New Tours Highlight Lincoln Highway Across California
By Paul Gilger
Tour 4 • 1927-28 Central Valley Route
On this tour you will see:
- Old Sacramento
- the Tower Bridge
- the Yolo Causeway
- historic roadside architecture in Davis
- tree-lined Russell Boulevard
- the farmlands along Pedrick Road
- the town of Dixon
- Porter Road along the
Transcontinental Railroad
- historic downtown Vacaville and
Vacaville’s 1911 School Street Bridge
and park
- original highway alignments along
Cherry Glen Road
- the Solano County Courthouse in
Fairfield
- vistas along Rockville and Suisun
Valley Roads
- the entrance into Napa Valley on
Jameson Canyon Road
- historic Vallejo
- the 1927, 1958 and 2003 bridges at the
Carquinez Strait
- San Pablo Avenue through Rodeo and
Pinole
- the Berkeley Pier
- the Bay Bridge
- San Francisco’s Embarcadero, Hyde St.
Pier, Van Ness Avenue, and California
Street
- the westernmost extant 1928 marker
- the Lincoln Highway Terminus Marker
at Lincoln Park
The return trip to Sacramento will be on
Interstate 80.
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