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, 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
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