United States Department of the Interior

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Lincoln Highway

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Special Resource Study / Environmental Assessment
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1. Dodge Street circa 1930 (Nebraska)

Dodge Street in Omaha attracted the Lincoln Highway in 1913 and numerous highway improvement projects such as this

1930s-era road widening and grade separation.

2. Lisbon (Ohio)

The early Lincoln Highway was the 'Main Street of America' bringing a sense of identity and connectivity to the small downtowns it passed through. Towns like Lisbon, Ohio, readily changed the name of their main street to 'Lincoln Way.'

3. Hotel Joliet (Illinois)

Widely advertised by motor guides and postcards, the Hotel Joliet benefited from its central location relative to four major

trunk routes that came to intersect in Joliet, Illinois; the Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30), U.S. 66, U.S. 52 and U.S. 6.

4. Wooster Motel (Ohio)

The Wooster Motel was one of many Lincoln Highway cabin courts that emerged on the new, lucrative commercial strip at

the edge of town. This was a considerably less formal setting catering to a growing number of road-weary middle class travelers looking to avoid the pomp, social scrutiny and expense of better apportioned hotels downtown.

5. Lincoln Highway Bridge (Iowa / Illinois)

Built in 1891, the Fulton and Lyons Bridge across the Mississippi River was one of the more significant pieces of infrastructure

inherited by the Lincoln Highway.

6. Toll Gate Rock (Wyoming)

Westward Lincoln Highway motorists charted their progress using familiar landmarks, such as Toll Gate Rock along the Green

River in Wyoming.

7. Turtle Creek (Pennsylvania)

The importance of clearly visible highway markings and all-weather paving are apparent in this c. 1920 view of the Lincoln

Highway near Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania.

8. Ferry Building (California)

In the early days, both ends of the early Lincoln Highway were supported by ferries. The Weehawken Ferry carried Lincoln

Highway travelers across the Hudson River from 42nd Street in New York City, and the San Francisco Bay ferries brought

Lincoln Highway travelers to the Ferry Building at the foot of Market Street for the last leg of the westbound trip to the Pacific

Ocean.

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Lincoln Highway

Special Resource Study

Environmental Assessment

National Park Service

U.S. Department of the Interior

May 2004
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

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n December of 2000, Congress directed the National Park Service (NPS) to evaluate the significance of

the Lincoln Highway and develop alternatives for preserving, interpreting, and using its remaining features (Public Law 106-563, shown in this study as Appendix A). In response, the NPS Midwest Regional

Office assembled an interdisciplinary team and began this Special Resource Study (SRS). Throughout the

course of this project, the public was kept informed through mailings, newsletters, a website, and a series

of public meetings across the country.

This Special Resource Study assesses whether a resource should be added to the national park system. The

process for making this determination involves four steps:

 Determining if the resource(s) is/are nationally significant;

 Assessing the suitability of the resource(s) for inclusion;

 Establishing that its inclusion would be feasible, and

 Determining if there is a need for NPS management.

NPS Management Policies 2001 (Section 1.3.1) states that a resource will be considered nationally significant if, after study by NPS professionals in consultation with subject matter experts, scholars, and scientists, the resource meets the following criteria: 

 It is an outstanding example of a particular type of resource,

 It possesses exceptional value or quality in illustrating or interpreting the natural or cultural themes

of our nation s heritage (this criterion is evaluated by applying the national historic landmarks (NHL)

process),

 It offers superlative opportunities for public enjoyment or for scientific study, and

 It retains a high degree of integrity as a true, accurate, and relatively unspoiled example of a

resource.

This study concluded that the Lincoln Highway s significance is reflected in three of these four criteria. It is

an outstanding example of a particular type of resource; it possesses exceptional value or quality in illustrating or interpreting the natural or cultural themes of our nation s heritage; and it offers superlative

opportunities for public enjoyment or for scientific study. However, because a variety of road and roadside

resources contribute to the significance of the Lincoln Highway, it would be important for a wide cross

section of those resources to be present throughout the corridor, nationally, at a density that would

approximate the highway s appearance during its period of significance in order for the entire highway to

retain integrity. Unfortunately, there are large stretches of this corridor that retain only one or two features to remind today s travelers of the history of the road. Along many stretches, there are no such features.

As a whole, the Lincoln Highway does not retain a high degree of integrity as a true, accurate, and relatively unspoiled example of a resource. Because of this, the study team concluded that the highway does

not meet all of the significance criteria for inclusion in the national park system. Therefore, neither analysis of the suitability and feasibility of managing the Lincoln Highway as a unit of the system nor an assessment of whether or not direct NPS management would be necessary is included in this study.

Four management alternatives that do not involve inclusion in the National Park System are described in

this study. As required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), one of these alternatives involves

no new action.

Under the first alternative, the preferred alternative, either a new nonprofit organization would be established or an existing organization would be enhanced in order to coordinate a program to commemorate, preserve, and interpret the Lincoln Highway. The National Park Service would offer financial and

technical support to this organization. The program would include comprehensive planning, certified

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interpretive sites (or CISs ), uniform signs, an information clearinghouse, and the development of a website offering personalized travel itineraries. A matching grant program prioritizing preservation efforts

would also be part of the program.

In addition to providing financial and technical support, the role of the National Park Service in the program would involve encouraging the inclusion of Lincoln Highway resources in existing federal programs

that influence the preservation and interpretation of historic roads. This alternative is also the environmentally-preferred alternative.

Under the second alternative, a series of discovery hubs and certified interpretive sites that would introduce visitors to the Lincoln Highway would be developed by encouraging state-based programming and

local interpretive efforts. The National Park Service would provide a set amount of matching funds per

state for the establishment of hubs to be located in an existing highway resource. Certified interpretive

sites would be identified throughout each state. Personalized travel itineraries would be available to the

general public through a website. This alternative would have an impact at state hubs (a minimum of one

hub in each Lincoln Highway state), at CISs and, potentially, along the entire route due to personalized

itineraries.

Under the third alternative, a collection of locally initiated coalitions would be developed. These coalitions

would consist of multiple segments of the Lincoln Highway and associated resources. Although there

would be at least one coalition per region, together, the coalitions would make up one national heritage

corridor. Within each segment of the corridor, local groups (such as businesses, nonprofit organizations, or

units of local government) would take actions to protect, preserve, and promote the role that segment

played in the national Lincoln Highway story. Each segment would pursue an action agenda developed as

part of the national management plan for the heritage highway as a whole.

Existing means of protecting historic roads are discussed in this document to provide some context for the

proposed management alternatives. The largest federal investment in protecting historic roads for public

enjoyment to date comes for the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT). The U.S. DOT, together

with the state departments of transportation for each of the fourteen Lincoln Highway states, manages

two programs that have provided some funding to preserve resources of the highway the National

Scenic Byway Program and the Transportation Enhancements program. Lincoln Highway resources have

benefited from $6.5 million of funding from these programs over the past ten years. The new management alternatives described above would range in cost from $6.6 to $9.3 million over ten years, for a

total of $12.4 to $15 million over ten years when this DOT funding is taken into account.

The Environmental Assessment for this study was based on assumptions of projects that could reasonably

be expected to be implemented under each alternative. Because this study considers the best ways, on a

programmatic, conceptual level, to commemorate, preserve, and interpret the Lincoln Highway nationwide, it does not propose specific actions at any given site. Until specific sites are selected and the parameters of projects are known, it is not possible to meaningfully analyze the impacts associated with the

project. When impacts vary significantly at individual sites, they were not considered in this environmental

assessment; rather, they were dismissed from further analysis due to the programmatic nature of this

study.

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Executive Summary iii

Chapter One: Introduction and Study Process 1

Chapter Two: History of the Lincoln Highway 3

Resource Description 5

New York 5

New Jersey 6

Pennsylvania 7

West Virginia 9

Ohio 10

Indiana 11

Illinois 12

Iowa 13

Nebraska 15

Colorado 16

Wyoming 17

Utah 19

Nevada 20

California 23

Chapter Three: Current Context of Lincoln Highway 25

Elements of the Corridor 25

Ownership and Land Use 25

Existing Impacts and Threats 26

Interest and Support 26

Potential for Public Enjoyment 27

Chapter Four: Evaluation of National Significance 29

Criteria for National Significance 29

Lincoln Highway Period of Significance 29

Evaluation of Lincoln Highway Using Significance Criteria 30

Outstanding Example 30

Exceptional Value or Quality 31

Opportunities for Public Enjoyment 36

Integrity as a True, Accurate, and Relatively Unspoiled Example 36

Chapter Five: Management Alternatives 39

Existing Means of Protecting Historic Roads for Public Enjoyment 39

Historic Roads and the National Park Service 39

Historic Roads and Other Federal Agencies and Programs 41

Historic Roads and State Government Programs 43

Historic Roads in Local Government and Nonprofit Programs 44

Management Alternatives Considered and Analyzed 45

Alternative 1: National Lincoln Highway Program (preferred alternative) 45

Alternative 2: Lincoln Highway Touring and Discovery 46

Alternative 3: Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor 47

Alternative 4: No New Federal Action (no-action alternative) 48

Cost and Benefit Analyses 49

Benefits 49

Costs 50

Cost/Benefit Ratios 51

Environmentally Preferred Alternative 51

Management Alternatives Considered but Eliminated from Further Study 53

National Park Unit, the Lincoln Highway National Historic Site 53

Lincoln Highway National Historic Highway 54

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Contents
Chapter Six: Environmental Assessment 55

Purpose 55

Need 55

Public Involvement, Issues, and Impact Topics 56

Summary of Issues Raised 56

Issues Considered But Dismissed 56

Impact Topics 58

Afffected Environment 58

Historic and Archeological Properties 58

Wetlands and Floodplains 59

Ecologically Critical Areas, Wild and Scenic Rivers, and Other Unique Natural Resources 59

Air Quality 60

Visitor Experience; Public Health and Safety 61

Socially or Economically-Disadvantaged Populations 61

Environmental Consequences 61

Methodology 61

Consequences Common to Multiple Alternatives 62

Alternative 1: National Lincoln Highway Program (preferred alternative) 63

Alternative 2: Lincoln Highway Touring and Discovery 66

Alternative 3: Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor 67

Alternative 4: No New Federal Action (no-action alternative) 69

Summary of Impacts 71

Appendixes 73

Appendix A: Legislation 73

Appendix B: Federal Lands and the Lincoln Highway 74

Appendix C: Lincoln Highway Resources in the National Register of Historic Places 75

Appendix D: Summary of Reconnaissance Survey Results 78

Appendix E: Detailed Explanation of Cost/Benefit Analysis 126

Appendix F: Summary of Public Involvement 129

Appendix G: List of Study Team Members 131

Maps

Lincoln Highway Route 1, 3. 25. 29, 39, 55

New York - New Jersey 5

Pennsylvania 7

West Virginia 9

Ohio 10

Central Ohio 10

Indiana 11

Illinois 12

Iowa 13

Nebraska 15

Colorado 16

Wyoming 17

Utah 19

Nevada 21

California 22

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n December of 2000, Congress

directed the National Park Service

(NPS) to evaluate the significance

of the Lincoln Highway and develop

alternatives for preserving, interpreting,

and using its remaining features (Public

Law 106-563, shown in this study as

Appendix A).

