Tennessee's Roads from Origin to the Automobile Highway See

Long before the modern convenience of many miles of well maintained asphalt roads, a “road” was a different thing altogether. So far on Highway See we’ve covered a big picture of the history of Tennessee’s road system. With that in mind, now it is time to start diving into the answers to one crucial question. How did these roads come about? On this episode we’re going to step back into time to get a glimpse, through some invigorating historical documents and commentary, of the earliest days of road building and the communities involved across the state of Tennessee. In this episode host Chris Hill guides us through these fascinating early days of roads:


George Webb Reveals Some Fascinating Documents
The First Roads Both Near and Far
The History of Tennessee’s First Roads: The Avery Trace and The Walton Road
The Rise of the Macadam Road
The Beginnings of Tennessee’s Road Administrators
The Rise of the Automobile
The Memphis to Bristol Highway
The State Highway Department and Commission
George’s Great American Road Trip

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An Act to Cut and Clear a Waggon Road to the Settlements on the Cumberland River in the Mero District: https://teva.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/tfd/id/531/
MacAdamized Roads: https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Loudon-McAdam
Tennessee’s First State Road: https://knoxfocus.com/archives/tennessees-first-state-road/
Tennessee Virtual Archive Memphis to Bristol Highway:https://teva.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15138coll23/id/53/rec/1
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