Lincoln Highway
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The Lincoln Highway is a historic trans-continental highway that starts at Times Square in New York City and runs approximately west through the states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada and California; to Lincoln Park in San Francisco, California. It was made up of different roads linked together to create the first organized trans-continental auto trail in a time when the automobile was becoming more affordable, with more people traveling longer distances by car. The highway was dedicated as an early version of the Abraham Lincoln Memorial, predating the 1922 opening of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. The first officially recorded length of the entire Lincoln Highway in 1913 was 3,389 miles (5,454 km). Over the years, the road was improved and numerous realignments were made, and by 1924 the highway had been shortened to approximately 3,142 miles (5,057 km).
UnderstandThe Lincoln Highway (1913-1930) was the original transcontinental highway in the United States.
Get inThe Lincoln Highway begins and ends at the intersection of W 42nd St and Broadway at Times Square in New York City.
GoThe United States was one of the pioneers of rail travel.
RouteNote: A fully interactive free online map of the entire Lincoln Highway and all of its re-alignments, markers, monuments and points of interest can be viewed at the Lincoln Highway Association Official Map website.
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