Jackson Highway

Auto trail connecting Chicago and New Orleans

Jackson Highway
Route information
Existed	1911–present
Major junctions
South end	New Orleans, LA
North end	Chicago, IL

Location
Country	United States

Highway system
Auto trails

The Jackson Highway was an auto trail in the United States connecting Chicago and New Orleans via Nashville. It was named after General and U.S. President Andrew Jackson.

The original concepts for the route and its name are credited to Alma Rittenberry of Birmingham, Alabama, member of the Birmingham Equal Suffrage Association, the Poetry Society of Alabama, and the United Daughters of the Confederacy. She conceived of the route in 1911.^[1]

Peter Lee Atherton was president of the Jackson Highway Project from its conception.^{[citation needed]}

U.S. Highway 31E in Kentucky approximately traces the Jackson Highway's historic route between Louisville and Nashville.^[2]

References

^ Weingroff, Richard (June 27, 2017). "U.S. 231—Indiana to Florida: How a Highway Grew". Federal Highway Administration.
^ "Take the Roads Less Traveled". Trails-R-Us: Historic Highways.

"Jackson Highway". October 26, 1998. Archived from the original on January 10, 2006. Retrieved April 3, 2006.
"Father of the Jackson Highway". Motor Age. June 22, 1916. p. 23. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
"Meeting of the Kentucky County Road Engineer's Association". Good Roads. December 9, 1916. p. 243. Retrieved January 1, 2020.