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List of North American Auto Trails

Auto Trail	Marker	Termini	Year	Notes
Abe Lincoln Trail		Springfield, IL Burlington, IA
Adeway		Chicago, IL Indianapolis, IN	≤ 1918
Albert Pike Highway		Hot Springs, AK Colorado Springs, CO	≤ 1918
Alliance Hemingford Crawford Hot Springs		Alliance, NE Hot Springs, SD
Alton Jacksonville Air Line		Jacksonville, IL Alton, IL	≤ 1924
Alton Way		Chicago, IL Alton, IL
Appalachian Highway		Charleston, SC Asheville, NC	≤ 1925	North Carolina & South Carolina
Aroostook Trail		Fort Kent, ME Benton, ME	≤ 1925	Possible terminus at Fairfield
Arrowhead Trail		Salt Lake City, UT Los Angeles, CA	1913
Atlantic Highway		Fort Kent, ME Florida City, FL	≤ 1915
Atlantic-Pacific Highway		New York, NY Los Angeles, CA	≤ 1918
Atlantic Yellowstone Pacific		Chicago, IL Twin Falls, ID	≤ 1923
Auto Trail	Marker	Termini	Year	Notes
Baltimore Pike		Philadelphia, PA Baltimore, MD	≤ 1925
Banff Grand Canyon Road		Banff N.P., AB, Canada Fredonia, AZ	≤ 1918
Bankhead Highway		Washington, D.C. San Diego, CA	1917
Beartooth Trail		Rockvale, MT Red Lodge, MT	≤ 1925
Bee Line (Iowa and Nebraska)		Missouri Valley, IA Fremont, NE	≤ 1922	Short cut for the Lincoln Highway bypassing Omaha.
Bee Line (Kansas and Colorado)		Kansas City, MO Pueblo, CO	≤ 1923
Bee Line Highway		Nashville, TN Orlando, FL	1917	Continues north as Dixie Bee Line.
Belleville Carlyle Trail		Carlyle, IL Belleville, IL
Belt Line (Ohio and Indiana)		Logan, OH Lafayette, IN	≤ 1919
Belt Line (Pennsylvania and Ohio)		Punxsutawney, PA Warren, OH	≤ 1919	Sign implies Warren to Kittanning, PA.
Belt Line (Philadelphia bypass)		Philadelphia bypass road	≤ 1923
Ben Hur Highway		St Louis, MO Fort Dodge, IA	≤ 1918	The name, and even the marker, of the Ben Hur Route below are often confused with this auto trail.
Ben Hur Route		Fort Wayne, IN Terre Haute, IN	≤ 1925
Better Way		Peoria, IL Alton, IL
B. F. Blue Pole Trail		Bushnell, IL Farmington, IL
Big Four Route		Terre Haute, IN Kansas City, MO	≤ 1918
Billings Cody Way		Billings, MT Cody, WY	≤ 1925
Black and Yellow Trail		Chicago, IL Yellowstone N. P.	1913
Black Diamond Trail (Illinois)		Springfield, IL Nashville, IL
Black Diamond Trail (Iowa)		Maquoketa, IA Waterloo, IA Cedar Rapids, IA
Black Hills Lake Metigoshe		Bismark, ND Lake Meitigoshe	≤ 1925
Black Hills Loop Highway		Deadwood, SD Stirling, CO	≤ 1924	Also called Black Hills Loop Trail and Black Hills Loup Hwy
Black Hills, Rose Bud & Omaha Scenic Highway		Norfolk, NE Hot Springs, SD	≤ 1925	Route numbers end east of Norfolk, NE and does not seem to go to Omaha.
