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have served as a magnificent entryway for the transcontinental Lee Highway.
Shipping interests opposed the bridge, as did the War Department. The Navy insisted that the bridge have a 200-foot clearance above the river, instead of its planned 175-feet. The 200-foot clearance would allow for the passage of Navy ships under the bridge. The* George Washington Bridge finally spanned the Hudson River in 1931, with a 200-foot clearance. That bridge was built where the river was the most narrow and cliffs on each side were the highest above the river.
The third visionary aspect of Lee Highway was the Zero Milestone in Washington, D.C., a gift of the Lee Highway Association to the nation. This stone marker still exists and one can see it near the Ellipse by the White House. The suggestion for the milestone came from Dr. Samuel Myrtle Johnson in June 1919.
He felt that there should be a place from which all road distances in the United States and throughout the Western Hemisphere should be measured. The concept was similar to that used by Ancient Rome. Roads set off from the Forum to the farflung comers of the Roman Empire.
The Zero Milestone site was selected and a ceremony held on July 7, 1919, as the Army set off from that point on its transcontinental motor convoy journey to San Francisco. The permanent monument was then designed and set in plaqp on June 4, 1923.
A Pacific Milestone was dedicated on Nov. 17, 1923. On that date, President Calvin Coolidge pressed a key
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