A Guide to the Images of the Bronze Map on the Lawn of the Alabama Department of Archives and History
66. John H. Bankhead: Father of the U.S. Highway System
Jasper, Walker County
A major political figure in Alabama, John Hollis Bankhead held several state offices and served in the U.S. House and
Senate, where he became known as an advocate for good roads and interstate automobile travel. The cross-
country Bankhead Highway, which ran from Washington, D.C. to San Diego (and through Bankhead's hometown
of Jasper), was one of America's first two transcontinental highways.
Return to Bronze Map main page
|
|
Updated: April 18, 2008 http://www.archives.alabama.gov/map/66.html |  |