Black Hills Sioux Trail		Omaha, NE Deadwood, SD	≤ 1918
Bloomington Way		Lafayette, IN Quincy, IL
Blue Grass Road		Momence, IL Council Bluffs, IA
Blue Grass Way		Monroeville, OH Cincinnati, OH
Boone Way		Raleigh, NC Asheville, NC Louisville, KY	≤ 1918
Bridge Route		Danbury, CT Chester, NY	≤ 1925
Buffalo Highway		Glacier N. P. Yellowstone N. P. Denver, CO	≤ 1918	Original Buffalo Trail: Billings to Great Falls, MT
Buffalo Pittsburg Highway		Buffalo, NY Pittsburg, PA Morgantown, PA	≤ 1925	T-shaped trail
Burlington Highway		Culbertson, NE Brush, CO	≤ 1924
Burlington & Peoria Air Line		Peoria, IL Burlington, IA
Burlington Way		Burlington, IA Cresco, IA	1917	Became the Mississippi Valley Highway
Auto Trail	Marker	Termini	Year	Notes
California-Banff Bee-Line		Los Angeles, CA Cranbrook, BC	≤ 1918	California Banff “B” Line
Cannon Ball Trail		Chicago, IL Kansas City, MO	≤ 1915	Several marker variations
Canton Vermont Quincy Trail		Canton, IL Quincy, IL
Capital Highway		St Louis, MO Kansas City, MO
Capitol Trail (Ohio)		Toledo, OH Columbus, OH
Caterpillar Trail		Pontiac, IL Peoria, IL	≤ 1918
Central Florida Highway		Valdosta, GA Fort Myers, FL	≤ 1918
Central Montana Highway		Glendive, MT Helena, MT	≤ 1925
Chadron Hot Springs		Chadron, NE Hot Springs, SD	≤ 1925
Chicago Benton Harbor Route		First City Second City
Chicago Buffalo Highway		Buffalo, NY Chicago, IL	≤ 1925	Analogous to Toledo-Cleveland-Buffalo Trail and Toledo-Chicago Pike?
Chicago Dubuque Trail		Chicago, IL Dubuque, IA
Chicago Iowa Trail		Chicago, IL Savanna, IL
Chicago Kansas City Gulf Highway		Chicago, IL Kansas City, MO	≤ 1914	It seems doubtful this road ever went to the Gulf.
Chicago Trail		Ypsilanti, MI Elkhart, IN
Cincinnati Parkersburg Way		Cincinnati, OH Parkersburg, WV
Colorado to Gulf Highway		Denver, CO Galveston and Brownsville, TX	≤ 1913
Crawfordville to Anderson		Crawfordsville, IN Anderson, IN
Cross State Trail		Danville, IL Quincy, IL
Custer Battlefield Highway		Council Bluffs, IA Glacier Park, MT	1919	The 1919 eastern terminus was Omaha, NE. This was extended east to Council Bluffs, IA by 1921. Extended to Des Moines, IA in 1925.
Custer Trail		Grand Rapids, MI Fort Wayne, IN
Auto Trail	Marker	Termini	Year	Notes
Dallas–Canadian–Denver Highway		Galveston, TX Denver, CO	1917	A branch went east from Hammon, OK to Oklahoma City, OK. Another went south from Canadian to Childress, TX.
Daniel Boone Trail		St. Paul, MN St. Louis, MO	1915
Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway		Detroit, MI Denver, CO	1920
Diagonal Trail		Danville, IL Sioux Falls, SD
Diamond Trail (Illinois)		Freeport, IL Galesburg, IL
Diamond Trail (Iowa)		Clarence, IA (earlier Iowa City) Des Moines, IA
Dixie Bee Line		Chicago, IL Nashville, TN	< 1917	Follows the Dixie Hwy from Chicago to Danville, IL. Continues south as Bee Line Hwy.
Dixie Highway		Sault St. Marie, MI and Chicago Miami, FL	1915
Dixie Highway in Indiana		South Bend, IN New Albany, IN	1915
Dixie Overland Highway		Savannah, GA San Diego, CA	1914
Dunes Highway		Michigan City, IN Chicago, IL
Auto Trail	Marker	Termini	Year	Notes
Effingham Newton Robinson Trail		Effingham, IL Robinson, IL	≤ 1924
Egyptian Trail		Chicago, IL Cairo, IL
Electric Highway		Forsyth, MT Missoula, MT	≤ 1925	Road may start at Miles City.
