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The system of auto trails was an informal network of marked routes that existed in the United States and Canada in the early part of the 20th century. Marked with colored bands on utility poles, the trails were intended to help travellers in the early days of the automobile.

1922 map of auto trails

Auto trails were usually marked and sometimes maintained by organizations of private individuals. Some, such as the Lincoln Highway, maintained by the Lincoln Highway Association, were well-known and well-organized, while others were the work of fly-by-night promoters, to the point that anyone with enough paint and the will to do so could set up a trail. Trails were not usually linked to road improvements, although counties and states often prioritized road improvements because they were on trails.

In the mid-to-late 1920s, the auto trails were essentially replaced with the United States Numbered Highway System. The Canadian provinces had also begun implementing similar numbering schemes.

List of auto trails

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Name North or east end South or west end U.S. Highways (approximate, based on 1926 plan and later additions) Notes Highway Marker
Albert Pike Highway Hot Springs, Arkansas Colorado Springs, Colorado US 270, US 64, US 183, US 154, US 50, US 85 n/a
Aroostook Trail Old Town, Maine Fairfield, Maine Maine Route 100, US 2 n/a
Arrowhead Trail Salt Lake City, Utah Los Angeles, California US 91  
Atlantic Highway Calais, Maine Miami, Florida US 1, US 25, US 17, US 1 n/a
Atlantic-Pacific Highway New York, New York Los Angeles, California US 1, US 211, US 15, US 33, US 60, US 52, US 460, US 50, US 54, US 70, US 60 n/a
Atlantic Yellowstone Pacific Highway Chicago, Illinois Sioux Falls, South Dakota US 20, US 218, US 18 n/a
Baltimore Pike Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Baltimore, Maryland  
Bankhead Highway Washington, D.C. San Diego, California US 1, US 15, US 70, US 170, US 29, US 78, US 70, US 67, US 80  
Bee Line Highway Chicago, Illinois New Orleans, Louisiana US 51 n/a
Ben Hur Highway St. Louis, Missouri Fort Dodge, Iowa n/a
Black and Yellow Trail Chicago, Illinois Yellowstone National Park US 41, US 16, US 14, US 16, US 20

 