Established in 1913 as the idea of businessmen in the automobile industry,

the Lincoln Highway was one of

America's first transcontinental automobile roads. The highway, which

began in New York City and ended in

San Francisco, played an important

role in the development of the automobile's influence on the way of life in

20th century America.

In response to Public Law 106-563, the

National Park Service's Midwest

Regional Office assembled an interdisciplinary team and began a special

resource study (SRS). The National

Park Service uses special resource

studies to assess whether a resource

should be added to the national park

system or whether another management option is more appropriate. The

SRS process involves five steps, typically carried out by an NPS study team.

The five steps are as follows:

1. Determine if the resource(s) is/are

nationally significant. National significance for cultural resources is

evaluated by applying the National

Historic Landmarks process.

2. Assess the suitability of the resource(s)

for inclusion in the national park system. An area is considered suitable if

it represents a resource type that is

not already adequately represented

in the system or is not comparably

represented and protected for public

enjoyment by other federal agencies;

tribal, state, or local government; or

the private sector.

3. Establish that its inclusion is feasible.

Feasibility evaluations involve considering factors such as size and configuration, current and potential

impacts on the resource, and cost of

administration.

4. Determine if there is a need for NPS

management.

5. Develop a range of potential management alternatives.

A year before this study was authorized, the National Park Service conducted a preliminary study of the

Lincoln Highway. This earlier study,

directed by Congress in July 1999,

resulted in two documents, the

National Lincoln Highway Historic and

Cultural Resource Guide and the

National Lincoln Highway Route

Viewer1. The Resource Guide describes

Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment 1

1These documents are available through the NPS website for this study - www.nps.gov/mwro/lincolnhighway or through www.iup.edu/geography/faculty/patrick. 

Top: Jean Bonnet Tavern in

Bedford County, Pennsylvania.

Built in 1767 and given new life

with the arrival of Lincoln

Highway traffic in the early 20th

century

Above: A Model A on a 1920 brick

section of the Lincoln Highway in

Elkhorn, Nebraska.

Chapter One

Introduction and Study Process
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in detail the history and historical geography of the highway on a national

scale and state by state. This guide also

lists existing important Lincoln

Highway properties, including those in

the National Register of Historic

Places, along with contacts for each

state. The National Lincoln Highway

Route Viewer contains mapping data on

a set of CD-ROMS. These two documents were developed collaboratively

by the National Park Service, Indiana

University of Pennsylvania, the Lincoln

Highway Association, and the State

Historic Preservation Offices for each

state along the highway. The information collected during the Historic

American Buildings Survey/Historic

American Engineering Record

(HABS/HAER) study of the Lincoln

Highway in Pennsylvania in summer

1999 contributed to this work as well.

These documents provided valuable

background to the special resource

study team throughout the study

process.

A reconnaissance-level field survey was

conducted in the summer of 2002 as

part of this Special Resource Study. That

survey identified 1,500 properties that

contribute to the significance of the

Lincoln Highway. The survey results

are detailed in this Appendix D of this

document. This reconnaissance survey

helped the study team develop five preliminary management alternatives in

the fall of 2002. Those management

alternatives were summarized in a

newsletter distributed in the winter of

2002/2003 and presented at 14 public

meetings held across the country at

300-500 mile intervals along the highway. Local community organizations —

chapters of the Lincoln Highway

Association, State Historic Preservation

Offices, local historical societies, chambers of commerce, and tourism promotion agencies — reserved spaces for

these meetings and announced them

locally. Altogether, these meetings were

attended by 600 people. A total of 900

comments about the preliminary alternatives were received at the meetings

and by mail, fax, and a dedicated e-mail

site.

The study team then revised the five

preliminary alternatives, taking the

comments into consideration. Public

comments and a decision-making

model called "Choosing by

Advantages" (CBA) led the team to

develop the four alternatives described

in this draft. The CBA process is

described in chapter five, which also

contains cost estimates for the alternatives. Finally, the environmental

impacts of each alternative were

assessed; those impacts are described

in chapter six.
Established in 1913, the Lincoln

Highway was one of America's

first transcontinental automobile

roads. Beginning at Times Square in

New York City and ending at the Palace

of the Legion of Honor in San

Francisco, the Lincoln Highway played

an important role in the development

of the automobile's influence on the

way of life in 20th century America.

The Lincoln Highway began as the idea

of Carl Fisher, the founder of the PrestO-Lite company, which made headlights for gasoline-powered automobiles.

Fisher launched the idea of the Lincoln

Highway as a way to make America

accessible to the growing number of

automobile owners. With the help of

other visionary leaders in the early

automotive industry, chiefly Henry Joy

of Packard Motor Car Company and

Frank Sieberling of Goodyear Tire and

Rubber Company, Fisher formed the

Lincoln Highway Association (LHA) in

1913 with the goal of building a continuous improved road across the country. Fisher initially called his idea the

"Coast to Coast Rock Highway", but at

the urging of Henry Joy, the name of

the road was later changed to the

Lincoln Highway in honor of President

Abraham Lincoln.

The motivations of the men who

formed the LHA were varied and

included the sense that the nation desperately needed better roads, the desire

to build an appropriate memorial to the

fallen President, and the desire to grow

their automotive businesses. The formation of the LHA inaugurated a partnership between the auto products

industry and road development in

America. The innovative marketing

campaign conducted by the LHA successfully created a cultural identity for

the highway unmatched by any other

road of that era.

Americans readily viewed the Lincoln

Highway as the modern equivalent of

the Oregon Trail or the transcontinental railroad, facilitating long distance

travel and exploration at one's own

pace. The Lincoln Highway represents

the American landscape in transition

between the dominance of the railroad

and the emergence of the automobile

as the predominant method of travel

and transportation.

The importance politicians placed on

the road's location illustrates the prestige associated with this premiere

transcontinental highway. At its inception, the LHA had to decide whether

the highway's location was going to be

determined by the lay of the land and

pre-existing settlement patterns, or by

politicians, all the while realizing that

public road projects could not be

undertaken without political support.

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Chapter Two

History of the Lincoln Highway

Top: The 1930 Lancaster-York

Intercounty Bridge over the

Susquehanna River.

Above: A detail of the Ideal

Section Memorial in Dyer, Indiana.
The Lincoln Highway's short-lived

Colorado Loop is an early representative example of the two frequently

opposing paradigms that have shaped

the evolution of American highways:

politics and geography.

On the very day the LHA was formed

in Detroit, July 1, 1913, Carl Fisher led

an entourage out of Indianapolis to

reconnoiter a route to the Pacific

Coast. The entourage headed west

through southern Illinois, Missouri,

Kansas, and Colorado, crossing the

Rocky Mountains via Berthoud Pass

before following the Grand River

Valley into Utah and crossing south

central Nevada to Bishop, California.

The Hoosier Motor Club and the

Indiana Automobile Manufacturers

Association sponsored this expedition.

Carl Fisher insisted that the route taken

was not necessarily going to be the

route of his proposed coast-to-coast

Lincoln Highway, but the states, towns,

and politicians along the way worked

to put their best road forward just in

case. Nevada spent $25,000 in road

improvements in preparation for the

Hoosiers. The people of Price, Utah,

showed their enthusiasm by taking a

holiday to construct a road through the

canyon east of town. Colorado rebuilt

60 miles of road through Berthoud

Pass and rushed the completion of 30

new concrete bridges along the route.

The delegation was wooed, wined, and

dined along the entire route, being the

guests of honor at banquets, luncheons, and celebrations every day, and

on more than one occasion they were

supplied with free gasoline. High-ranking officials - including the governors

of Illinois, Kansas, Colorado, Utah,

Nevada, and California - turned out to

stump for their states.

For the Hoosiers and the nascent LHA,

the 34-day good roads tour was a stunning success. All 19 vehicles completed

the trip, and the western governors

agreed to meet in Colorado Springs,

Colorado, on August 26 to hear the

LHA's verdict as to the location of the

highway. After being two of the greatest

political supporters of the Hoosier

Tour, Colorado Governor E. M.

Ammons and Kansas Governor

Hodges were understandably disappointed when they discovered that

Colorado and Kansas would be the

only two states of those represented at

the meeting that would not be on the

map of the Lincoln Highway.

Geography won, or so it seemed, in

preselecting a route that would follow

in the footsteps of the pioneers along

Nebraska's Platte River Valley and over

the Rockies via the open plateaus and

basins of Wyoming. The LHA's

"Proclamation of the Route of the

Lincoln Highway" listing the towns

through which the highway would pass

was issued only a few weeks after this

expedition was completed. That

proclamation route did include

Colorado, but as a deviation via an

optional loop rather than as part of the

highway's main, more direct route.

The period of significance for the

Lincoln Highway begins in 1913, the

year the LHA was formed, and concludes in 1956, with the passage of the

Federal Aid Highway Act. Nationally

significant events during those years

include the first Army Transcontinental

Motor Convoy in the summer of 1919

and the official marking of the route in

1928, when Boy Scout troops across

the country placed 3,000 concrete

markers bearing the Lincoln Highway

logo (an "L" in a rectangular graphic

emblazoned in red, white, and blue), a

bronze medallion of President Lincoln,

and a blue directional arrow along the

length of the highway.

The Lincoln Highway, although not the

only transcontinental route across the

nation during the early part of the 20th

century, was the best known. Other

named highways contemporaneous to

the Lincoln also achieved transcontinental status - the Theodore Roosevelt

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International Highway (Portland, ME,

to Portland, OR), the Yellowstone Trail

(Plymouth Rock, MA, to Puget Sound,

WA), the Pikes Peak Ocean-to-Ocean

Highway (New York, NY, to Los

Angeles, CA) and the National Old

Trails Road (Baltimore, MD, to Los

Angeles, CA).

When the American Association of

State Highway Officials (AASHO) and

the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads undertook the task of identifying and marking a national system of interstate highways in 1925 and 1926, the goal of the

road system changed from simply

crossing the continent to facilitating

travel via integrated major roads

throughout the nation. At that time, the

named routes often overlapped and

were poorly routed. AASHO and the

Bureau of Public Roads aimed to

change this by creating a nationwide

grid of numbered routes. These routes

were nine major east-west transcontinental trunk routes - U.S. Highways 2,

20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, and 90. The

Lincoln Highway became part of the

new numbering system as U.S. 30 for

most of its route.

