Dixie Highway

Termini: Chicago/Sault Ste Marie and Miami

Cities along route:

Western Branch:

Illinois: Chicago, Chicago Heights, Watseka, Danville
Indiana: Crawfordsville, Indianapolis, Martinsville, Bloomington, Paoli
Kentucky: Louisville, Cave City, Bowling Green, Russellville
Tennessee: Nashville, Murfreesboro, Shelbyville, Chattanooga
Georgia: (branches through either Dalton or Rome), Cartersville, Atlanta, Griffin, Macon, Echeconnee, Americus, Albany, Thomasville
Florida: Talahassee, Gainesville, Ocala, Orlando, Bartow, Punta Gorda, Fort Myers, Naples, Miami

Eastern Branch:

Michigan: Sault Ste Marie, Mackinaw City, Alpena, Bay City, Saginaw, Flint, Detroit
Ohio: Toledo, Findlay, Lima, Dayton, Hamilton, Cincinnati
Kentucky: Lexington, Richmond, Corbin
Tennessee: Knoxville, Dandridge
North Carolina: Asheville, Hendersonville
South Carolina: Greenville, Greenwood
Georgia: Augusta, Waynesboro, Savannah, Brunswick
Florida: Jacksonville, St Augustine, Daytona Beach, West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Miami

Five connections between the western and eastern branches existed in IN-MI, IN-OH, TN, GA, and GA-FL:

Connection 1: Indianapolis, Logansport, South Bend, Benton Harbor, Muskegon, Traverse City, Mackinaw City
Connection 2: Indianapolis, Greenfield, Richmond, Eaton, Dayton
Connection 3: Knoxville, Kingston, Dayton, Chattanooga
Connection 4: Atlanta, Covington, Milledgeville, Waynesboro
Connection 5: Echeconnee, Perry, Abbeville, Fitzgerald, Waycross, Jacksonville

Corresponding US Highways:

More information can be found at Thomas Zimmerman's Dixie Highway site.

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