Old Lincoln Highway near Council Bluffs, Iowa is once again a major thoroughfare: traffic has dramatically increased because of the flooding and closure of Interstate 29. Commutes are longer, and residents are concerned about people driving too fast along the road.
Summer 2011 California Chapter Meeting
Saturday, July 9
12:00 noon
Rockville Grill
4163 Suisun Valley Road (at Rockville Road)
Rockville, CA 94534
(707) 864-4325
Suisun Valley Road and Rockville Road are part of the 1928 Lincoln highway route from Sacramento to San Francisco.
The 2011 Conference Committee is sure to have great stories about the Lake Tahoe conference.
See you there!
Chet Dyreson is traveling across the United States in his motorized wheelchair to raise attention to spinal cord injuries. Much of his route has been along the Lincoln Highway. He left Perris, California on May 30, and expects to reach Washington, D.C. on Monday, the 4th of July.
To find out more and donate, visit his web sites:
More news:
The Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition has installed a mural in Maple Park, the next in a series of murals being installed along the Lincoln Highway across Illinois.
The operators of the Abe Lincoln Motel in Frankfort, Illinois and a nearby resident are concerned about the potential effects of the widening of U.S. 30, the Lincoln Highway, from two lanes to four between New Lenox and Frankfort.
Denny Gibson has a web site chronicling his trip from Ohio to San Francisco across the Lincoln Highway, including this year’s LHA conference in Lake Tahoe, complete with photographs.
Authorites in Pottawattamie County are asking bicyclists to avoid using the Old Lincoln Highway in Iowa between Council Bluffs and the Harrison County line. The narrow road has had an increased amount of traffic due to the flooding and closure of Interstate 29, which runs parallel to the old highway.
Shady Bend, once the site of a tourist camp, general store, and gas station in Grand Island, Nebraska, has reopened as a restaurant. It is attracting customers and visitors who remember its earlier days.
Thanks to the Grand Island Hall County Convention & Visitors Bureau for letting us know!
Cecelia Otto, a songwriter who is traversing the Lincoln Highway, has posted some of her photo highlights of the tours at this year’s LHA Annual Conference in South Lake Tahoe.
The future of Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge is potentially threatened by Southern Nevada Water Authority’s bid to pump water from the Snake Valley Aquifer, which feeds the springs, to Las Vegas. Fish Springs was an important stop along the Lincoln Highway.