However, for 30 more years much of

U.S. 30 retained its popular identity as

the Lincoln Highway. It wasn't until

1956, with the passage of the Federal

Aid Highway Act and the development

of the modern interstate system that

the identity of the Lincoln Highway

declined significantly. For this reason,

1956 marks the end of the Lincoln

Highway's period of significance.

RESOURCE DESCRIPTION

The Lincoln Highway stretches across

the United States from Times Square in

New York City to the Palace of the

Legion of Honor in San Francisco. The

Lincoln Highway began as a miscellaneous collection of downtown streets,

country lanes, and old trails marked

with the highway's logo. Today, the corridor of the Lincoln Highway approximates sections of the present day U.S.

and state highway system: U.S. 1, 30, 40,

50, and Interstate 80 traversing New

York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West

Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa,

Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada,

and California. Early in its history, the

Lincoln Highway was also routed

through the northeastern corner of

Colorado before bypassing that state in

favor of a more direct route from

Nebraska into Wyoming.

The following state-by-state descriptions of the Lincoln Highway were

derived from The Lincoln Highway

Resource Guide developed for the

National Park Service, National

Register of Historic Places by Dr. Kevin

Patrick and Robert Wilson of Indiana

University of Pennsylvania (August

2002).

New York

Of all the states the Lincoln Highway

passed through, New York has the

smallest segment. Starting at Times

Square, the Lincoln Highway extended

west along 42nd Street for barely a mile

to the New Jersey-bound Weehawken

Ferry across the Hudson River. The

Times Square terminus was purely ceremonial. Before the LHA even determined what states the great road would

go through, it knew that America's premier metropolis would anchor its eastern end. In 1913 not even the railroads

were truly transcontinental; they broke

at Chicago or Saint Louis or New

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Orleans. For something as ambitious as

the first cross-country automobile

road, there needed to be a noteworthy

beginning. Times Square, aptly nicknamed "The Crossroads of the World,"

seemed appropriate.

Rising from a triangular lot bounded by

Broadway, Seventh, and 42nd Street,

the Times Building was the monumental eastern anchor to the Lincoln

Highway. Although very few long-distance Lincoln Highway travelers actually started their journey at Times

Square, no other corner in the country

would have carried as much symbolism

as its ceremonial starting point. Times

Square was generally thought of as the

beginning, rather than the end, of the

Lincoln Highway; the Pacific Ocean,

the final destination.

New Jersey

The alignment of the Lincoln Highway

in New Jersey was in part the product

of geography beyond New Jersey. The

Appalachian Mountains were the first

barrier confronted by the Lincoln

Highway west of New York City. Where

the LHA decided to cross them would

determine its general route in the adjacent states. River valleys through

upstate New York formed a popular

lowland route west with reliable

accommodations in cities like Albany,

Syracuse, and Buffalo. This was the

route taken by Emily Post in 1915 for

her book By Motor to the Golden Gate,

but rejected by the LHA in favor of a

shorter road through the mountains of

Pennsylvania. That meant it first had to

cross New Jersey.

Lincoln Highway travelers took the

Weehawken Ferry across the Hudson

River into New Jersey. The Weehawken

Ferry was part of the new Central

Railroad's extensive waterfront rail

yard that sprawled along the Jersey

shore of the river, hemmed in by the

high cliffs of the Palisades. West from

the ferry, the Lincoln Highway followed the twisting curves of Pershing

Road to the top of the palisades and

into the densely settled neighborhoods

of what is now Union City. Avoiding

the congested and commercial

Bergenline Avenue, the Lincoln

Highway was routed south into Jersey

City along Hudson Boulevard. Hudson

Boulevard was inspired by the "City

Beautiful" Movement, which promoted

the improvement of urban centers with

such elements as broad, landscaped

carriageways, parks, and lighting. Since

renamed John F. Kennedy Boulevard,

Hudson Boulevard, typical of "City

Beautiful" parkways, was designed for

pleasure but soon usurped by the

demands of the automobile. It was

exactly the kind of road the Lincoln

Highway and its recreational drivers

sought for the pleasurable driving

experience it offered.

The Lincoln Highway predates Jersey

City's commercial center around

Journal Square, which emerged as the

Jersey City equivalent of Times Square

in the 1920s. Turning west off Bergen

Hill, the Lincoln Highway crossed the

Meadowlands to Newark over the only

Hudson County road that still carries

that name today. The Lincoln Highway

passed through Newark's "Four

Corners," at Broad and Market streets,

at the time said to be the "third busiest

traffic center in the United States." By

1924, the Lincoln Highway had been

rerouted around Four Corners via

Jackson and Lafayette streets.

Between Elizabeth and Trenton, the

Lincoln Highway was laid out through

New Brunswick and Princeton along a

road that had been in use since the

17th century. The original Native

American footpath leading into the forest from the Dutch settlements near the

Hudson River was blazed with tree

markings. The path followed the high

ground at the edge of the Piedmont

between Elizabethtown and the Falls of

the Delaware. By the early 18th century, it was known as the Upper Road.

After 1717, the Upper Road was

improved as a major "King's Highway."

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It became part of the intercolonial post

road and one of the most heavily traveled stagecoach routes in the American

colonies.

The importance of the Kings Highway

was due to its alignment across the

"waist" of New Jersey between

Philadelphia and New York, the first

and second largest cities on the continent. Positioned along the Fall Line

edge of Piedmont, it also crossed

streams above their wider, swampybanked tidal reaches, linking sites with

industrial water power potential. The

King's Highway was still New Jersey's

most heavily traveled trans-state road

when the Lincoln Highway arrived in

1913. While the location of the Lincoln

Highway had yet to be stabilized in

Utah, New Jersey was paving its section with concrete. By 1922, the entire

route was surfaced as city streets,

either in concrete, or in concrete with

a bituminous macadam surface.

Before the decade was over, New

Jersey would go from improving the

Lincoln Highway to replacing it with a

new alignment that became U.S.

Highway 1. The new alignment would

include innovative engineering designs

like Elizabeth's Bayway Circle, the first

cloverleaf interchange, built outside

Woodbridge in 1928, and the Pulaski

Skyway, part of a four-lane expressway

constructed in 1932 from the Holland

Tunnel and across the Meadowlands,

which functioned as a bypass around

the downtown areas of Jersey City and

Newark.

The LHA's 1913 Proclamation Route

listed Camden as the next Lincoln

Highway town beyond Trenton. Soon

afterward, Camden was dropped from

the Lincoln Highway before the route

was fully recognized, and despite

extensive review of historic maps, its

location is still unclear today. The route

chosen crossed the Delaware River

over Trenton's Calhoun Street Bridge, a

toll-taking, multiple span through truss

built in 1884. By 1924, however, the

Lincoln Highway was rerouted along

Warren Street to the Lower Trenton

"Free" Bridge. The Lower Trenton

Bridge was replaced in 1929 by the current through truss span, commonly

known as the "Trenton Makes" Bridge.

This nickname is taken from the large

neon sign that hangs from the bridge's

trusses to call attention to the strength

of the manufacturing industry in that

city - "Trenton Makes, the World

Takes."

Pennsylvania

The geography of the Appalachian

Mountains was the overriding characteristic determining the location of the

Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania.

There were three major transAppalachian transportation corridors

between the large cities of the Atlantic

seaboard and the Midwest, but the one

across southern Pennsylvania was by

far the closest fit to a direct line drawn

between New York City and San

Francisco. Once decided, the

Appalachian crossing fixed the route

for the entire eastern United States,

predetermining the highway's course

from New York to Philadelphia and

from Pittsburgh to metropolitan

Chicago.

Between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh,

the Lincoln Highway followed a historic assemblage of overland routes.

These routes had been laid out toward

the Appalachians and then across them

with the westward moving frontier. By

including Camden, NJ in the 1913

Proclamation Route, the LHA officials

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This Bedford, Pennsylvania, Coffee

Pot, an example of whimsical roadside architecture served, appropriately, as a coffee shop for decades

after it’s opening in the late 1920s.

By 2003, this building was at risk of

destruction. The Pennsylvania

Lincoln Highway Heritage

Corridor successfully worked with

other historic preservation groups

to save the Coffee Pot by moving it

125 yards to the Bedford County

Fairgrounds, where it will be

restored.
implied that the Lincoln Highway

would enter Pennsylvania at

Philadelphia over the Market Street

Ferry on the Delaware River. Avoiding

this ferry probably was one of the reasons that the Lincoln Highway

Association soon opted for Delaware

River crossing at Trenton via the

Calhoun Street Bridge and then the

Lower Trenton "Free" Bridge after

1920.

In addition, a Lincoln Highway routing

through Pennsylvania's lower Bucks

County would position the Lincoln

Highway to take advantage of

Philadelphia's new Northeast

Boulevard. Like Hudson Boulevard in

New Jersey, Philadelphia's Boulevard

(renamed after Teddy Roosevelt in the

1920s) was a "City Beautiful"-inspired

thoroughfare that would soon be transformed into a major traffic arterial. A

third of the Boulevard was already

complete by 1913. By 1921, it was finished to the Bucks County line. The

Lincoln Highway alignment between

Trenton and Philadelphia via Roosevelt

Boulevard made all other competing

roads obsolete. This alignment was

attributed to the emergence of an

"automobile row" of showrooms,

garages, and filling stations along North

Broad Street. This route was marked as

part of U.S. 1 after 1925. From

Philadelphia west to Wyoming, most of

the Lincoln Highway was concurrent

with U.S. 30, which extended from

Atlantic City, NJ, to Astoria, OR.

Between Philadelphia and Lancaster,

the Lincoln Highway followed the

Lancaster Pike. When Lancaster Pike

was completed in 1795 as one of

America's first toll roads, it connected

the largest city on the continent with

the largest inland city in America. The

crushed stone macadam surface that

was state-of-the-art in the early 19th

century would still be covering

Lancaster Pike in the early 20th century, and the tolls would stand until six

years after its absorption by the

Lincoln Highway.

In the days of the Conestoga wagon,

Lancaster Pike was part of a transAppalachian emigrant trail known as

the Pennsylvania Road, which rivaled

the more famous National Road. The

Pennsylvania Road, which had become

a turnpike from Philadelphia to

Pittsburgh by 1818, angled northwest

from Lancaster to Harrisburg, then

southwest to Chambersburg before

turning west to cross the mountains.

Over time, a more direct line of turnpikes was constructed between

Lancaster and Chambersburg via York

and Gettysburg. It was this shorter

alignment that captured the Lincoln

Highway in 1913, supported by the

added historic attraction of Gettysburg.

Originally, the Lincoln Highway

crossed the Susquehanna River over a

mile-long through truss shared by the

trains of a Pennsylvania Railroad

branch line. The Lancaster-York

Intercounty Bridge that replaced it in

1930 held the record as the longest

reinforced concrete arch bridge in the

world. West of Gettysburg, the Lincoln

Highway crossed South Mountain, the

modest northern extension of the Blue

Ridge, and into the Cumberland Valley.

