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The Bankhead Highway was a United States cross-country automobile highway connecting Washington, D.C., and San Diego. The Bankhead Highway's beginnings can be traced back to 1916 when the Bankhead Highway Association was organized to promote the highway's development. It was part of the National Auto Trail system.
Bankhead Highway (renamed in an effort to revitalize and mask the name stigma attached to this high-crime section of the city) Bankhead Avenue (Changed to honor Senator Bankhead of Alabama) [12] Bellwood Avenue; Mayson & Turner's Ferry; Edgewood Ave.
Bankhead is a neighborhood located west of downtown Atlanta, Georgia. It is surrounded by Grove Park to the west, Washington Park and Hunter Hills to the south. To the east and northeast are Hills Park, Knight Park , English Avenue and Blandtown.
Various portions of the highway, from the Alabama state line into Atlanta, were part of the historic Bankhead Highway, a cross-country automobile highway connecting San Diego and Washington, D.C. It was part of the National Auto Trail system. US 78 also is a freeway for about 10 miles. It is the main route of the freeway. It has about 8 exits.
At an intersection with the southern terminus of SR 61 (Carrollton-Villa Rica Highway), SR 166/Bankhead Highway turn right and resume their eastward trek. They weave through rural portions of the county. At the Douglas county line, the Bankhead Highway name ends and the J. Ebb Duncan Memorial Highway name begins. [1]
Located on Bankhead Highway (renamed Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway in 1998) just inside I-285, the site is now classified as part of the neighborhood of Brookview Heights. On October 13, 1980 a furnace boiler exploded at the day care center, killing four children and a teacher.
The 1920 Motor Transport Corps convoy left Washington, D.C., on 14 June 1920 and followed the Bankhead Highway to San Diego, California, where it arrived on 2 October. A smaller expedition than the first, the second convoy consisted of 50 vehicles, 32 officers, and 160 enlisted men under Col John F. Franklin .
The route then traveled east along 12th Avenue W, Bankhead Highway, then south along 3rd Street N, and then east along 8th Avenue N. [9] The routing changed in 1941 to travel further along 8th Street W near Birmingham-Southern College and then turn east along 8th Avenue W, passing on the north side of historic Legion Field. [10]