Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma (R) blasted federal funding for the Lincoln Highway Roadside Museum in Pennsylvania as an example of wasteful spending. Olga Herbert, executive director of the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, pointed out that the museum has had a positive economic benefit in the region, plus it was completed almost a decade ago.
Bill and Karen, of Lafontaine, Ontario, Canada, are blogging about their latest two-lane road trip adventure along the Lincoln Highway.
New “Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway” signs have now been installed all along the Lincoln Highway in Iowa.
The Illinois Lincoln Highway National Scenic Byway received a 2011 Scenic Byway Award for its “Interpretive Gazebos and Murals†project at the National Scenic Byways 2011 Conference in Minneapolis.
Harold de Bock, who lives in the Netherlands, is starting a trip riding a motorcycle across the Lincoln Highway from Indiana to Wyoming.
Vinton Today has written about the Iowa Lincoln Highway Motor Tour’s stop in Youngville. The uncredited music accompanying the slideshow at the bottom of the article is “Goin’ all the Way On the Lincoln Highway” by Buddy Nutt (thanks to Brian Butko).
Le Grand, Iowa celebrated its 12th Annual Pioneer Days festival, including the arrival of the Lincoln Highway Tour of classic cars.
The old Allis-Chambers factory, along the Lincoln Highway in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was remembered in an open house before being demolished for a new production facility.
An oil and gas exploration company plans to demolish a one-lane bridge on Smith Ferry Road, part of the Lincoln Highway, in Ohioville, Pennsylvania. The borough’s mayor and historical society hope it can be saved.
Mayor, historical society concerned about bridge, Katie Schwendeman, The Review (East Liverpool, Ohio), September 2, 2011
The Delphos Canal Commission has updated its display of the Lincoln Highway in its museum. As part of the update, it has added a model of Admiral Richard Byrd’s Snow Cruiser, which traveled the Lincoln Highway on its way to Antarctica.