Westbound motorists were confronted

with their first stiff climb at Tuscarora

Mountain west of Fort Loudon. The

Lincoln Highway west from Fort

Loudon passes through

McConnellsburg, Bedford, Ligonier,

and Greensburg to Pittsburgh. This

route began as a French and Indian

War military trace road completed in

1758. It was later rebuilt as the

Pennsylvania Road and improved as

the Pittsburgh-Philadelphia Turnpike

(actually five separate end-to-end

pikes) by 1818. It was this road that

became part of the Lincoln Highway in

1913.

East of Pittsburgh the Lincoln Highway

crossed the Turtle Creek Valley over

the massive George Westinghouse

Bridge, the world's largest reinforced

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The steep ridges of the

Appalachian Highlands presented

a challenge to the fragile automobiles of early Lincoln Highway

travelers, creating a unique opportunity to entrepreneurs who set up

ridgetop, one-stop service centers

for motorists struggling to cross

the mountains. The most famous

of these ridgetop one-stops was the

SS Grandview, opened as a shipshaped hotel perched atop

Allegheny Ridge in 1932. This

important roadside resource no

longer stands, having succumbed

to a fire in November 2001.
concrete arch span. Although its 1931

opening came after the dissolution of

the Lincoln Highway Association, it

was still praised in the LHA's official

history (published in 1935) as epitomizing the progressive spirit of the

Lincoln Highway; "Until this bridge

was constructed, Turtle Creek presented the most crowded bottle neck on

the Lincoln Highway . . . The new route

saves its users $1,500,000 a year. This

work is directly attributable to John S.

Fisher, Lincoln Highway State Consul

and Governor of Pennsylvania during

the period of construction."

Like Broad Street in Philadelphia, the

Lincoln Highway in Pittsburgh encouraged the development of an automobile

row along Baum Boulevard. It also

gained access to the Golden Triangle

downtown via the "City Beautiful"-

inspired Grant (later Bigelow)

Boulevard. After Boulevard of the

Allies was opened in 1920 as a second

thoroughfare extending eastward from

downtown, the LHA signed it as part of

a less congested alternate route.

West from Pittsburgh, the original

Lincoln Highway passed through 25

miles of crowded railroad suburbs and

river towns along the north bank of the

Ohio River to Beaver and then swung

inland along the Tuscarawas Road (universally decried as the worst stretch of

Lincoln Highway in the state) to the

state border at East Liverpool, Ohio.

This unsatisfactory routing stimulated

the LHA consuls in Pennsylvania to

push for a brand new road to be built

as the Lincoln Highway south of the

river. Completed by 1927, the new

Lincoln Highway carried the U.S. 30

shield west from Pittsburgh through

Crafton, Imperial, and Clinton to the

state line. The realignment required

that West Virginia be added as the 14th

and final Lincoln Highway state.

West Virginia

The rerouting of the Lincoln Highway

into West Virginia was an unintentional

byproduct of the bad roads in

Pennsylvania. Traditionally, there were

three main roads west from Pittsburgh,

and the road to East Liverpool, OH, via

Chester, WV, was not among them.

Pre-Lincoln Highway travelers either

went southwest toward Wheeling,

picking up the National Road in

Washington, PA; went west on the

Steubenville Pike to Steubenville, OH,

by way of Weirton, WV; or went northwest down the Ohio River and up

Beaver Valley to Cleveland by way of

Salem or Youngstown, OH.

The overland travelers who wanted to

go to East Liverpool from Pittsburgh

followed the Cleveland road to Beaver,

then struck west over poorly maintained local routes. This was essentially

the route followed by the original

Lincoln Highway, which opted for the

higher and drier Tuscarawas Road

rather than the Midland Road along

the Ohio River.

The LHA's dissatisfaction with the

route west from Pittsburgh was apparent in 1923 when they established an

official detour away from the

Tuscarawas Road and East Liverpool.

The greatest stumbling block to securing and improving a more direct route

to East Liverpool was that none of the

country lanes meandering across the

farmland between the Ohio River and

Steubenville Pike was part of the

Pennsylvania state highway system;

therefore, they were ineligible for state

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funds. LHA consuls eventually were

successful in getting a route designated

and then constructed as a state highway

by 1927. The new road angled northwest from Steubenville Pike at Imperial,

passing through Clinton, and crossing

5 miles of the West Virginia Panhandle,

then crossing the Ohio River into East

Liverpool.

The Lincoln Highway originally

crossed the Ohio River from First

Street, over what was known as both

the Chester Bridge and the Lincoln

Highway Bridge. Built in 1897, the 705-

foot suspension bridge was demolished

in 1970.

Ohio

As a cross-state transportation corridor, Ohio's Lincoln Highway route was

pioneered by the Pittsburgh, Fort

Wayne and Chicago Railroad (controlled by the Pennsylvania Railroad) in

the 1850s. Connecting Canton,

Massillon, Wooster, Mansfield,

Crestline, Bucyrus, Upper Sandusky,

Lima, and Fort Wayne, this line stimulated the urban-industrial growth that

bolstered civic and economic growth in

these towns by the time they were

joined again by the Lincoln Highway.

Before the railroad and after the

Lincoln Highway era, the main routes

of travel across Ohio were along the

National Road/Interstate 70 corridor to

the south and the Lake Shore/Ohio

Turnpike/I-90 corridor to the north.

The easternmost section of the Lincoln

Highway between East Liverpool and

Lisbon, is historically more associated

with travel between the Ohio River and

Lake Erie than with east-west movement. On the other side of the state, the

Lincoln Highway followed the

Bucyrus-Fort Wayne Road laid out in

1835 along an ancient Lake Erie beach

ridge to facilitate the settling of western

Ohio and northern Indiana. In 1912,

much of the future route of the Lincoln

Highway was designated as "Main

Market Route Three," part of a farmto-market state road network linking

county seats before the rise and dominance of long-distance motor highways.

The location of the Lincoln Highway's

Appalachian crossing to the east and

the LHA's desire to run the road near

Chicago farther west determined the

general path of the route across Ohio

and Indiana. The resultant route followed the best roads available between

Pittsburgh and Chicago. When more

direct roads were built or improved,

the Lincoln was apt to be rerouted to

follow them. Fully 60 percent of the

original Lincoln Highway in Ohio was

abandoned in subsequent reroutings.

This does not include subsequent

bypasses that marginalized dozens of

roadway remnants across both states.

The Lincoln Highway legacy is thus

characterized by a braided stream of

roadways rightfully claiming to have

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This map details the

multiple generations

of Lincoln Highway

in central Ohio.
been a part of America's first 

transcontinental highway at one time

or another.

One of the most controversial reroutings of the Lincoln Highway came

when the association dropped 70 miles

of roadway between Galion and Lima

via Marion and Kenton in favor of an

unfinished route to the north. This

occurred a mere three weeks after

these towns celebrated their inclusion

on the Proclamation Route of

September 1913. An unsuccessful

petition asking the Lincoln

Highway Association to reverse the

rerouting was supported by then

Senator Warren Harding, which

ultimately led to the building of

the Harding Highway along the

route abandoned by the Lincoln

Highway.

The LHA's effort to secure a more

direct route through north central

Ohio was thwarted for years. This

forced the association to "temporarily"

locate the Lincoln Highway over a

series of poorly maintained section

roads from Galion through Bucyrus,

Upper Sandusky, Forest, Dunkirk, and

Ada, adding 5 railroad grade crossings,

29 turns, and 3 miles to the original

route. Additional reroutings and

improvements had ironed out the road

by 1924, removing Galion, Nevada,

Forest, Dunkirk, Ada, and Lima from

the list of Lincoln Highway towns in

favor of what was defined as the

Lincoln's longest straight section

between Upper Sandusky and Cairo.

Ohioans were proud of their Lincoln

Highway, and worked tirelessly under

the leadership of LHA state consuls

John and Frank Hopley to improve and

promote the route. A final route adjustment took place when Boy Scouts

placed concrete markers along the

entire route of the Lincoln Highway in

1928. Ashland was bypassed when the

more direct alignment between

Wooster and Mansfield was added.

Soon after the 1925 marking of the

Lincoln Highway as part of U.S. 30, the

newer Bucyrus-Upper Sandusky route

achieved parity with the original alignment through Marion and Kenton. The

former was designated U.S. 30N, and

the latter U.S. 30S. This lasted until

1973, when the northern route

acquired the U.S. 30 shield and the

southern route was redesignated Ohio

State Route 309.

Indiana

Fort Wayne, IN, is the largest Lincoln

Highway town between Pittsburgh and

Chicago. Historically, it attracted any

transportation route passing between

these two larger cities. This was the

case in the 1850s when the

Pennsylvania's Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne

and Chicago Railroad was constructed,

and it was the same some 55 years later

with the routing of the Lincoln

Highway. From Canton, OH, to Fort

Wayne, the various Lincoln Highway

alignments never strayed too far from

the railroad's well-established transportation lifeline.

Beyond Fort Wayne, however, the railroad tracks struck northwest toward

Chicago along a direct 145-mile rightof-way, where an incomplete network

of lanes existed along the section lines.

By contrast, the Lincoln Highway

inherited an old emigrant road angled

northwest along a different radiant to

the upper Kankakee Valley, where it

joined the Sauk Trail coming westward

from Detroit bound for the Illinois

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prairie. With the urban-industrial

growth of Elkhart, South Bend, and the

cities around the toe of Lake Michigan,

the old trace was upgraded into northern Indiana's most important wagon

road, and likewise adopted by the

Lincoln Highway in 1913 (and now

marked as U.S. 33 and IN 2).

The highway's circuitous routing

through northern Indiana brought it

into the transportation corridor of the

Northern, or Lake Shore, Railroad

routes. This was the main line of travel

between New York City and Chicago

via Albany, Buffalo, and Cleveland. It

should be noted that Ligonier, Elkhart,

South Bend, and LaPorte were New

York Central Railroad towns. Motorists

following the northern route west

would have joined the Lincoln

Highway at Ligonier from what was

locally known as the Chicago-Toledo

Pike or, later, the Blazed Trail.

The Lincoln Highway was designated

as one of the first three highways to be

improved after the Indiana State

Highway Department was formed in

1917. Work accelerated in the more

urban counties first, with concrete

being poured along sections in Elkhart,

Saint Joseph, and Lake counties by

1920 and in Allen County in 1923. By

1924, only the two most

rural sections of Lincoln

Highway between Fort

Wayne and Ligonier and

between LaPorte and

Valparaiso were still surfaced in macadam. These

were the two stretches spanning the gulf between the

New York Central-dominated Northern Route and the

more direct Pennsylvania

Route.

