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Title: Civil War Trails= Current Roads
Post by: TheKnightoftheInterstate on March 28, 2014, 06:15:05 PM
I need some assistance for a project in English.

Are there any Civil War Trails or similar era roads that have been replaced by current state routes, US Routes, or Interstates?

Thank you for any assistance.
Title: Re: Civil War Trails= Current Roads
Post by: US71 on March 28, 2014, 06:41:24 PM
Quote from: TheKnightoftheInterstate on March 28, 2014, 06:15:05 PM
I need some assistance for a project in English.

Are there any Civil War Trails or similar era roads that have been replaced by current state routes, US Routes, or Interstates?

Thank you for any assistance.

Quite a few. Arkansas has a number of historic routes including Trail of Tears, Butterfield Trail, Civil War Trail.
( arkansasheritagetrails.com )

Louisiana has Grant's March which follows US 80 from Delta, LA to Tallulah, then south on US 65 and other roads.

There's also Trail of Tears in Missouri which runs Seligman-Monett-Springfield-St James and points east.

Title: Re: Civil War Trails= Current Roads
Post by: SD Mapman on March 29, 2014, 12:24:08 AM
Quote from: TheKnightoftheInterstate on March 28, 2014, 06:15:05 PM
Are there any Civil War Trails or similar era roads that have been replaced by current state routes, US Routes, or Interstates?
Could they be earlier? Or just in that time period (1860s)?
Title: Re: Civil War Trails= Current Roads
Post by: TheKnightoftheInterstate on March 29, 2014, 01:34:23 AM
Quote from: SD Mapman on March 29, 2014, 12:24:08 AM
Quote from: TheKnightoftheInterstate on March 28, 2014, 06:15:05 PM
Are there any Civil War Trails or similar era roads that have been replaced by current state routes, US Routes, or Interstates?
Could they be earlier? Or just in that time period (1860s)?

I would like the time period of the 1860's but any earlier ones are appreciated. I enjoy learning about colonial roads.
Title: Re: Civil War Trails= Current Roads
Post by: froggie on March 31, 2014, 11:38:01 AM
Directly related to the Civil War, look up the Warrenton Pike in Virginia, which eventually became today's US 29.
Title: Re: Civil War Trails= Current Roads
Post by: cpzilliacus on April 09, 2014, 04:25:21 PM
Quote from: froggie on March 31, 2014, 11:38:01 AM
Directly related to the Civil War, look up the Warrenton Pike in Virginia, which eventually became today's US 29.

I have also seen present-day U.S. 29 referred to as the Alexandria Turnpike and Warrenton-Alexandria Turnpike.