Dixie Highway

Dixie Highway
Chicago–Miami Expressway Canada–Miami Expressway Macon–Jacksonville Expressway
Route information
Length	5,786 mi[1] (9,312 km)
Existed	1915–present
Western division
North end	Chicago, Illinois
South end	Miami, Florida
Eastern division
North end	Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
South end	Miami, Florida
Central division
North end	Macon, Georgia
South end	Jacksonville, Florida
Location
Country	United States
States	Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida
Highway system
Auto trails

Dixie Highway was a United States auto trail first planned in 1914 to connect the Midwest with the 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 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.