 Kingston Pike was paved with a hard surface in the early 1920s, reflecting the rise of automobile travel.By the end of World War II, Kingston Pike had been expanded to a four-lane road.From the 1920s until the late 1950s, Kingston Pike was known as the "Dixie Lee Highway," as it lay along a merged stretch of two cross-country auto-tourism routes— the Dixie Highway (which followed US 70 through the area) and the Lee Highway (which followed US 11).