Map of the Great Lakes-Atlantic Highway : showing every city, town, village and hamlet throughout its entire length / John C. Mulford, chief cartographer, E.E. Jenkins, cartographer ; issued under joint auspices of the National Highways Association, Great Lakes Atlantic Highway Association

Road goes from Cleveland to Miami.

The National Highways Association (NHA) was established in 1911 to promote the development of an improved national road network in the United States. Under the slogan “Good roads for everyone!” the NHA advocated the building and permanent maintenance by the federal government of a system of 50,000 miles (some 80,500 kilometers) of highways. This map, issued by the NHA in 1915, shows the Great Lakes–Atlantic Highway, proposed by the Great Lakes-Atlantic Highway Association and endorsed by the NHA. The projected route runs from Cleveland, Ohio, to Miami, Florida, a distance of 1,535 miles (2,470 kilometers), with separate spurs to the Atlantic ports of Norfolk, Virginia; Wilmington, North Carolina; and Charleston, South Carolina. The notes and table in the lower right indicate the numbers of states, counties, and cities of different sizes traversed by the route and the population expected to be served. Besides issuing brochures and circulars aimed at convincing citizens of the need for a

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