1955 Road map, pre-Interstate

[Fizz]

I like poking around looking at old maps.
These older main roads are usually the most interesting to travel.

1955 Road Map

[Veebyes]

Picked out a few of my favourite routes on that map. Hwy 2, 36, 50, 17 & a couple others. All of them great roads to use & avoid the nearby interstates that replaced them.

[Isaac-1]

Thanks for posting that, it surprises me just how many federal highways are newer than that, not just the interstate highways. I live in a town in Louisiana where 2 federal highways cross, only one appears at all on the map, and it is just a 50 or so mile long stub, not the 400+ mile long highway it is today. I know these 2 highways date back to at least the 1960's with their current numbering, I just don't know when in the decade or so after that map you linked to that they were added.

[d3500ram]

That's neat! Thanks for posting.