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America Has More Than 100 Roads Named for the President of the Confederacy

DIXIE HIGHWAY

The Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway stretched from Virginia to California in response to the Lincoln Highway. A century later, it hasn’t all been erased.

Joanna Purpich

Published Aug. 23 2017 12:21AM EDT

The Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway stretched from Virginia to California in response to the Lincoln HIghway. A century later, it hasn’t all been erased. — Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast

Joanna Purpich

Joanna Purpich

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