This was the major Atlantic Coast route, terminating in the Florida Keys. Mainly superceded by Interstate 95.
Other pioneer route names associated include the Quebec-Miami International Highway, the Falls Line roads, the Capital Highway, and the Jefferson Davis Highway.
US Historic Route 1 U.S. 1: Fort Kent Maine to Key West, Florida (FHWA)
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Books about US 1 include:
Peter Genovese’s 1999 The Great American Road Trip: U.S. 1, Maine to Florida
Andrew Malcolm and Roger Straus III’s 1991 U.S. 1: America’s Original Main Street
US 101 is not a daughter route, but a major western US route in its own right.
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