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Jackson's Military Road

U.S. 43 near junction with old U.S. 43, TN , USA

Tennessee State
Historical Marker

Joining the present highway from the trace of the old road to the north, this road, completed by Army Engineers under Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson in 1820, ran from Columbia, TN, via Columbus, Miss., to Madisonville, La. It cut 220 miles from the distance from Nashville to New Orleans via the Natchez Trace.

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