Route information | ||||
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Length | 1,435.17 mi[1] (2,309.68 km) | |||
Existed | 1926[2]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | US 1 / US 17 in Jacksonville, FL | |||
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North end | I-75 at Mackinaw City, MI | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
States | Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan | |||
Highway system | ||||
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U.S. Route 23 or U.S. Highway 23 (US 23) is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway between Jacksonville, Florida, and Mackinaw City, Michigan. It is an original 1926 route which originally reached only as far south as Portsmouth, Ohio, and has since been extended. It was formerly part of the major highway known as the Dixie Highway. The highway's southern terminus is in Jacksonville, Florida, at US 1/US 17. The northern terminus is at Interstate 75 (I-75) in Mackinaw City, Michigan.