A reliable road had been constructed

along the Pennsylvania Railroad in time

to receive the concrete posts of the

Lincoln Highway's final marking in

1928. The rerouted road connected

Fort Wayne and Valparaiso through

Columbia City, Warsaw, and Plymouth,

shaving 20 miles from the original

Lincoln Highway. This latter route,

which took the U.S. 30 shield as well as

the Lincoln name, was bypassed itself

by the construction of a four-lane

replacement highway after World War

II.

The LHA refined the art of building

object lesson roads with its "seedling

mile" program. In 1920 LHA Vice

President Austin Bemment started

working on the ultimate seedling mile,

a short stretch of road constructed to

the highest standards as a demonstration project. A 1.33-mile section of

semirural road east of Dyer, IN, was

selected to be upgraded into a fourlane concrete highway bordered by

pedestrian walkways and lit with electric lights. Opened in 1923, the "Ideal

Section" incorporated many innovative

highway features, even though the

design speed was a mere 35 miles per

hour for cars and 10 mph for trucks.

The LHA encouraged other states to

adopt the construction features of the

"Ideal Section" to improve the roadbed

nationwide. The "Ideal Section" bore

the traffic of U.S. 30 until 1997, when it

was ripped out as part of a road-widening project. Two stone monuments are

all that remain of the "Ideal Section."

Illinois

Although the pull of Chicago directed

the general course of the Lincoln

Highway west from Pittsburgh, the

LHA had no intention of actually running the route through the congested

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city streets of that sprawling prairie

metropolis. Their vision of America's

first transcontinental road was pegged

to the scale of the nation, favoring

long-distance travelers over local traffic. For Chicago, close was good

enough. The Lincoln Highway looped

around the city thirty miles distant,

passing through Chicago Heights,

Joliet, Plainfield, Aurora, and Geneva

before striking west again.

Recognizing that Chicago would be an

origin or destination for many,

the LHA established official

Lincoln Highway feeders that

branched from the main highway at three different locations.

Chicago-bound motorists

could leave the Lincoln

Highway at Dyer, IN, and pass

through Hammond and South

Chicago to Michigan Avenue or

turn north on the Dixie Highway in

Chicago Heights. Westbound motorists

from Chicago were advised to follow

the Lincoln Highway signs along

Roosevelt Road to pick up the

transcontinental road in Geneva.

The most important route-fixer determining the trajectory of the Lincoln

Highway west from Chicago was the

Rocky Mountain crossing. After Carl

Fisher's 1913 expedition across Kansas

and Colorado ruled out the possibility

of crossing the Rockies over Berthoud

Pass in Colorado, the only logical

choice was through southern

Wyoming's Great Divide Basin. This

would mean a route up Nebraska's storied Platte River Valley by way of

Omaha. Even with that, the route from

Chicago to Omaha was not clear-cut,

causing LHA President Henry Joy to

take ten trips across Iowa in five years

to conclude that as many as 50 possible

routes existed, none significantly more

advantageous than the others.

The route eventually chosen was a

well-used road that Iowans already

referred to as the Transcontinental

Route. The most direct road to it from

Chicago was straight across northern

Illinois through DeKalb, Rochelle,

Dixon, Sterling, and Morrison to a

Mississippi River crossing at Fulton.

This was the route of the Chicago and

Northwestern Railroad, the Lincoln

Highway's near constant companion all

the way to Omaha.

With the passing of the Federal

Highway Act in 1921, Illinois designated the Lincoln Highway as part of its

interstate system and moved rapidly to

improve it. By 1924, 138 miles of the

165 miles of the Lincoln Highway in

Illinois had been paved in concrete;

only 3 miles were left in macadam.

Realignments throughout the 1920s

straightened the road east of Aurora

and west of Geneva. Then in 1937, ten

years after the LHA was disbanded, 90

miles of Lincoln Highway were sidestepped when a new road was built for

U.S. 30 across open farmland from

Aurora straight west to the Rock River.

Iowa

The westbound Lincoln Highway traveler's first glimpse of Iowa was from

the crest of the Fulton and Lyons

Bridge high above the Mississippi

River. The bridge was infamous for the

right-angle turn on its western

approach. This turn was not much of a

concern for wagons in 1891 when the

bridge was completed, but it was decided hazard for the cars and trucks that

inherited it as part of the nation's first

transcontinental highway. A new cantilevered span was constructed just

downstream in the 1930s, but the four

massive through trusses of the old

Lincoln Highway Bridge stood until

being demolished in 1975.

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From the vast matrix of section roads

that grid Iowa's rolling countryside,

two rival trans-state routes that

emerged during the early 20th century

carried the bulk of long-distance traffic

between Illinois and Nebraska. The

Lincoln Highway favored the general

path of what was already known as the

Transcontinental Route, because it had

been followed by a number of wellpublicized cross-country auto trips.

This included the very first crossing,

which was taken by H. Nelson Jackson

and Sewell Croker in 1903. From

Clinton west, the original Lincoln

Highway ran through DeWitt, Mount

Vernon, Marion, Cedar Rapids, Belle

Plaine, Tama, Marshalltown, Ames,

Jefferson, Carroll, Denison, and Logan

to the Missouri River at Council Bluffs.

Iowa's Lincoln Highway was slow in

being improved. Road construction,

even for interstate routes, was a referendum issue voted on at the county

level. At the time, agricultural counties

tended to favor farm-to-market roads,

which spread the highway dollars more

thinly across many roads, rather than

long-distance roads, which concentrated the funds on fewer high quality

highways. These "peacock alleys" were

thought of as benefiting primarily

wealthy, urbane auto tourists. In comparison to Illinois, which had 95 percent of its Lincoln Highway paved by

1924, Iowa's 362 miles of transcontinental road were still overwhelmingly

graded dirt and gravel. The LHA recommended that drivers not waste their

time trying to navigate these roads during wet weather, but to wait until they

dried out. Clinton and Greene were the

only Iowa counties with substantial

mileage in concrete in the early 1920s.

Although Iowa lagged in road construction, the state was at the forefront

in small bridge construction. Even

before 1920, graceful reinforced concrete arch bridges were beginning to

replace the ancient wooden spans on

Iowa's main roads. Such bridges were

an Iowa specialty. Examples of this type

still carry traffic at Chelsea, Cedar

Rapids, and over the North Raccoon

west of Jefferson. The wing walls of

two small concrete bridges east of

Grand Junction are embossed with the

Lincoln Highway logo. The most

famous span is the Tama Bridge, built in

1915 to incorporate the words

"Lincoln Highway" in both railings.

During the 1910s and 1920s, the Iowa

State Highway Department also used a

concrete through-arch designed by

James Barney Marsh. A number of

these majestic Marsh rainbow arches

graced the Lincoln Highway, although

only one now remains, spanning

Beaver Creek west of Ogden.

Even with the limited all-weather road

construction, Iowa designated a state

highway system in 1919, which included the Lincoln Highway. The Lincoln

Highway Association continued to

reroute sections of the road, searching

for the most direct alignment. In western Iowa, the Harrison County

stairsteps, a series of 11 right-angle section line curves, were cut through with

a straight road by 1924. East of Cedar

Rapids, the Mount Vernon shortcut

was also opened in the early 1920s,

much to the vocal consternation of the

town of Marion, which was dropped

from the route as a result.

Numerous other reroutings took the

Lincoln Highway on different sets of

town streets or rural section roads

throughout the state. Most of the

remaining right-angle turns were

smoothed out by the 1930s, including

the 10 miles of circuitous routing to

avoid the Bohemian Hills of Benton

and Tama counties. This was bypassed

with a new road in 1936 that also sidestepped the former Lincoln Highway

towns of Belle Plaine, Chelsea, and

Tama. Another major rerouting

occurred with the 1930 opening of the

Abraham Lincoln Memorial Bridge

over the Missouri River, which provided a direct route between Missouri

Valley, IA, and Blair, NE, lopping off

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The 1913 Eureka Bridge is a multiple span, closed spandrel reinforced concrete arch bridge over

the North Raccoon River west of

Jefferson, Iowa, Greene County.
the southern Lincoln Highway

loop through Council Bluffs

and Omaha.

Nebraska

Rejection of the KansasColorado route meant the Lincoln

Highway would follow in the paths of

the westward pioneers who followed

Nebraska's legendary Platte River

Valley, crossing the lower-elevation

Rocky Mountains through Wyoming.

This was the route of the OregonCalifornia Trail during the mass overland migration of the 1840s and 1850s,

and it was used by the Pony Express for

the 19 months it ran in 1860 and 1861

before the advent of the telegraph. The

path of the Lincoln Highway, however,

did not follow these traces, which

stayed mostly south of the river.

Instead, the Lincoln Highway kept

close to the Union Pacific Railroad on

the north bank. Established as the first

transcontinental railroad in 1869, the

Union Pacific infused life into many

Platte River Valley towns, such as

Fremont, Columbus, Grand Island,

Kearney, and North Platte. These

towns were also connected by the

unimproved section line roads that

would become the Lincoln Highway.

The original Lincoln Highway route

crossed the Missouri River into Omaha

on the old Douglas Street Bridge and

dropped into the Platte River Valley

west of Elkhorn. The highway was

routed through the broad river bottoms

for nearly 400 miles, following section

line roads nearest to the railroad tracks.

The Union Pacific had been built parallel to the Platte River, which flowed at

an angle to the rectangular township

and range survey system that bounded

the Lincoln Highway. As a result, the

Lincoln Highway in Nebraska was

characterized by right angle turns and

railroad grade crossings.

The original Lincoln Highway split at

Big Springs in Nebraska's western

Panhandle. The main highway turned

north to climb out of the South Platte

Valley, then west along Lodgepole

Creek to Wyoming. The Colorado loop

followed the South Platte River southwest to Julesburg, CO, then on to

Denver before returning to the main

Lincoln Highway in Cheyenne, WY.

The first series of Lincoln Highway

reroutings involved straightening the

right angle-turning "stairsteps" by relocating the Lincoln Highway from section roads to new alignments along the

railroad. Where it had the available

land, the Union Pacific Railroad was

more than willing to help. By 1924, the

Union Pacific had provided a 50-foot

strip of its own right-of-way for a paralleling Lincoln Highway in seven different counties. The railroad was less

threatened by the Lincoln Highway's

potential as a competitor than it was by

the potentially catastrophic train

wrecks that could result from the highway's many grade crossings. The

realignments eliminated grade crossings while shortening the route.

In 1917, the highway in Dawson and

Lincoln counties was relocated to the

edge of the Union Pacific right-of-way,

bypassing miles of stairsteps. This

included the Gothenburg stairstep on

the south side of the Platte River, which

was eliminated with the opening of the

North Platte River Bridge, cutting 18

miles from the Lincoln Highway

between Gothenburg and North Platte.

In 1920, the state of Nebraska took

over the entire Lincoln Highway and

continued to improve the route.

