As far as the Natchez Trace Parkway is concerned a 444 mile or 715 km long parkway, in the form of a limited-access two-lane road, in the southeastern United States. As far as the southern end of the route is concerned it is situated in Natchez, Mississippi, at crossroads with Liberty Road; and as far as the northern end is concerned I must tell you that it is situated in the northeast of Fairview, Tennessee, where the sub urban community of pasquo, Tennessee is located and in fact at an intersection with Tennessee 100. These roads link the cities of Natchez, Mississippi, and Nashville, Tennessee, via Jackson and Tupelo, Mississippi, and Florence in northwestern Alabama.

The construction of the Natchez trace parkway started in the year 1930 and the construction was initiated by the federal government. The final two segments and in fact both  Interstate 55 and Interstate 20 which were situated in Ridgeland and Clinton, Mississippi, respectively; and also those which were located between Liberty Road in the city of Natchez, Mississippi and U.S. Highway 61 near Washington, Mississippi, were opened for the public on May 21, 2005.

The maintenance of this road is in the hands of the National Park Service, and has been designated an All-American Road. You must be asking yourself that was their any hidden reason behind making this road. I really tell you that there was really an idea behind the building of the road. In fact the main purpose of the road was to remember the original route of the Natchez Trace.

This route really follows the old route followed by the American bisons. In other words you can say that the gentle sloping and curving alignment of the route is due to the fact that it follows an ancient salt-lick-to-grazing pasture migratory route of the American Bison and other game, which moved between grazing the pastures of central and western Mississippi and the salt and other mineral surface deposits of the Cumberland Plateau. The route generally passes through upon the tops of the low hills and edges of the watershed dividing from northeast to southwest.

If you really want to see the perfect picture and method of preserving historical route then you are really at right place. I really feel that the federal government in the year 1930 really took a bold step in building this road. They really cone up with one of the best pathway around the country.

Tupelo is the head quarter of the parkway. This parkway also administers two battlefields: Tupelo National Battlefield and Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site. Apart from all this the parkway has the nine district offices. They are as follows

1. Leipers Fork
2. Meriwether Lewis
3. Cherokee
4. Tupelo
5. Dancy
6. Kosciusko
7. Ridgeland
8. Port Gibson
9. Natchez

I do feel that you will definitely find this parkway quiet interesting.

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