Blackhawk Highway Dixon, Illinois Beloit, Wisconsin IL 2, IL 251, US 51 n/a
Broadway Of America New York City, New York San Diego, California US 80, Arizona 87, Arizona 84, US 80, US 67, US 70, US 41, US 70S, US 70, US 11W, US 11, US 211, US 1, US 40, US 13, US 1 Later addition auto trail, established in 1930. One alignment used Arizona 87 and Arizona 84 between Gila Bend and Tucson, another followed US 80 between both cities.[1][2] n/a
California-Banff Bee Line n/a
Cannon Ball Route Chicago, Illinois Hannibal, Missouri n/a
Capital Route Omaha, Nebraska Austin, Texas n/a
Chicago, Kansas City and Gulf Highway Chicago, Illinois Galveston, Texas n/a
Colorado to Gulf Highway Denver, Colorado Galveston, Texas, and Brownsville, Texas US 85, US 385, US 370, US 81, US 181 n/a
Columbia River Highway Pendleton, Oregon Portland, Oregon US 30  
Cooley Highway Grand Rapids, Minnesota Sisseton, South Dakota n/a
Cornhusker Highway Sioux City, Iowa Oklahoma City, Oklahoma n/a
Custer Battlefield Highway Omaha, Nebraska Glacier National Park US 75, US 16, US 116, US 87E, US 87 n/a
Dallas-Canadian-Denver Highway Boulder, Colorado Galveston, Texas US 85, US 50, US 83, US 70, US 77 n/a
Daniel Webster Highway Chartierville, Quebec Franconia, New Hampshire n/a
Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway Detroit, Michigan Denver, Colorado US 12, US 32, US 38 n/a
Dixie Highway Chicago, Illinois and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan Miami, Florida Illinois 1, US 136, US 31, Indiana 37, US 150, US 31W  
Dixie Bee Line Chicago, Illinois Nashville, Tennessee US 41, US 241 n/a
Dixie Overland Highway Savannah, Georgia San Diego, California US 80, US 84, US 380, US 366, US 80  
Egyptian Trail Chicago, Illinois Cairo, Illinois n/a
Electric Highway (Auto trail) Forsyth, Montana Helena, Montana US 12, US 89 n/a
Evergreen National Highway Victoria, British Columbia El Paso, Texas US 99, US 10, US 97, US 410, US 95, US 30, US 30N, US 91, US 95, US 66 n/a
Florida Short Route n/a
French Lick Route Cincinnati, Ohio Evansville, Indiana US 50, State Road 37, US 150, State Road 56, US 231, and State Road 62 n/a
George Washington Memorial Highway Cambridge, Massachusetts Agawam, Massachusetts n/a
George Washington National Highway Savannah, Georgia Seattle, Washington n/a
Geysers-to-Glaciers Highway Glacier National Park Yellowstone National Park US 89 W from West Yellowstone to Shelby, Montana; US 2 from Shelby to Cut Bank, Montana; and MT 213 from Cut Bank to the Canada–US border[3][4] n/a
Glacier to Gulf Motorway Calgary, Alberta Tampico, Mexico n/a
Glacier Trail Seattle, Washington Jacksonville, Florida n/a
Grant Highway Chicago, Illinois Portland, Oregon US 20 n/a
Great Plains Road Portal, North Dakota Brownsville, Texas n/a
Great White Way Davenport, Iowa Council Bluffs, Iowa US 6 Also known as the White Pole Road n/a
International Peace Highway Quebec, Quebec, and Rouses Point, New York Laredo, Texas, and Mexico City, Mexico n/a
Jackson Highway Chicago, Illinois New Orleans, Louisiana US 152, US 52, US 31, US 168, US 68, US 31, US 43, US 45, US 11  
Jefferson Highway Winnipeg, Manitoba New Orleans, Louisiana US 59, US 2, US 71, US 10N, US 10, US 65, US 69, US 71/US 73E, US 73, US 75, US 69, US 67, US 271, US 80, US 171, US 71, US 61  
Jefferson Davis National Highway Washington, D.C. San Diego, California US 1, US 278, US 29, US 80, US 43, US 90, US 96, US 277, US 90  
King of Trails Winnipeg, Manitoba Galveston, Texas, and Brownsville, Texas US 75/US 81, US 75/US 77, US 75, US 73, US 73E, US 50, US 73W, US 75, US 77, US 81, US 181, US 96 n/a
Lackawanna Trail Binghamton, New York Delaware, New Jersey US 11,[5][unreliable source?] US 611[6][unreliable source?] n/a
Lakes to Gulf Highway Duluth, Minnesota Galveston, Texas n/a
Lakes-to-Sea Highway Atlantic City, New Jersey Erie, Pennsylvania US 30, US 120, US 22, US 322, US 19 n/a
Lee Highway Washington DC San Diego, California US 1, US 211, US 11, US 72, US 70, US 366, US 80, US 180, US 80, US 101  
Lewis and Clark Highway Missoula, Montana Lewiston, Idaho n/a
Liberty Highway New York, New York Cleveland, Ohio New Jersey 4, New Jersey 17, New York 17, New York 430, New York 394, US 20[7]  
Lincoln Highway New York, New York San Francisco, California US 1, US 30, US 40, US 93, US 50, US 99, US 48  
Logan-Lee Highway Rock Island, Illinois Paducah, Kentucky US 67, Illinois 3 n/a
Lone Star Route Chicago, Illinois Lake Charles, Louisiana (earlier Brownsville, Texas) US 66, US 67, US 63, US 165 n/a
Lone Star Trail St. Augustine, Florida Los Angeles, California US 1, US 90, US 84, US 67, US 290, US 80, Arizona 86, US 80, Arizona 84, Maricopa–Casa Grande Highway (Arizona), Gila Bend–Maricopa Highway (Arizona), US 80 n/a
Magnolia Route n/a
Meridian Highway Winnipeg, Manitoba Mexico City, Mexico US 81 n/a
Mississippi River Scenic Highway Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Port Arthur, Ontario Fort Myers, Florida and Port Arthur, Texas US 75, US 2, US 71, US 10N, US 10, US 61, US 55, US 61, US 90; US 49E, US 49, US 98, US 90, US 19, US 41  
Mississippi Valley Highway Ely, Minnesota Gulfport, Mississippi (earlier New Orleans, Louisiana) US 53, US 61, US 55, US 161, US 67, US 51, US 45, US 11, US 49 Earlier known as the Burlington Way n/a
National Old Trails Road Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Maryland Los Angeles, California US 240/US 40, US 40, US 50N, US 50, US 350, US 85, US 70, US 66  
National Park-to-Park Highway Loop connecting National Parks US 99, US 48, US 40, US 99E, US 99, US 10, US 195, US 95, US 2, US 87, US 87W, US 20, US 185, US 85, US 50, US 285, US 450, US 550, US 64, US 666, US 66  
National Parks Highway Boston, Massachusetts, and New York, New York Seattle, Washington Also known as the Northwest Trail n/a
National Roosevelt Midland Trail Washington, D.C. and Newport News, Virginia (earlier Oyster Bay, New York) Los Angeles, California US 60, US 150, US 50, US 40, US 40N, US 40, US 40S, US 50, US 6 n/a
New Santa Fe Trail Kansas City, Mo. Los Angeles US 50, US 350, US 85, US 66 n/a
Old Oregon Trail Independence, Missouri Seaside, Oregon, and Olympia, Washington US 40, US 30, US 26, US 20, US 87E, US 30N, US 30 n/a
Old Spanish Trail St. Augustine, Florida San Diego, California US 1, US 90, US 80  
Ozark Trails Kansas City, Missouri, Hannibal, Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, and Memphis, Tennessee Denver, Colorado, Las Vegas, New Mexico, and El Paso, Texas n/a
Pacific Highway Vancouver, British Columbia San Diego, California US 99, US 40, US 101  
Pershing Way Winnipeg, Manitoba New Orleans, Louisiana n/a
Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway New York, New York Los Angeles, California (earlier San Francisco, California) US 22, US 250, US 36, US 136, US 36, US 40N, US 40S, US 50, US 91 Also known as the Pershing Transport Route   
Puget Sound-to-Gulf Highway n/a
Red Ball Route n/a
River-to-River Road Davenport, Iowa Council Bluffs, Iowa  
Southern National Highway n/a
Southwest Trail Chicago, Illinois El Paso, Texas US 32, US 65, US 50S, US 81, US 160, US 281, US 60, US 366 n/a
Susquehanna Trail Buffalo, New York Washington, D.C. US 20, US 15, US 111/US 240    
Theodore Roosevelt International Highway Portland, Maine Portland, Oregon US 302, US 2, US 11, US 104, US 23, US 2, US 95, US 195, US 295, US 410, US 30  
Three C Highway Cleveland, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio Ohio SR 3 n/a
Transprovincial Highway Ottawa Toronto Later Ontario Highway 2 and Ontario Highway 15 n/a
Victory Highway New York, New York San Francisco, California US 1, US 40, US 40S, US 83, US 40N, US 40  
White River Trail Springfield, Missouri Ponca City, Oklahoma n/a
White-way 7 Highway Chicago, Illinois Omaha, Nebraska US 32 In Iowa, created from segments of the River to River Road from Davenport to Redfield, and the Great White Way from Dexter to Council Bluffs. n/a
William Penn Highway New York, New York Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania US 22  
Yellowstone Highway Denver, Colorado Yellowstone National Park n/a
Yellowstone Trail Plymouth, Massachusetts Seattle, Washington US 20, US 30, US 41, US 110, US 10, US 212, US 12, US 10, US 195, US 295, US 410, US 97, US 10  

