Lincoln National Memorial Highway

From the site of the Lincoln cabin on the Sangamon three miles south of here, to the Wabash River opposite Vincennes, the Lincoln National Memorial Highway follows substantially the route taken by the Lincoln family in their migration from Indiana ...

Traveling the Lincoln Highway

Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor

Carved out of a remote wilderness, McConnellsburg served the flood of travelers heading west in the late 18th century. Taverns, like the Fulton House, sprang up all along the packhorse trail from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh.

Whether by foot, ...

Lincoln Highway Delaware River

State Line

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Leb-Iron

Permanent

Guide Board

The Lincoln Highway Official

Guide Post Adopted A.D. 1917

Cast by

The Lebanon Machine Co

Lebanon NH

Patent applied for

Marker is at the intersection of ...

Western Terminus of the Lincoln Highway

You are standing at the western terminus of the Lincoln Highway, the first direct coast-to-coast highway from Times Square in New York City to Lincoln Park in San Francisco. It was conceived in 1912 by Carl Fisher (founder of the ...

The Lincoln Highway

The Lincoln Highway, a coast to coast all weather road from Times Square in New York to San Francisco’s Lincoln Park, was an idea whose birthday was the 10th of September 1912. This road which freed America from the clutches ...

Henry Bourne Joy and the Lincoln Highway

This monument commemorates the Lincoln Highway, America's first transcontinental automobile road, and Henry Bourne Joy, the first president of the Lincoln Highway Association (1913). Joy, also president of the Packard Motor Car Company, is sometimes called the father of the ...

The Lincoln Highway / The "Ideal Section"

The Lincoln Highway

United States' first transcontinental highway, constructed 1913-1928, from New York City to San Francisco. Dedicated to the memory of Abraham Lincoln. Conceived by Carl G. Fisher to encourage building "good roads." Sponsored by Lincoln Highway Association and supported ...

Lincoln Highway Marker

This is an original 1928 marker from the Lincoln Highway, the nation's first transcontinental road, which extended from Times Square in New York City to Lincoln Park in San Francisco. This segment of the highway, now known as the Avenue ...

The Lincoln Highway Meets the Superhighway

Nearly three centuries of transportation history can be found in Pennsylvania: native American paths to wagon trails, early canals and railroads, the Forbes and Burd Roads, and a string of ten other turnpikes. However, none were more important in the ...

Buffalo County’s Lincoln Highway Seedling Mile

The Lincoln Highway Association was founded in 1913 to promote a transcontinental automobile route from new York City to San Francisco. Dedicated on October 31, 1913, the route was marked by the letter “L” within red, white, and blue bands ...