BANKHEAD HIGHWAY, a thoroughfare connecting Washington, D.C., with San Diego, Calif., is 3,45om. long. It takes its name from Senator Bankhead of Alabama who was long identified with the good roads movement, having at one time served as chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on post offices and post roads. This highway passes through the cotton-milling, textile and manufacturing cities of the New South, and includes points of interest along the Mexican boundary line. Richmond, Petersburg, Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis, Dallas, El Paso, Tucson and Phoenix are important cities along the route.