The Lee Highway was a national auto trail in the United States, connecting New York City and San Francisco, California, via the South and Southwest. After receiving a letter on January 15, 1919, from Dr. Samuel Myrtle Johnson of Roswell, New Mexico, David Carlisle Humphreys of Lexington, Virginia, put out a call for a meeting in Roanoke, Virginia, to form a new national highway association. On December 3, 1919, five hundred men from five states met in Roanoke to officially form the Lee Highway Association. The auto trail was named after Robert E. Lee. From the memoirs of Katherine Johnson Balcomb (April 3, 1894 — February 2, 1980), published in The Balcomb Family Tree Book: Routing The route of the Lee Highway is now roughly designated by the following routes: US 1: New York to Washington, D.C. US 29: Key Bridge from Washington to Rosslyn, Virginia US 29: traversing Arlington County, Virginia, where it carries the name Langston Boulevard. In July 2021, the Arlington County Board voted to change the name from Lee Highway to Langston Boulevard, after John Mercer Langston, the first African American elected to Congress from Virginia. Installation of signs with the new name was reported to be near completion in October 2021. US 29: through Falls Church, Virginia, where it carries the names North Washington Street and South Washington Street. US 29: bearing the name Lee Highway in Fairfax County, Virginia, to its intersection with US 50/Arlington Boulevard in Fairfax City. US 29/US 50: bearing the name Fairfax Boulevard within Fairfax City, Virginia (formerly Lee Highway). US 29: bearing the name Lee Highway from the intersection with Main Street in Fairfax City to Warrenton, Virginia. US 211: Warrenton to New Market, Virginia US 11: New Market to Bristol, Virginia US 11W: Bristol to Knoxville, Tennessee US 11: Knoxville to Chattanooga, Tennessee US 72: Chattanooga to Corinth, Mississippi US 45, Corinth to Selmer, Tennessee US 64, Selmer to Memphis, Tennessee US 70, Memphis to Alamogordo, New Mexico US 54, Alamogordo to El Paso, Texas US 180, El Paso to Las Cruces, New Mexico US 70, Las Cruces to Globe, Arizona US 60, Globe to Phoenix, Arizona Arizona SR 85 (former US 80) and Old US 80, Phoenix to Gila Bend, Arizona I-8 (former US 80), Gila Bend to San Diego, California I-5 (former US 101), San Diego to Los Angeles, California US 101, Los Angeles to San