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The number one suggestion and request I've received over the years has been for maps. Here are some resources for finding your way on Route 40 and related highways.

StreetAtlas Overlay. Updated 7/18/2002. This is by far the easiest and most comprehensive map I can offer you in one quick download. To view the map, you'll need to have Delorme's StreetAtlas version 8 or greater (I'm sorry, but I cannot offer overlays for earlier releases of StreetAtlas). On this overlay -- which is constantly being updated -- the blue lines usually indicated the earliest alignment of Route 40; the yellow lines represent later alignments. The overlay also includes the long forgotten alignments such as Route 40N between Manhattan, Kansas and Limon Colorado, Route 40S between Limon and Grand Junction, Colorado, the original 1925/26 alignment between Duchesne and Salt Lake City and California's Alternate Route 40. The overlay also includes several hundred field notes and markings for historic trails such as Braddock's Road, Oregon Trail, Hastings' Cutoff and the California Trail.

Hobbs' Guide to the Victory Highway. This classic road guide from 1925-1936 features dozens of strip maps for the highway between Kansas City and San Francisco.

Lincoln Highway Maps. A series of 17 strip maps published ca. 1925 by the Lincoln Highway Association.

Coming Soon: Route 40 Strip Maps. I am working on highly detailed online maps that show every nook and cranny of every single Route 40 alignment. I estimate the project will consist of almost 800-900 maps. The online version will feature watermarked low resolution images; I will also be offering a high resolution edition available on CD-ROMs.

Historic Maps

Here are some historic maps you may enjoy.

Braddock's Road. This is Middleton's map of Braddock's Road - the one most often seen in books and challenged by John Lacock (below)..

Braddock's Road. This is John Lacock's interpretation of Braddock's Road.

Boone's Lick Trail/ Santa Fe Trail. A 1912 map showing the route of the two trails.

Kansas 1918. This little gem shows the pre-BPR road system in the Sunflower State. Route 40 followed most of the Golden Belt Route.

Victory Highway ca. 1930. Shows the highway between Mulberry Grove, Illinois and Denver/Colorado Spring. Shows the Route 40N/40S alignments.

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