Dixie Highway near Franklin

Original description reads: "View near Dixie Highway near Franklin, O. May 1937." The Dixie Highway, constructed from 1915 to 1927, was a network of roads that connected the Midwest with the Southern part of the United States. In the early years, the Federal government played little role, but from the early 1920s on, it provided increasing funding, until 1927 when the Dixie Highway was taken over as part of the United States highway system