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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Lincoln Memorial Highway

The Lincoln Highway association, formed in 1913 to build a New York to San Francisco highway, sold “highway memberships” to raise funds for the project. In Nebraska the road, which traversed twelve states, extended westward from Iowa along the Platte ...

The Lincoln Highway

The Lincoln Highway, America's first trans-continental route, was officially opened in June, 1915, amid widespread local celebrations.

The highway (U.S. Route 30) originally entered the city's East End, but later alterations caused it to cross into East Liverpool via the ...

The Lincoln Highway

[ Map of The Lincoln Highway across the United States is at top of marker with the following text under it: ]

The Lincoln Highway was the first “Coast to Coast” road covering 3,389 miles across the USA. It ...

The Lincoln Highway - Gardiner Station Section

The Lincoln Highway Association was founded in 1913 to promote a coast-to-coast, toll- free automobile route. The Lincoln Highway, which followed existing roadways through thirteen states, was dedicated on October 31, 1913. The route was marked by the letter "L" ...