U.S. 27 Shortest and Best Route Travel Through Scenic Florida and Georgia

Misleading strip map of U.S. 27 from Mackinaw City to Miami.

Tourism and travel along the north-south highways was big business in the postwar decades, and competition among various routes was fierce. Organizations such as hotel coalitions, AAA, and even highway partnerships would sponsor maps such as this one to tempt travelers. Information like road condition (several sections along U.S. 27 were dirt at the time of publication), connecting routes (unless they were to cities feeding U.S. 27), and a mileage scale are conveniently omitted from the image. Explanatory text on the verso of the sheet outlines all the highlights along the way.