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Lee Highway Association, in Knoxville, Tenn., held on Lee’s birthday, Jan. 19, 1921, the highway had been significantly extended.
It was to start in New York City, pass through Washington, D.C., continue on southwest to San Diego, and end in San Francisco.
Lee Highway was to be the southern counterpart of the Lincoln Highway, which also started at New York City and ended in San Francisco. The two highways would honor the two great heroes of America, Lee and Lincoln; connect its two oceans, the Atlantic and the Pacific; and cross or be near America’s two highest mountain ranges, the Appalachians in the east and the Rockies in the west.
In Washington, D.C., two buildings associated with Lincoln and Lee would face each other across the Potomac River - the Lincoln Memorial and the Lee Mansion.
The Lee Highway Association flourished. By 1921, seventeen states were backing the highway (there was talk of extending it to Maine), plus 200 towns and cities, and 150 counties. In addition, by 1921, the only pathway in the entire length of Lee Highway that had not been decided upon was in Northern
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