From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Atlantic and Pacific Highway was an
auto trail in the
United States , essentially eliminated by the
U.S. Highway system in the late 1920s. It connected
New York City on the
Atlantic Ocean with
Los Angeles on the
Pacific Ocean .
Routing
Using the present road names, the highway approximately used the following route:
U.S. Route 1 ,
New York City to
Philadelphia
U.S. Route 13 , Philadelphia to
Wilmington
U.S. Route 40 , Wilmington to
Baltimore
U.S. Route 1, Baltimore to
Washington, D.C.
U.S. Route 29 and
State Route 229 , Washington, D.C. to
Culpeper
U.S. Route 15 and
State Route 231 , Culpeper to
Charlottesville
U.S. Route 250 , Charlottesville to
Staunton
State Route 42 ,
State Route 39 , and
U.S. Route 220 ,[
citation needed ] Staunton to
Covington
U.S. Route 60 , Covington to
Lewisburg
WV Route 63 and
WV Route 3 , Lewisburg to
Beckley
WV Route 16 , Beckley to
Kanawha Falls
U.S. Route 60, Kanawha Falls to
Huntington
U.S. Route 52 , Huntington to
Cincinnati
State Road 56 ,
State Road 64 , and
Illinois Route 15 , Bedford to
St. Louis
U.S. Route 50 , St. Louis to
Jefferson City
U.S. Route 54 , Jefferson City to
Vaughn
U.S. Route 60,
Interstate 10 , and
California State Route 60 , Vaughn to
Los Angeles
References
Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas, 1926, accessed via the
Broer Map Library : shows the route in and west of Kansas, in St. Louis, and in the Mid-Atlantic States
Charleston Gazette , Charleston to Receive 1925 Tourists, February 1, 1925: lists a number of the cities the highway serves
Charleston Gazette , Tourists Are Discovering West Virginia's Scenery, June 3, 1927: describes the route in West Virginia