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Bankhead Highway
The
Bankhead Highway
was a
United States
cross-country
automobile
highway
connecting
Washington, D.C.
and
San Diego
. It was part of the
National Auto Trail
system. The road was named for
Alabama
politician
John Hollis Bankhead
, a leader in the early national road building movement. In later years, several stretches of U.S. Route 78 in northwest
Alabama
were renamed for Bankhead's son, former U.S. Representative and Speaker of the House
William B. Bankhead
.
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