Bankhead Highway

Bankhead Highway
Route information
Existed	1916–present
Major junctions
West end	Corners of 5th Avenue and Broadway in downtown San Diego, CA
East end	Zero Milestone in Washington, D.C.
Location
Country	United 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. It was part of the National Auto Trail system. The road was named for Alabama politician John H. Bankhead, a leader in the early national road-building movement. In later years, several stretches of U.S. Route 78 in northwest Alabama were renamed for Bankhead's son, former U.S. Representative and Speaker of the House William B. Bankhead.^[1]