Everett Powers Highway		St. Louis, MO Spirit Lake, IA	c.1918
Evergreen National Highway		Vancouver, BC Phoenix, AZ	1917
Auto Trail	Marker	Termini	Year	Notes
Florida Short Route		Nashville, TN Gainesville, FL	≤ 1922
Fox River Route		Chicago, IL Ottawa, IL
French Lick Route		Cincinnati, OH Evansville, IN
Auto Trail	Marker	Termini	Year	Notes
Galesburg Peoria Trail		Peoria, IL Galesburg, IL
George Washington National Highway		Savannah, GA Seattle, WA	1916
Geysers to Glaciers Road		Gardiner, MT Glacier Park, MT	≤ 1918	In 1925, maps show the southern terminus at West Yellowstone, MT.
Golden Belt Highway		St. Louis, MO Denver, CO	≤ 1912	Originally the Golden Belt Road.
Grand River Road		Detroit, MI Grand Rapid, MI
Grant Highway		Chicago, IL Portland, OR		Shown on maps as far west as Yellowstone N. P. Association claims east terminus as Boston, MA.
Great White Way		Davenport, IA Council Bluffs, IA	1910	Also called the White Pole Road
Auto Trail	Marker	Termini	Year	Notes
Hannibal Edina Trail		Hannibal, MO Edina, MO
Hannibal Kirksville Trail		Hannibal, MO Kirksville, MO
Harding Highway		Washington, DC Denver, CO
Harrison Trail		Port Clinton, OH Portsmouth, OH
Havana Lincoln Champaign Trail		Havana, IL Champagne, IL
Hawkeye Cut Off		Fort Dodge, IA Sioux City, IA		Later a branch of the Grant Highway.
Hawkeye Highway		Dubuque, IA Sioux City, IA
Hills & Lakes		Indianapolis, IN Wawasee Lake, IN
Hoosier Dixie Highway		Goshen, IN Cincinnati, OH
Hoosier Highway		Detroit, MI Evansville, IN
Horatio Earl Memorial Highway		Imlay City, MI Detroit, MI
Hub Highway		Chillicothe, OH Lafayette, IN
Huntington Manitau Culver Trail		Lima, OH Chicago, IL
Auto Trail	Marker	Termini	Year	Notes
Illinois Corn Belt Route		Effner, IN Burlington, IA	1917
Illinois Valley Way		Chicago, IL Peoria, IL	≤ 1924	Most of this road became part of the longer Lone Star Route.
Indian Head Trail		Galena, IL Peoria, IL	≤ 1918	According to the Rand McNally District 1 map, the route continued into Wisconsin. This is not shown on the District 8 map.
I.O.A. Short Line		Muscatine, IA Council Bluffs, IA
Auto Trail	Marker	Termini	Year	Notes
Jackson Highway		Chicago, IL New Orleans, LA	1915
Jefferson Highway		Winnipeg, MB New Orleans, LA	1915
Auto Trail	Marker	Termini	Year	Notes
Kansas White Way		St Joseph, MO Colorado Springs, CO		Part of the National White Way.
Keway Trail		Rock Island, IL Henry, IL and Peoria IL.
Kickapoo Trail		Muscatine, IA Albion, IL
King of Trails		Winnepeg, MB Galveston & Brownsville	1918	Earlier route went to Loredo rather than Brownsville.
Kings Highway		Davenport, IA Cedar Rapids, IA
Auto Trail	Marker	Termini	Year	Notes
Lakes and River Drive		Port Huron, MI Detroit, MI
Lakes to Gulf Highway		La Crescent, MN Harrison, AR	≤ 1918	Northern terminus may have been La Crosse, WI.
