The state of Iowa has officially designated the Lincoln Highway as its first “historic byway.” It is currently posting about 1,000 signs across the state along the route.
On Friday, June 24, the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor is sponsoring a one-day bus tour along the Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania from Chambersburg to Columbia and back.
Plans are underway for the 14th annual Lincoln Highway Heritage Festival in Rochelle, Illinois, which will take place August 19–21. The festival includes family entertainment, arts and crafts, food, a parade, a car show, and much more.
The city of Tama, Iowa is hosting the 32nd Annual Lincoln Highway Bridge Festival this Friday and Saturday, May 20–21. The festival includes a parade, food, entertainment, family activities, a 5K run/walk, and more food.
Starting on Wednesday, May 11, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will be closing U.S. 50 (the southern branch of the Lincoln Highway) over Echo Summit near South Lake Tahoe for about two weeks, depending on weather. For two days before the closure, and for about six weeks Monday through noon Friday after the closure, U.S. 50 will have one-way controlled traffic.
This is to replace a short rock wall barrier, which does not meet modern safety standards.
New Lenox, Illinois is a recipient of a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. It will use that money to hire planners to help with planning the reconstruction of U.S. 30/Lincoln Highway through the village.
Jeff Blair’s walk across Indiana raised more than three times its fundraising goals for the Alzheimer’s Association and the Lincoln Highway Association: $16,000. Congratulations!
The Clarksville Region Historical Society hosts the fifth annual Clarksville Day in the ghost town of Clarksville, near El Dorado Hills, California, on Saturday, May 7, from 10 am to 3 pm. A classic car convoy will parade down the Lincoln Highway, and the Lincoln Highway Association will have a booth at the festival.
(Edited on May 6, 2011 to add a link to the Sacramento Bee article)
A historical marker commemorating a seedling mile of the Lincoln Highway was dedicated in Kearney, Nebraska on Sunday.
The city of Plymouth, Indiana has granted the Lincoln Highway Association permission to install a Lincoln Highway tourist information kiosk at the corner of Jefferson Street (Lincoln Highway) and Cleveland Street.