See also

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References

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  • American Automobile Association (1922). Highways Green Book (3rd ed.). Washington, DC: American Automobile Association. pp. 418–20.
  • United States Touring Map (Map). Automobile Club of America and National Highways Association. 1924.
  • Midget Map of the Transcontinental Trails of the United States (Map). Clason Map Company. 1923.
  • Touring Atlas of the United States (Map). Clason Map Company. 1925.[permanent dead link]
  • Auto Road Atlas (Map). Rand McNally. 1926.
  1. ^ Jensen, Jeff (2013). Drive the Broadway of America!. Tucson: Bygone Byways. ISBN 9780978625900.
  2. ^ Broadway Of America (Map). 1:5,300,000. Washington, D.C.: American Automobile Association. 1932. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  3. ^ Baranowski, Shelley; Furlough, Ellen (2001). Being Elsewhere: Tourism, Consumer Culture, and Identity in Modern Europe and North America. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press. pp. 168–169.
  4. ^ Department of the Interior / National Park Service (1920). "Automobile Highway Information". Rules and Regulations Yellowstone National Park, 1920. Season June 20 to September 15. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. pp. 21–23.
  5. ^ Kitsko, Jeffrey. "US 11". Pennsylvania Highways. Self-published. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  6. ^ Kitsko, Jeffrey. "US 611 (Decommissioned)". Pennsylvania Highways. Self-published. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  7. ^ Johnston, R. J. (April 4, 1918). "The Liberty Highway: Touring and Driveaway Route Between Cleveland and New York". Motor Age. 33 (14): 72–75. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
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