Lee Highway		Washington, D.C. San Diego, CA	1919
Liberty Way		Chicago, IL Kokomo, IN	≤ 1924
Lincoln Hawkeye Pike		Lyons, IA Strawberry Point, IA
Lincoln Highway		New York, NY San Francisco, CA	1913
Lincoln Trail		Vincennes, IN St Louis, MO
Logan Lee Highway		Spingfield, IL Mount Vernon, IL
Lone Star Route		Chicago, IL Galveston and Brownsville, TX	≤ 1922	Several branches of the route existed in southern Louisiana. Later maps fail to show the highway west of Lake Charles, LA.
Lone Star Trail		St. Augustine, FL Santa Ana, CA
Auto Trail	Marker	Termini	Year	Notes
Mackinaw Indian Trail		Bloomington, IL Peoria, IL	1917	Old Peoria Road
Magnolia Route		Chicago, IL Gulfport, MS	≤ 1925
Marion Kenton Trail		Galion, OH Lima, OH
McDavid Trail		Nokomis, IL Staunton, IL	≤ 1924
Memorial Boulevard		Sutherland, FL Tampa, FL	≤ 1924
Meridian Highway		Winnipeg, MB Galveston, Loredo, Mexico City	1911	Originally the Meridian Road
Meridian Highway (Illinois)		Beloit, WI Cairo, IL	1916
Michigan Detroit Chicago Highway		Detroit, MI Chicago, IL
Michigan Road		South Bend, IN Madison, IN
Midland Trail		Washington, D.C. & Richmond, VA San Francisco & Los Angeles	1912	Later known as National Roosevelt Midland Trail
Military Tract Trail		Peoria, IL Hamilton, IL	≤ 1924
Minute Man Route		Liberty, IN Terre Haute, IN	≤ 1924
Mississippi River Scenic Highway		Winnipeg, MB New Orleans, LA	≤ 1918	Original northern terminus, Lake Itasca, MN. Branches to Port Arthur, ON; Mobile, AL (later to Miami, FL); and Galveston, TX.
Mississippi Scenic Route		Sterling, IL Rock Island, IL
Mississippi Valley Highway		Ely, MN Gulfport, MS, Mobile, AL and Covington, LA		A northeastern branch lead from Granite City to Chicago along old Illinois SR 4. The southern section split into three branches, going to the Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama coast.
Auto Trail	Marker	Termini	Year	Notes
National Old Trails Road		New York, NY Los Angeles, CA	1911	Early name: National Old Trails Road Ocean-to-Ocean Highway
National Park to Park Highway		National Park loop route	1916
National Parks Highway		Chicago, IL Seattle, MO	1916
National White Way		Chicago, IL Colorado Springs, CO	≤ 1923
New Santa Fe Trail		New Franklin, MO Santa Fe, NM	1910
North Cross State Highway		St Louis, MO Kansas City, MO
Auto Trail	Marker	Termini	Year	Notes
Ohio Indiana Michigan Way		Kalamazoo, MI Cincinnati, OH
Okaw Trail		Decatur, IL Salem, IL
Old Burlington Way		Belvidere, IL Alton, IL	≤ 1924	A long north-south Illinois route. Same marker as the Burlington Way in Iowa.
Old Spanish Trail		St. Augustine, FL San Diego, CA	1915	Early route began in Miami.
Omaha-Lincoln-Denver Highway		Omaha, NE Denver, CO	1911	The trail became part of the Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway in 1920.
