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Originally Posted by woohog1
No I understand that Lee was on the loosing side, but what I am confused about is the refernce to hwy 50 being called Lee's Highway. How those two are connected is where I am confused.
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Many parts of Highway/Route 50 and Interstate 70 are also known as (or AKA)
Lee Highway. This is because these modern highways oftentimes overlap routes that Confederate General Robert E. Lee and his soldiers took on their way to and from major battles of the Civil War.