Communities along U.S. 30 in Nebraska are working on various projects to prepare for celebrating the Lincoln Highway’s centennial in 2013.
- Sprucing up National Lincoln Highway for Centennial, North Platte (Neb.) Bulletin, February 3, 2010
Communities along U.S. 30 in Nebraska are working on various projects to prepare for celebrating the Lincoln Highway’s centennial in 2013.
RDG Planning and Design has created a 13-minute documentary on the Lincoln Highway called This Highway, Dedicated to Abraham Lincoln. It was produced in association with Harrison County Conservation for the Harrison County Historical Village and Welcome Center outside of Missouri Valley, Iowa.
Thanks to Sarah Uthoff for the tip!
The February 2012 issue of Smithsonian magazine has an article about the revival of Route 66, through preservation and tourism. (via Route 66 News on Twitter)
TruckeeDave writes about searching for Lincoln Highway concrete posts and the possibility of making his own.
On January 15, 1937, a contract was awarded to replace seven miles of the old Lincoln Highway, U.S. 30, in western Indiana with a new 4-lane highway. The contract price was $380,428, which is almost $6,000,000 in 2011 dollars.
Stunning public murals dot the cityscape in the Midtown and Downtown neighborhoods of Sacramento. One of the murals is on the Masonic Temple building near the Lincoln Highway.
The transportation bill introduced by Republicans in the House of Representatives on January 31 would eliminate the National Scenic Byways program.
Steve Haughey has uploaded maps of what would become the Lincoln Highway in California from the 1914 Hamilton’s Illustrated Auto Road Map, which you can think of as a combination of AAA TripTik strip maps and Google Street View. You can also buy large-format prints of the maps through Zazzle.
Just a reminder that you can follow the 2012 Lincoln Highway National Conference on Facebook for up-to-date information.
Bob Lichty, past president of the Lincoln Highway Association and former board member of the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, will be speaking at the National Packard Museum in Warren, Ohio on February 18, 2012 from 11:00 am to 12:00 noon, on The Lincoln Highway Revisited.
For more information on the National Packard Museum, visit its website at packardmuseum.org.