Association was organized to promote the highway's development.
Bankhead Highway | Texas Historical Commission
WEBThe Bankhead Highway was one of the nation's earliest transcontinental highways. Its beginnings can be traced back to 1916 when the Bankhead Highway Association was organized to promote the highway's development.
Driving Texas' 100-year-old Bankhead Highway with its savior …
WEBJan 7, 2020 · The century-old Bankhead Highway has an interesting history—and an uncertain future. Devised in 1916 with an origin at Mile Marker Zero in Washington, D.C., the Bankhead Highway would snake its way across the southern half of the lower 48 states, terminating in San Diego, California.
WEB67 and U.S. 80. The Bankhead was the first all-weather transcontinental highway in the United States, and was designated State Highway 1 in 1917 by the Texas Highway Department. The highway provided an engineered roadway for local and regional traffic, as well as for military use. The highway also brought a new industry—highway tour-
Bankhead Highway at AmericanRoads.us
WEBThe John H. Bankhead National Highway was one of the earliest American auto trails. It connects the nation's capital, Washington, D.C., and San Diego, California on the Pacific. The Bankhead Highway was an important transcontinental route, and its name still appears on many roads to this day.
Original Texas Road Trip - Texas Highways
WEBOct 17, 2015 · Plenty of Model Ts traveled this humble lane after it appeared on the Authentic Road Map and Motor Tourist Guide of the Bankhead Highway, published in 1922. The Bankhead served as the first southern transcontinental driving route, largely pieced together from existing rural roads and city streets.
Explore Vintage Texas on a Bankhead Highway Daytrip
WEBDec 28, 2020 · 50 Years. Explore Vintage Texas on a Bankhead Highway Daytrip. America's first all-weather east-west transcontinental route ran through Texas from Texarkana to El Paso. By John Lumpkin. December 28, 2020. The Bankhead Highway in Rockwall County in 1920. Photo courtesy TxDOT archive.
Bankhead Highway | Garland, TX
WEBThe Bankhead Highway was America's first all-weather transcontinental highway joining Washington D.C. to San Diego. It also just happens to run right through the middle of Garland. 2016 is the 100th anniversary of John Hollis Bankhead’s Federal Aid Highway Act of …
Bankhead Highway | Texas Time Travel
WEBChances are you've driven on the Bankhead Highway without even knowing it. This historic route, established in 1919 and considered the first paved transcontinental highway, connected Washington, D.C. with San Diego as part of the National Auto Trail system.
WEBFirst project: Bankhead Highway, the first all-weather transcontinental roadway established in 1916 (Washington, DC to San Diego; 900 miles in Texas: Texarkana to El Paso) THC and TxDOT teamed up with private consulting firm Hardy-Heck-Moore, Inc. (HHM) Statewide historic context for Texas highways.
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