Lincoln Highway news in Pennsylvania

LHA PA Director Olga Herbert has been busy – read about her plans for the enhanced PA Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor HQ site, from the Pittsburgh Tribune Review:
http://xrl.us/6yrj

And the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor wins a 2007 Arthur St. Clair Historic Preservation Awards from the Westmoreland County Historical Society:
http://xrl.us/6ytm

Take a virtual drive on the Lincoln Highway care of PennDot – go to this site:
http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ividlog/video_locate.asp

• Accept at the disclaimer pager.
• Make sure pop-ups are allowed in your browser and the Google toolbar if you use it.
• Read the disclaimer and click on I Accept
• Select your connection speed
• At the 1st drop down, Pick a Search Site, select: PennDot Route
• At the 2nd drop town, Select County, select: Bedford
• At the last dropdown, Route, select 0030 Lincoln Hwy
• Then click Go

There is a FAQ page if you are having problems or want more info:
http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ividlog/ividlog_faq.htm

Brian Butko alerts us to the fact the Twin Hi-Ways Drive-In Movie theater, named for the Lincoln and William Penn Highways has reopened after 11 years:
http://www.twinhiwaydrivein.com/

And from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07193/801011-57.stm

Brian also sends us these stories:

• The LH bridge over Turtle Creek will be replaced
• Save-A-Landmark brings $20,000 shine to Shoe House
• An all terrain vehicle park (ATV) in Somerset County, PA attracts visitors as far away as Ohio, and has sparked new business in Reels Corner.

Roadtrippin’ Blog features Lancaster to Pittsburgh:
http://xrl.us/6xe9

Bernie and Esther Queneau were featured in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article in July, Mt. Lebanon man recalls eventful 1928 trip along Lincoln Highway. My favorite quote from Esther: “I got the ultimate Lincoln Highway collectible,” she says, “a 1928 Boy Scout.”:
http://xrl.us/6xhh

and at:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07207/804382-55.stm

Esther writes to let us know about the Big Mac museum on the LH, from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07268/819157-37.stm

Read more about it and check out some pics at the RoadsideAmerica.com site:
http://xrl.us/6xqb

Checkout the wonderful website for the ice cream parlor – the Franklin Fountain in downtown Pennsylvania:
http://www.franklinfountain.com/

Color snapshots of the Grandview Ship Hotel at Suzy’s bloomers Blog:
http://xrl.us/6yqp

“York Sunday News columnist Gordon Freireich recently gave an absorbing tour of the Lincoln Highway – Route 30 – in and around Abbottstown and New Oxford” at YorkTownSquare.com:
http://xrl.us/6ysc

Jalynn’s Window on Nature blog has some pics of the LH near Schellsburg – A Very Scenic Drive:
http://xrl.us/6ysr

Great Thai Food in Amish Country at the Lemon Grass, 2481 Lincoln Highway, Lancaster. Read the review at:
http://xrl.us/6yvu

[barbeque and Thai are my favorite road foods – both are usually at least good or better]