Because of its length, sparse traffic, and

scattered population centers, Lincoln

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Highway road construction was largely limited

to grading and graveling

until the 1930s. A 70-

mile stretch of graveling

was completed on

Nebraska's Lincoln

Highway in 1920, compared to only 5 miles of

concrete and 5 miles of

brick. The concrete section was stimulated by

the Lincoln Highway

Association's construction of a "seedling mile" west of

Fremont in the previous year.

By the end of 1924, only 84 miles of

Nebraska Lincoln Highway was still

classified as "good dirt," most of it

between Columbus and Kearney. In

comparison, 330 miles were gravel-surfaced, which was state policy as gravel

was cheap and locally abundant. Only

28 miles had any type of hard surfacing, 18 miles in brick and 10 miles

paved in concrete. By 1928 all of the

stairstep routing had been eliminated.

There were very few sections of the

Lincoln Highway where the motorists

could not hear Union Pacific train

whistles, and along most sections the

trains could be seen.

The last major rerouting of the Lincoln

Highway in Nebraska occurred with

the opening of the Abraham Lincoln

Memorial Bridge in 1930, which also

was known as the Blair Bridge. This

new Missouri River crossing made a

more direct link between Fremont, NE,

and Missouri Valley, IA, bypassing

Council Bluffs and Omaha. The new

route not only captured the U.S. 30

shield; it also became the generally

accepted route of the Lincoln Highway,

the signs of which were relocated from

Omaha to Blair.

Colorado

Colorado was once a Lincoln Highway

state, and for a brief period Denver was

the second largest western city on the

highway. As was explained in the introduction to this chapter, Colorado was

at first excluded and then included in

the Lincoln Highway's route. While not

including his state on the main, most

direct route of the highway, the LHA

agreed to accept a "dogleg" to Denver

in exchange for Governor Ammons's

promise to build the dogleg to the standards of the main Lincoln Highway.

Therefore, the Proclamation Route of

the Lincoln Highway that was

announced a few weeks later included

a bifurcation at Big Springs, NE, that

was routed along the South Platte River

valley through Julesburg, Sterling, and

Fort Morgan to Denver, then returning

north through Longmont, Loveland,

and Fort Collins to rejoin the main

Lincoln Highway at Cheyenne, WY.

To Henry Joy, directness of route was

everything. No LHA official regretted

the temporary lapse of conviction associated with including the Colorado

loop more than Joy. The organization

feared that critics would point to such

deviations and say, "Here you were

swayed; at this point you deviated from

your announced purpose." Afterwards,

the LHA was besieged with petitions to

bend the route one way or another, but

possibly because of their Colorado

experience, the association officials

were more resilient than ever, even

turning down a request from President

Woodrow Wilson to run the Lincoln

Highway through Washington D.C.

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Only the circuitous droop of the

Colorado Loop vexed the organization,

and then not for long.

In January 1916 the LHA distributed a

report that included a quantitative

method for determining route efficiency by calculating the percentage in

which a road wandered from a straight

line drawn between two terminal

points. Route corrections over the previous three years had shaved 184 miles

from the transcontinental highway, making it

85 percent efficient.

The Colorado Loop

was not a factor in the

calculations because

the association had quietly dropped it the year

before as if it had never

existed.

The people of Colorado, however, had

not forgotten their section of the

Lincoln Highway, which continued to

be well marked. In addition, a large

billboard was erected at the split at Big

Springs, NE, to encourage westbound

motorists to take the Lincoln Highway

through Denver. The LHA countered

with its own adjacent billboard depicting the Lincoln Highway's "true" route

west through Wyoming. Driving the

point further, the second edition of The

Complete Official Road Guide of the

Lincoln Highway cautioned westbound

motorists to take the "right hand road"

at Big Springs, warning that, "numerous markers have been placed here to

mislead the tourist." The 1924 edition

of the LHA guide flatly states that

regardless of the deliberately misleading red, white, and blue markers, "the

Lincoln Highway does not enter

Colorado."

Today, Colorado's Lincoln Highway is

sometimes vaguely discernable because

of the absence of the same kind of

LHA literature that was generated for

the route in other states after 1915.

Until new information is unearthed,

some of the route can only be assumed

by linking the seven Colorado towns of

the original Proclamation Route

(Julesburg, Sterling, Fort Morgan,

Denver, Longmont, Loveland, Fort

Collins) with the main roads that

would have been available in 1913. The

1916 Complete Official Guide to the

Lincoln Highway offers more clues by

suggesting that eastbound motorists

wanting to detour to Denver at

Cheyenne can return to the Lincoln

Highway via "Fort Lupton, Greeley,

Fort Morgan, Sterling, and Julesburg."

Wyoming

Like the cities of New York, San

Francisco, metropolitan Chicago, and

the Appalachian crossing, the Lincoln

Highway's Rocky Mountain crossing in

Wyoming helped to pin down the routing of America's first transcontinental

highway. According to the official history of the Lincoln Highway, the three

trans-Rocky Mountain routes considered were Raton Pass on the ColoradoNew Mexico border, the "Great South

Pass" through Wyoming's Sherman

Mountains, and the "Old Emigrant

Trail" along the North Platte and

Sweetwater rivers. The routes are confusing for several reasons. Jim Bridger

opened the Overland Trail across

southern Wyoming in 1862, and this

was the route followed by the Union

Pacific Railroad in 1869. As in neighboring Nebraska, the Lincoln Highway

followed the route laid out by the railroad.

The road from Nebraska to Cheyenne

was fairly well established in time for

the Lincoln Highway, but the road

beyond Sherman Summit was practically nonexistent even after the LHA

designated it to be part of America's

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grand cross-country boulevard. Early

motorists essentially followed the route

of the Union Pacific Railroad, in places

making their way over well-tracked

trails; in other places they would strike

off over open country, directed more

by the location of ranch gates in fenced

rangeland than by any red, white, and

blue blazes. Motorists wandered over a

braided path of possible routes that in

parts of Wyoming were not channeled

into a single built roadway until the

1920s.

Sections of the original Lincoln

Highway in the Sherman Mountains

and west of Rawlins used the graded

Union Pacific right-of-way constructed

in 1868 and then abandoned for an

improved alignment around 1900.

Although narrow and bumpy, the rightof-way had moderate grades and was

durably constructed of gravel crushed

from Sherman granite, which was also

used in early Wyoming road building

projects. West of Cheyenne, the

Lincoln Highway ascends the

Gangplank, a low-grade route from the

High Plains to the top of Sherman

Summit discovered by Union Pacific

surveyors in 1866. The original Lincoln

Highway passed close to the Union

Pacific's Ames Monument then

dropped south to Tie Siding before

turning north to Laramie.

Around 1919, the road was rerouted

over Sherman Summit and down

Telephone Canyon. In 1959 the Lincoln

Monument, a massive bust of Abraham

Lincoln, was constructed at the road's

highest point (8,835 feet) on Sherman

Summit, and the monument was

moved to a nearby Interstate 80 rest

stop in 1968.

The Lincoln Highway followed the

Union Pacific Railroad in a broad,

northward arc across the Laramie Plain

from Laramie, through Bosler, Rock

River, and Medicine Bow before turning west again to Rawlins. In some

places along this stretch, the Lincoln

Highway braided stream corridor

includes no less than four generations

of roadway. Along much of its length,

the original 1913 trace is barely discernable.

The second generation Lincoln

Highway constructed between 1920

and 1923 was actually the first generation automobile road built by the state

of Wyoming. Even the LHA conceded

that the traffic warranted only a 24-foot

wide gravel road but nonetheless insisted on referring to it as a "boulevard."

The LHA contributed $20,000 from the

Willys-Overland Fund to construct the

Lincoln Highway through Carbon and

Sweetwater counties, which included a

number of concrete culverts and

bridges. The first hard-surfaced road

was constructed around 1931 as the

third generation Lincoln Highway, and

the wider U.S. 30 alignment was completed during the 1940s.

From Rawlins through Wamsutter to

Rock Springs, the Lincoln Highway

was relocated and constructed as a 24-

foot wide gravel road between 1920

and 1924. This section crosses the

Great Divide Basin with its Red Desert.

The Continental Divide runs along the

rim of the basin, so Lincoln Highway

motorists crossed the divide twice.

One of the Lincoln Highway's most

significant monuments stood on the

barren knoll at the Continental Divide

until its relocation to the Interstate 80

rest stop at Sherman Summit in 2001.

This is the Henry B. Joy Monument,

which was erected to honor the president of the LHA and the Packard

Motor Company. Joy wanted to be

buried at this location. His wife, Helen,

ensured that he was not, but she had

the monument erected in 1938. It was

surrounded by a fence with four

Lincoln Highway markers.

West of Green River, WY, the original

Lincoln Highway followed the

Overland Trail through Telephone

Canyon until 1924, when a new road

was opened through the Green River

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The Abraham Lincoln

Memorial at the Sherman

Hill Summit in Wyoming
Valley. This second generation highway passed the foot

of Tollgate Rock and ran

along the base of the spectacular Green River

Palisades before crossing the

longest Lincoln Highway

span in Wyoming, the 286-

foot long Green River

Bridge.

Farther west, near Moss

Agate Knoll, the original

Lincoln Highway hooked up

with the Oregon-California

Emigrant Trail, which angled

southwest from South Pass

to Fort Bridger. A more

direct alignment was constructed

through Little America in the 1940s. At

Granger Junction, the road split. After

1925, traffic bound for the Pacific

Northwest followed U.S. 30N (later

U.S. 30) to Kemmerer and then went

into Idaho's Snake River Valley.

California-bound traffic followed U.S.

30S, the modern Lincoln Highway

replacement, to its reunion with the

1913 Lincoln Highway east of Lyman,

then through Fort Bridger, Evanston,

and into Utah.

Utah

Sixty-six years after Brigham Young

looked out over the Salt Lake Valley

and declared, "This is the place," the

Lincoln Highway followed the route of

the Mormons over the Wasatch

Mountains and into Utah. From the

Wyoming border, the route passed

through Echo Canyon to Main Forks

(a.k.a. Echo Fork) on the Weber River.

The Union Pacific Railroad rebuilt part

of this route during the early 1920s

when the old road was buried beneath

the heavy fill required by the double

tracking of the line.

The Proclamation Route of the Lincoln

Highway, influenced by the wishes of

Utah Governor Spry, turned northwestward through Echo and Weber

Canyon to Ogden. From there the route

turned south to Salt Lake City. In 1849,

Parley P. Pratt blasted the Golden Pass

Road through what was then Big

Kanyon. Decades later, the Union

Pacific Railroad drove a line down the

same narrow canyon, crisscrossing the

old wagon road.

With the Lincoln Highway, early guidebooks warned motorists to be careful

of the ten grade crossings that existed

within the canyon walls. As this was a

36-mile deviation, the LHA amended

the route in 1915 to drop this leg,

reverting to its first choice alignment,

which was south from Main Forks

along the Weber River Valley and

through Silver Creek Canyon to the

Wasatch Mountain summit, then along

the west slope through Parleys Canyon.

