Bankhead Highway - Tremont, MS
N 34° 14.095 W 088° 15.537
16S E 384056 N 3788920
The Bankhead Highway is located at the intersection of Bankhead Road Northeast and Mississippi Highway 178.
Waymark Code: WMZ5RA
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 09/14/2018
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The Bankhead Highway historical marker is a metal marker with the Mississippi magnolia blossom at the top.
Marker text:
The Bankhead Highway, established in 1916, was the first all-weather, transcontinental highway in the United States. It spanned some 3,600 miles. In Mississippi, the northern route roughly follows Highway 178 and the southern route, US Highway 278. Only sections of the original road are accessible today.
Date Installed:: 2017
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History
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