Ozark Trail (auto trail)
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The Ozark Trail was a network of locally maintained roads and highways that predated the advent of the United States federal highway system. The roads ran more from St. Louis, Missouri, to El Paso, Texas, over a series of routes.[1] These roads were maintained by both private citizens and local communities. In one case, however, the US Federal Government got involved: the Ozark Trail bridge over the South Canadian River between Newcastle, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma City was the first federal highway project built in Oklahoma, in 1925.[citation needed]
These roads comprised the major highway system in the region until U.S. Highway 66 was built in the 1920s.
In Oklahoma, portions of the section line roads between Anadarko and Hobart are still referred to as "The Old Ozark Trail."
A few examples found online of modern uses of the term "Ozark Trail" to refer to this road include:
- A blog from a nearby farm.
- A point on the trail near the confluence of .
- A cemetery list that mentions the Ozark Trail as a landmark.
