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Named for U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, the Jefferson Highway was completed on 4 Feb. 1926 as the “Pine to Palm” route, one of the first intercontinental highways. It extended 2,194 miles from Winnepeg, Canada, through Jefferson, and ended in New Orleans at St. Charles Ave. and Common St. Parts of the highway are still called Jefferson, including in Jefferson Parish.
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Jefferson, Louisiana · United States
