Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-10-17
DIXIE HIGHWAY IN
GOOD CONDITION
Detailed Route Made BY Wiley
Baker, of Knoxville, Shows
Condition of Entire Route

W itn but lew exceptions, and
only tW dc.crrS nJCcssarv. the
eastern link OF the Dixie High
way. between Knoxville and Gin
cinnati is in excellent shape. &C
cording To Wiley b. Baker. sec
rotary OF the Knoxville Automo-
bile club. who has completed 4
log OF the condition Of the road
over that route as well as down
the western link. which runs thru
LuiSville and Nashville His OBJ
servationS were based ON the trip
recently taken by a large number
OF Dixie Highway officials and
enthusiasts to Cincinnati to at
tend the fall meeting OF that a>-
ISOLATION. sa.s the Dixie High
way Magazine.
The eastern link OF the Dixie
Highway is N fine shape. cspc-
ciallv in dry weather" Mr.. Baker
said. and there Is more CON
Struction OF good roads going ON
along this. ro'itc than ON the ives
tern link. The western route
is not So good for travel in dry
weather ~ the eastern link.
From knrNvillc L. Cincinnati
the mileage , Sl4 and within q
year | believe that ii will be pos
Sible Tor motorists To make the
trip in a day due To the charac-
ter of road building now going
On. During this week / was in
formed by W. r. Moore. OF the
state highway commission that
projects in Anderson and Camp
bell counties would be launched
directly federal funds are avail
able for the work. and this means
that that poi ton OF the Dixie
Highway in Tennessee would re-
ccivc needed attention within
wear
"On the western side through
louisville AMI Nashville no con
>truction of roads OF a permanent
nature l. under way. Several de
tours are necessary in Tennessee
but the roads into Nashville and
+ome OF the Kentucky roads are
il good shape" Mr. Baker said.
The Chronological record OF
the eastern link OF the DiNic
a prepared by Mr.. Ba-
.,cr reads
Knoxville To- Clinton" Start
ing out oi Knoxville ON ASYLUM
street the street i in good con
'lition in the city limits. but from
University avenue 10 the New
Tray cemetery i in lair shape.
but little rough. Leaving Ball
Camp Pike at New GRAY the
clinton pike AL the way into
Clinton l. in good condition with
the exception oi about two rough
stretches of 4 few hundred feet.
Clinton to I.al'ollctte-'Thi>
stretch of the road j. in good
condition practically the entire
distance. The only rough place
being nj Naspcr. which i on &C
count OF repair work From Vas !
per ON To IaFollcttc through
iacksboro the road i i splendid I
laFollottc To Icllico- 'Thci
road from LaFollettc To Iellicol
through the Narrows Is = good .
road To travel especially in dry /
weather but following two or T.
hrc.e days of rain ii would bel
necessary To- use chains. This
stretch OF the road j. unqucstion-;
IDLY in bcttef shape than At any
iil.e heretofore.
lellico to Corbin-"l'rom IclIi-
% to Williamsburg l., 4 splendid
-oad but 1T Rockhold. Kentucky.
here Is q very bad hole. probably
he worst of its kind anywhere ]
between Knoxville and Cincinpa- 4
!. On account of putting i'll Il
lew bridge at this place it IS nee
,s>ary to make a short detuur
md right in tie dip where lots OF 1
Dose dirt has been allowed to ac-
in this bad hole. but the
contractor ON the job has promis-
d to fix this hole and I'm inform
ID that he has made good his 4
promise since my trip through
here on September s. There is a
OF OF construction work going ON
between Williamsburg and Cor
'in which necessitates few short
letours. but the detour roads in
his stretch are not bad.
Corbin to Livingston-"tor al