Shoppers found plenty of bargains along the Lincoln Highway Buy-Way this year, which stretched for 250 miles across five states.
- Bargains along the Buy-Way, Jami Kinton and Kimberly Gasuras, Bucyrus (Ohio) Telegraph-Forum, August 5, 2011
Author: Lincoln Highway Association
8/19: Rochelle, IL kicks off Lincoln Highway festival with ice cream social
The community of Rochelle, Illinois is invited to city hall on August 19 for an ice cream social, to kick off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Festival.
- City to host ice cream social, Rochelle (Ill.) News-Leader, August 8, 2011
Lincoln Highway murals welcomed in Kane County, IL
The Illinois communities of Geneva, St. Charles and Maple Park have welcomed the public art being installed by the Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition as part of its Interpretive Mural Project.
- Lincoln Highway thrives in Kane County, Dave Heun, Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Ill.), August 7, 2011
DeKalb, IL celebrates first phase of revitalized downtown
Re:New DeKalb celebrated the first phase of its revitalization efforts of downtown DeKalb, Illinois. This included improvements to the streetscape of the Lincoln Highway and other downtown streets. Next, a downtown parking lot will be improved, including decorative lighting fixtures made from previously salvaged light poles removed from the Lincoln Highway.
- Re:New DeKalb readies new focus on next phase, Caitlin Mullen, Daily Chronicle (DeKalb, Ill.), July 29, 2011
- DeKalb awards contract for 
parking lot improvements, Andrew Mitchell, Daily Chronicle (DeKalb, Ill.), August 10, 2011
Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor plans new center
The Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor in western Pennsylvania is finalizing plans for the location for a new Lincoln Highway Experience Center.
- Annual Summer in Ligonier Arts and Crafts fair held Saturday (scroll down to the story headlined “Great News Ahead”), Dawn Law, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, July 25, 2011
Gas station along Lincoln Highway was the edge of town
Riley’s Corner, the site of a gas station throughout the 1930s along Lincoln Way in Auburn, California, was for years considered the edge of town and the last place to get gasoline for the next 15 miles.
- Riley’s Station was last call for gas before Colfax, Al Albertazzi, Auburn (Calif.) Journal, July 24, 2011
Shelton, NE celebrates the Lincoln Highway
Shelton, Nebraska held its 14th annual Lincoln Highway Festival on July 24, featuring a car show, food, a wild west shooting, and the original brick surface of the old highway itself.
- Shelton Celebrates Its Stop Along The Lincoln Highway, Connie Weight, KHGI-TV, July 24, 2011
Building railroad bridges can take decades
Two cities along the Lincoln Highway have been trying to eliminate at-grade railroad crossings since the 1920s.
The Calumet Avenue grade separation in Munster, Indiana was first brought up in 1922. The city is finally hoping to start construction next year and finish in 2016. The project is about three miles north of the intersection of Calumet Avenue and the Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30).
- Major projects aim to eliminate congestion at Munster intersection, Lu Ann Franklin, The Times of Northwest Indiana (Munster, Ind.), July 25, 2011
- Idea for railroad overpass at Calumet 90 years in making, Lu Ann Franklin, The Times of Northwest Indiana (Munster, Ind.), July 24, 2011
In Mansfield, Ohio, bridges over and under the railroads allowed the Lincoln Highway to be rerouted through the city by 1924, but other railroad crossings have not been separated to this day.
- Move to eliminate grade crossings began in 1923, Virgil Stanfield, Mansfield (Ohio) News Journal, June 20, 1975 (republished July 31, 2011)
Reminiscing about US 11
Ted Landphair, reporter and essayist for Voice of America, reminisces about the old two-lane roads that used to dominate car travel in the United States. In particular, he talks about a route that is seldom mentioned: U.S. 11, which connects New Orleans with Rouses Point, New York.
- Riding the Old Roads — and Reminiscing, Ted Landphair, Voice of America, July 22, 2011
NJ-PA Lincoln Highway bridge turns 150
The Calhoun Street Bridge, linking Morrisville, Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey, turns 150 years old this year. The Lincoln Highway went over this bridge.
- Bridge route connecting Morrisville and Trenton turns 150, Gema Maria Duarte, Bucks County Courier Times (Levittown, Pa.), July 11, 2011
- Calhoun Street route between NJ – PA turns 150, Brian Butko, Lincoln Highway News, July 14, 2011