The King's Highway was a roughly 1,300-mile (2,100 km) road laid out from 1650 to 1735 in the American colonies. It was built on the order of Charles II of England, who directed his colonial governors to link Charleston, South Carolina, and Boston, Massachusetts.

The King's Highway was a trade route of vital importance in the ancient Near East, connecting Africa with Mesopotamia. It ran from Egypt across the Sinai Peninsula to Aqaba , then turned northward across Transjordan , to Damascus and the Euphrates River .

2017年6月1日 · The 1,300-mile (2,100 km) long King’s Highway was built from to 1650 to 1735 and connected Charleston, South Carolina to Boston, Massachusetts. It played a critical role in the ultimate independence of the United States from England even though it was ordered to be built by Charles II of England.

The King's Highway was an ancient trade and military route that began, in the north, at Damascus. It then traversed important cities such as Ashtaroth, Ramoth-gilead, Rabbah (modern Amman), Heshbon, Medeba, Dibon, Kir-hareseth and Bozrah before stretching further south to the Gulf of Aqaba port of Ezion-geber.

2019年11月28日 · Present day US 17 and US 1 both align closely to the original King’s Highway. Later known as the Coastal Highway of the southern states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, the highway has changed drastically since the early 18th century.

2019年12月27日 · The historic King's Highway road trip takes you through some of the oldest and most beautiful towns on America's East Coast.

Kings Highway (today U.S. Route 61), the trail following the Mississippi River northward from New Orleans, Louisiana, through New Madrid, Sikeston, Cape Girardeau, Perryville, and St. Louis, Missouri Historical roads

King’s Highway, ancient thoroughfare that connected Syria and the Gulf of Aqaba by way of what is now Jordan. Mentioned in the Old Testament, it is one of the world’s oldest continuously used communication routes.

2019年12月5日 · Travel the historic route ordered built by Charles II of England. The King's Highway was 1,300 miles long and still exists, at least in South Carolina.

2023年1月10日 · For millennia, merchants, pilgrims, warriors and kings travelled north to south through Jordan's central highlands, and this thoroughfare served as a vital artery connecting ancient kingdoms and...