After the Ogden leg of the Lincoln

Highway was dropped, the highway

entered Salt Lake City on 21st Street

South (now 2100 South) to State Street,

where it turned south, then west again

on 33rd Street South (now 3300

South). By 1924, the Lincoln Highway

west from Salt Lake City had already

been rebuilt as the first piece of concrete pavement on the Lincoln

Highway in Utah. The hard surface

extended through the copper smelting

towns of Magna and Garfield, near the

shores of the Great Salt Lake.

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After rounding the northern tip of the

Oquirrh Mountains, the Lincoln

Highway struck west to Timpie near

the eastern edge of the Great Salt Lake

Desert. The original Lincoln Highway

circled around the south end of the

Great Salt Lake Desert through the

remote settlements of Fish Springs and

Callao to Ibapah, 6 miles east of the

Nevada line.

In 1919, the LHA made substantial

improvements to the route between the

Great Salt Lake and Ibapah. Carl Fisher

donated $25,000 to open a road over

the Onaqui Mountains at Johnson Pass.

This allowed the Lincoln Highway to

be redirected over an improved gravel

road through Tooele and Rush Valley,

leading to the abandonment of the

Skull Valley route. After passing over

the newly renamed Fisher Pass in the

Onaquis, the Lincoln Highway reconnected with the old route at Orr's

Ranch.

The success of the Fisher Pass

improvement was tempered by the fiasco of what became known as the

"Goodyear Cutoff" farther west. Frank

Seiberling, president of both the LHA

and the Goodyear Tire and Rubber

Company, committed $100,000 to build

a 40-mile shortcut across the southern

tip of the Great Salt Lake Desert from

County Well - west of Orr's Ranch - to

Gold Hill. With this financial commitment, the Utah State Highway

Department agreed to use its own

equipment and funds to finish the

road. When the state withdrew support

after only seven miles of grading and

gravel, the LHA's most acrimonious

relationship was initiated.

The Utah state government, realizing

that at least $100,000 more would be

required to finish the Goodyear Cutoff,

had reevaluated its long-term highway

plan and terminated the project.

Officials in the LHA were understandably annoyed because of the large sum

of money that already had been invested in Utah and Nevada; this investment

would be negated because nearly 600

miles of Lincoln Highway between Salt

Lake City and Reno depended on the

completion of the Goodyear Cutoff.

Utah instead began to construct the

Wendover Road across the widest part

of the Great Salt Lake Desert west from

Timpie to Wendover, UT, on the

Nevada line. This would keep southern

California-bound motorists in Utah

longer by forcing them to take the

Arrowhead Trail south from Salt Lake

City rather than the Lincoln Highway

to Ely, NV, and the Midland Trail

across Nevada to California. 

To ensure the success of its plan, the

state of Utah refused to designate the

desert section of the Lincoln Highway

as part of its 7 percent interstate highway system, denying the route any

funds available through the Federal

Highway Act of 1921. At an extreme

cost, the Wendover Road was completed over 40 miles of salt flats in 1927. It

was part of the Victory Highway (U.S.

40), a late-arriving transcontinental

highway that continued on to San

Francisco via the Humboldt Valley in

northern Nevada. With this being the

only federal highway west from Salt

Lake City, the LHA was forced to swallow its pride and accept it as the route

of the Lincoln Highway, even though it

meant waiting until 1930 before a connecting road was built between

Wendover and the original Lincoln

Highway north of Ely.

After the Wendover Road was completed, few motorists made the deviation

south to Ely to cross central Nevada via

the Lincoln Highway, opting instead to

continue on the shorter Victory

Highway to Reno, where it rejoined the

Lincoln Highway. The Goodyear

Cutoff was absorbed by the U.S. Army's

Dugway Proving Ground in 1942.

Nevada

On a modern road map of Nevada, the

bold line marking Interstate 80 appears

to have an obvious routing along the

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This section of Lincoln Highway

across the Bonneville Salt Flats of

northern Utah represents one of

the few road battles lost by the

LHA. The association had to

accept this route after the state of

Utah refused to recognize its

more favored desert crossing farther south, known as the

Goodyear Cutoff.
Humboldt River between Salt Lake

City and Reno. By comparison, the thin

line of U.S. 50, the route of the Lincoln

Highway, seems remote and tentative,

hardly the expected impression of what

was once the country's premier

transcontinental highway. With no

interstate access through central

Nevada, modern traffic to or from

California is carried far to the north or

south of the Lincoln Highway, which

may have resulted in its recent designation as the "Loneliest Road in America.

The Lincoln Highway was clearly the

best trunk road in Nevada until the end

of the 1920s, but its ultimate destiny

was largely determined by the physical

geography and historical events of

neighboring Utah. From 1913 to 1919,

the Lincoln Highway Association fixed

the main motor route between Salt

Lake City and San Francisco through

central Nevada. The expansive Great

Salt Lake Desert blocked the way west

from Salt Lake City, and there were few

funds available to build a road across

the barren salt flats. Such a road would

require heavy grading to raise it above

the level of the spring floods. The

Lincoln Highway was therefore routed

around the south end of the desert to

Ely.

The direct link between Salt Lake City

and Ely started to fade after 1919. This

was when the State of Utah reneged on

its contract to complete the Lincoln

Highway's Goodyear Cutoff across 20

miles of salt flats at the southern tip of

the Great Salt Lake Desert in favor of

the 40-mile long Wendover Road

through the heart of the desert farther

north. This road was designated part of

the Victory Highway, a lesser-known

transcontinental motor road that also

stretched between New York and San

Francisco. The Lincoln Highway

Association fought the decision, and

did its best to mark and maintain its

route through western Utah, but it

became clear that the under-funded

Lincoln Highway would never be able

to attract the traffic drawn to the completed Wendover Road.

In 1927, the LHA abandoned its route

for the Wendover Road with the assurance that Nevada would build an 80-

mile connecting road south from

Wendover to join the old route of the

Lincoln Highway north of Ely. This 80-

mile gap in the now more circuitous

Lincoln Highway was not spanned

until 1930. By then, the more direct

Victory Highway (U.S. 40) through

northern Nevada's Humboldt River

Valley had been improved enough to

capture most of the traffic traveling

across the Great Basin.

Before the Lincoln Highway, the

Humboldt River Valley was the preferred overland route across Nevada

used by the California Trail and the first

transcontinental railroad. Following

the river from Wells to Humboldt Sink,

the Victory Highway had lower grades

and crossed fewer mountain ranges

than the Lincoln Highway.

The Lincoln Highway’s route through

central Nevada crossed five ranges with

elevations greater than 7,000 feet and

included grades as steep as 18 percent.

It essentially followed the trails and

wagon roads opened along the line of

the old Pony Express/Overland Stage

Route to serve metal mining and smelting towns such as Ely, Eureka, and

Austin. These towns lie in north-south

valleys that are separated by parallel

ridges. The towns are connected by

railroad branch lines northward to the

main line railroads in the Humboldt

Valley. Running transverse to the alternating basins and ranges, the road

inherited by the Lincoln Highway was

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established as the only east-west transportation link through central Nevada.

During the early years, there was much

optimism over road improvements initiated by the LHA in

Nevada. As a large state with a

small population (a mere 80,000

people in 1920), there was very

little Nevada could do to improve

the route. Its section of the

Lincoln Highway was therefore

the recipient of substantial sums

of LHA money. General Motors

Corporation and Willys-Overland

Company were the financial

backers behind $115,000 of LHA

donations to improve six sections

- a total of 120 miles - of Lincoln

Highway between Ely and Reno.

Most of the projects were grading

and graveling undertaken in 1919,

the same year as Utah's ill-fated

Goodyear Cutoff. The roads across

Frenchman's Flat and Fallon Flats were

constructed, as was a section west from

the Eureka-White Pine county line to

Devil's Gate.

Much of the road between Ely and

Eureka was completely relocated

northward during the early 1920s to

follow the current alignment of U.S. 50.

As a result, an array of lonely places

listed in the 1915 and 1916 Complete

and Official Road Guide of the Lincoln

Highway were absent from the 1924

edition, including Reipetown,

Kimberly, White Pine Summit, and SixMile House. In 1924 and 1925, 50 miles

of new road was constructed over

Carroll Summit between Austin and

Eastgate, resulting in the rerouting of

the Lincoln Highway away from the old

Overland Trail through New Pass and a

saving of 15 miles. Ironically, a hardsurface highway improvement project

in the 1930s relocated the Lincoln

Highway back to the original route.

The westward Victory Highway

rejoined the original Lincoln Highway

at Fernley, and both ran concurrently

through Reno and into California via

Donner Pass through the Sierra

Nevada. At Reno, the Lincoln

Highway's Pioneer Branch turned

south down Virginia Street to

Steamboat Springs and Carson City. At

the Nevada state capitol, the highway

turned west on King Street to climb the

tortuous King Canyon Grade to Lake

Tahoe before crossing the Sierra

Nevada. This alternate trans-Sierra

Lincoln Highway route was contrary to

the association's prime directive of

finding the best, most direct path to

San Francisco. It was part of the original Proclamation Route and never

explained more than as a way "for

those tourists desiring to see Lake

Tahoe." The LHA did consider scenic

and historic attractions in its routing of

the Lincoln Highway, but the Pioneer

Branch was the only significant bifurcation established essentially as a scenic

byway.

In 1921, the Fallon Cutoff opened over

a new gravel road from Carson City

east to Lahontan Dam, where it connected with an old trail that continued

to the Lincoln Highway 9 miles west of

Fallon. This road replaced the section

of the Pioneer Branch that ran through

the Washoe Valley between Reno and

Carson City, and it actually made the

Pioneer Branch the shorter of the two

routes to Sacramento. West of Carson

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City, the steep, twisting King Canyon

Grade over the Carson Range's

Spooner Summit was eventually abandoned for an alignment farther south,

accessed via Stewart.

California

There were only two good passes from

central Nevada over the Sierra Nevada

to San Francisco, and the Lincoln

Highway used both. The main route

was over the 7,239-foot high Donner

Pass, which had been pioneered by the

California-bound Stephens party in

1844, but which was named for the

tragic Donner party, who were trapped

in the mountains over the winter of

1846-1847. West of Donner Pass, the

route passed from the Yuba River to

the Bear River Valley via Emigrant Gap,

then largely followed the interfluve

above and between the steep walls of

adjacent valleys, as was typical for

trans-Sierra emigrant roads.

To tap into lucrative freight traffic, the

route was made passable in 1864 as the

Dutch Flat and Donner Lake wagon

road. It also served the construction

camps building the Central Pacific

Railroad (later renamed the Southern

Pacific) through the mountains. The

rail line was opened in 1868, and a year

later it became part of the nation's first

transcontinental railroad.