Omaha St Louis Short Line		Omaha, NE St Louis, MO	≤ 1918
Omaha Topeka Trail		Omaha, NE Topeka, KS
Ottumwa Cedar Rapids & McGregor Trail		McGregor, IA Ottumwa, IA
Ozark Trails		Kansas City and St. Louis Las Vegas, NM	1913
Auto Trail	Marker	Termini	Year	Notes
Pacific Highway		San Diego, CA Vancouver, BC	1910
Peoria Pekin Bloomington Way		Peoria, IL Bloomington, IL	≤ 1924
Peoria Pekin Havana Jacksonville Way		Peoria, IL Carlinville, IL	≤ 1924
Pershing Way		Winnipeg, MB New Orleans, LA	≤ 1920
Pikes Peak Ocean To Ocean Highway		New York, NY San Francisco, later Los Angeles, CA	1914
Auto Trail	Marker	Termini	Year	Notes
Quincy Trail		Jacksonville, IL Quincy, IL	≤ 1924
Auto Trail	Marker	Termini	Year	Notes
Range Line		Rochester, IN Indianapolis, IN
Red Ball Route		St. Paul, MN St. Louis, MO	≤ 1913
Red Clover Leaf Route		Jacksonville, IL Griggsville, IL	≤ 1924	Via Meredosia.
Red X Route		Dubuque, IA Iowa City, IA
Resort Route		Chicago, IL Lake Geneva, WI
River to River Road		Davenport, IA Council Bluffs, IA	1910
Rock River Valley Route		Rockford, IL Rock Island, IL
Rose Trail		Findlay, OH Springfield, OH
Auto Trail	Marker	Termini	Year	Notes
Shabbona Trail		Rochelle, IL Streator, IL
Sherman-Sheridan Highway		Zanesville, OH Washington C. H., Ohio
Shore Road		Cleveland, OH Fremont, OH
Southern Highway		St Louis, MO Kansas City, MO
Southern National Highway		Washington, D.C. San Diego, CA	1913
Southwest Trail		Chicago, IL Loredo, TX	≤ 1918	A branch route seems to have existed in 1925, branching off at Mercer, MO, then merging again between Peabody, KS and Wellington, KS at which point the branch heads to El Paso.
Starved Rock Trail		Chicago, IL Princeton, IL
State Park Trail		Terre Haute, IN Dixon, IL
Sunflower Trail		Kearney, NE Ellinwood, KS	1912
Swastika Trail		Galva, IL Wapello, IA
Auto Trail	Marker	Termini	Year	Notes
Tamiami Trail		Tampa, FL Miami, FL	≤ 1922
Tecumseh Trail		Toledo, OH Jackson, MI
Terre Haute Columbus Cincinnati Trail		Cinicinatti, OH Terre Haute, IN
Terre Haute Decatur Springfield Trail		Terre Haute, IN Springfield, IL
Three "C" Highway		Cleveland, OH Columbus, OH Cincinnati, OH
Tip Top Trail		Brimfield, IN Madison, IN
Toledo Chicago Pike		Toledo, OH Ligonier, IN
Toledo Cleveland Buffalo Trail		Buffalo, NY Toledo, OH
Two "C" Highway		Cleveland, OH Columbus, OH
Auto Trail	Marker	Termini	Year	Notes
U of I Trail		Hoopeston, IL Charleston, IL
University Trail		Hannibal, MO Columbia, MO
Auto Trail	Marker	Termini	Year	Notes
Valparaiso Joliet		Valparaiso, IN Joliet, IL
Victory Highway		New York, NY San Francisco, CA	1921
Auto Trail	Marker	Termini	Year	Notes
Wabash Trail		Decatur, IL Litchfield, IL	≤ 1924
Wabash Way		Fort Wayne, IN Danville, IL
Waterloo Ft. Madison Short Line		Ft. Madison, IA Waterloo, IA
Waubonsie Trail		Nebraska City, NE Keokuk, IA	≤ 1912
Wayne Highway		Cadillac, MI Cincinnati, OH
West Michigan Pike		Mackinaw City, MI Michigan City, IN
White Star Trail		Quincy, IL Alton, IL
White Way		Princeton, IL Rock Island, IL		Became part of the White Way 7 Highway.
White Way 7 Highway		Chicago, IL Omaha, NE
Wonderland Way		Cincinnati, OH Carmi, IL
Auto Trail	Marker	Termini	Year	Notes
Yellowstone Trail		Boston, MA Seattle, WA	1912

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List of North American Auto Trails