The wagon road was neglected until

resurrected as California State Highway

37 in 1909. Four years later it became

part of the Lincoln Highway. The road

also was marked as the trans-Sierra

route for the Victory Highway and,

after 1925, as U.S. 40. In 1964 Interstate

80 was opened through Donner Pass as

the Lincoln Highway's modern

transcontinental successor.

The original Lincoln Highway also

included the Pioneer Branch, which

split from the main Lincoln Highway at

Reno and extended south down the

Washoe Valley to Carson City. The

Pioneer Branch crossed the Carson

Range over Spooner Summit, wrapped

around the south end of Lake Tahoe,

then breached the Sierra Nevada via

the 7,382-foot Johnson (Echo) Pass.

Once on the west slope, the road followed the American River's South Fork

to Pacific House, then on to Placerville,

reaching Folsom at the eastern edge of

the Sacramento Valley.

This trans-Sierra route was opened in

1848 by a party of Mormons headed

east to Salt Lake City soon after gold

was discovered at Sutter's mill. El

Dorado, Sacramento, and Yolo counties constructed a public road in the

late 1850s. In the 1860s a series of private turnpikes perfected what would

become the route of the Pioneer

Branch in 1913 and U.S. 50 after 1925.

The Lincoln Highway Association

established the branch as an alternative

scenic byway for tourists who wanted

to visit Lake Tahoe. After 1921, however, when the Fallon Cutoff opened a

direct road between Fallon and Carson

City, the Pioneer Branch became the

shorter of the two Lincoln Highway

routes to Sacramento, and it was just as

likely to be traveled as the other route.

Boy Scouts erected memorial concrete

posts along both routes during the final

marking of the Lincoln Highway in

1928.

The LHA's grand boulevard through

the Sierra Nevada was a narrow gravelsurfaced road that was left to be buried

under heavy snowfall each winter. The

Tahoe Tavern on the shores of Lake

Tahoe presented an annual trophy to

the first California car to make it to the

resort each spring. The demands of a

growing skiing industry stimulated

winter maintenance of the Pioneer

Branch in the 1920s.

Significant improvements were made to

the Lincoln Highway's northern

Truckee route during the 1920s. In

1926 a shorter road carved out of the

Truckee Canyon replaced the Dog

Valley Road from Verdi, NV, to

Truckee, NV. Farther west, the old

Dutch Flat and Donner Lake Wagon

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Road had been abandoned for a new

alignment over Donner Pass, the

crowning achievement being the rainbow arch Donner Summit Bridge,

which was completed in 1926.

Early California-bound Lincoln

Highway motorists were all but finished with their journey after reaching

Sacramento. This was the location of

Sutter's Fort, where the westbound

wagon trains were broken up. During

Lincoln Highway's period of significance, this was where the Truckee

route and the Pioneer Branch rejoined,

the former entering the city from

Auburn on 15th Street, the latter

approaching from Placerville on M

Street. It was smooth driving from

Sacramento to the coast; the entire

route already had been paved with concrete or concrete surfaced with bituminous macadam by 1924.

A different sort of barrier determined

the original route of the Lincoln

Highway between Sacramento and San

Francisco. In the middle of the Central

Valley, the south-flowing Sacramento

River meets the north-flowing San

Joaquin in California's Inland Delta, a

mammoth tidal marsh crisscrossed by

waterways and drainage ditches. From

here, the water of the Central Valley

drains west to San Francisco Bay. To

avoid this morass and the upper reaches of the bay, the Lincoln Highway followed Stockton Boulevard south from

Sacramento through Galt and

Woodbridge to the inland port of

Stockton, staying well to the east of the

Delta. Around 1920, the highway was

rerouted away from the Lower

Sacramento Road through Woodbridge

to a new alignment passing through

Lodi and entering Stockton on

Cherokee Lane.

From Stockton, the Lincoln Highway

swung south and west to Banta, taking

a bead on Altamont Pass and Dublin

Canyon as the way to cross the Coast

Ranges, the final mountain barrier to

the Pacific Ocean. The tightly twisted

Altamont Pass Road was bypassed with

the straighter alignment of U.S. 50 in

1938. On the bay side of the mountains, the Lincoln Highway entered

Hayward on A Street, then turned

north on Foothill Boulevard to

Oakland. After turning onto High

Street, the Lincoln Highway followed

14th Street to 24th Street to 12th and

13th streets to Broadway in downtown

Oakland. The ferry slips to San

Francisco were at the foot of Broadway,

currently the site of Jack London

Square.

In 1927, the Lincoln Highway was

rerouted to the north and west of the

Delta. This was the route of the Victory

Highway (U.S. 40), avoided by the original Lincoln because of an unbridged

arm of San Francisco Bay that required

a ferry crossing at Benecia. In 1927,

however, the Carquinez Strait Bridge

opened at Vallejo, creating a more

direct link between Sacramento and

Oakland. The only obvious deviations

were between Davis and Dixon, where

the road followed the right-angle section lines until being replaced by a

four-lane highway in the late 1940s.

South of Carquinez Strait, the Lincoln

Highway was marked along San Pablo

Boulevard to University Avenue in

Berkeley and then onto Berkeley

Marina.

Interestingly, a Lincoln Highway journey leaving from either terminal city,

New York or San Francisco, began with

a ferry crossing. The opening of the

Oakland Bay Bridge in 1939 made the

ferry crossing obsolete, but, until that

time the highway came ashore at the

Ferry Building, then coursed up

Market Street and west over Post and

Geary streets to 36th Street. After turning north for a block, the Lincoln

Highway entered Lincoln Park and its

western terminus at the Hall of the

Palace of Legion of Honor, overlooking

the Pacific Ocean.

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Chapter Three

Current Context of the Lincoln Highway 

ELEMENTS OF THE CORRIDOR

The routes of the Lincoln

Highway add up to approximately

5,000 miles in length. Properties that

contribute to the historic significance

of the Lincoln Highway include the

road itself, the views and vistas,

bridges, markers to help travelers find

their way, and numerous buildings that

served travelers during the period of

significance (1913-1956).

Of a potential 5,000 miles, the reconnaissance survey conducted as part of

this project identified about 400 discontiguous miles of road and bridges

that retain integrity. The survey also

revealed about 300 markers and about

1,000 buildings that retain integrity and

contribute to the significance of the

Lincoln Highway. These resources are

scattered throughout the length of the

highway's corridor, in each of the 14

states, including 122 counties and 22

major cities. Appendix D contains a

summary of the reconnaissance survey

results.

OWNERSHIP AND LAND USE

Although the roads of the Lincoln

Highway corridor are almost entirely in

public ownership (state, county, and in

some cases in the West, federal), buildings contributing to the significance of

the road are almost entirely privately

owned.

The road segments surveyed as part of

this study for their intact integrity are,

with a few possible exceptions, all

under public ownership, either as state

or county roads. The few exceptions

are no longer easily drivable "remnant"

roads that do not appear to be maintained. It is unclear who actually owns

these remnants, but none of the identified remnant roads contains "no trespassing" signs or is fenced off. Because

of this, it seems likely that these roads

are still on public land.

East of Wyoming, the viewshed along

identified segments of the road is mostly in private ownership. There are

expansive sections of land in the West,

however, in which the Lincoln

Highway crosses land managed by the

U.S. Forest Service (USFS), the Bureau

of Land Management (BLM), the

Bureau of Reclamation, and the

Department of Defense. Together,

these segments add up to perhaps 400

miles (see Appendix B). Notably, the

road itself across the federal lands is

typically not owned or maintained by

the federal government, although the

surrounding area is.

Of the identified buildings, nearly all

appear to be both in private ownership

and in commercial use. There are a few

exceptions - some buildings that are in

municipal ownership. The NPS team

that conducted this study tried to send

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Above: An example of an automobile showroom located within

Pittsburgh’s Lincoln Highway automobile row.

Top: Lincoln Highway monuments

flanking the entrance to Clink

Boulevard in Crestline, Ohio.
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letters to the owners of the 1,000 identified buildings but was unable to reach

about 40 percent of these owners,

either because the buildings appear

abandoned (8 percent) or because

addresses for them were unavailable.2

About 8 percent of the owners

returned the postcards included in the

mailing to request more information.

The ownership of the 300 concrete

Lincoln Highway markers identified as

part of this project is unclear. While

ownership of the markers may generally follow the pattern of ownership for

other resources - those along road segments would be publicly-owned, those

in front of buildings would be privately-owned -- further historical research

might also reveal that, at the time of

installation, these markers were "gifts"

to the municipality or county.

EXISTING IMPACTS AND THREATS

Because the same qualities that lend

historic roads integrity, such as narrow

alignments and older, less smooth surfaces, can pose safety concerns with

the speed demands of today's drivers,

maintaining those qualities can be challenging. The same demand for convenient, efficient travel that led to the

building of the Lincoln Highway has

contributed to its destruction. Of the

roughly 5000 miles that comprise

routes of the Lincoln Highway, the survey identified less than ten percent of

roadway retaining integrity. 

Fortunately, even while 90 percent or

so of the road itself has been significantly altered, there are about 1000

buildings contributing to its significance that remain. Six percent of these

properties appear to be abandoned or

neglected. Without further attention, it

is likely that these buildings will cease

to retain integrity. 49 of the 1471 surveyed resources (road segments,

bridges, markers, buildings) are individually listed on the National Register

of Historic Places3, providing them

some attention if there is a federallyfunded project potentially threatening

them. 

INTEREST AND SUPPORT

During the scoping period for this

project (winter 2002), overwhelming

public support was expressed for the

preservation of Lincoln Highway

resources. State road departments

expressed both support of the project

and concern about their ability to

maintain safety and efficiency standards for historic roads. A few respondents specifically expressed their support for a national park along the

Lincoln Highway.

Approximately 600 people attended

public meetings for this study in

February and March 2003. A total of

900 comments were received at these

meetings and through the mail. The

feedback received during this comment

period expressing support for the

preservation and interpretation of the

Lincoln Highway reflected the same

general response that was received during the scoping period - overwhelming

public support tempered by some concern from public roads departments

(see Appendix F).

2The study team's method for locating addresses of surveyed properties was as follows: The survey team

recorded addresses of buildings as they surveyed them. Where street numbers were not visible on the

building, the team recorded the placement as best they could (for example, "at the corner of...") In these

cases, attempts were made to locate mailing addresses using business directories (e.g. the yellow pages).

Where exact street numbers could still not be located, a mailing was sent to the best address available

(e.g. an identified intersection). While that attempt was successful in some cases, roughly 100 letters were

returned.

3In total, 128 resources surveyed are on the National Register, either individually or within the boundaries

of a listed historic district (see Appendix C). 
Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment 27

POTENTIAL FOR PUBLIC 

ENJOYMENT

It is difficult to predict how many people could be expected to travel along

the Lincoln Highway and visit historic

resources with a more comprehensive

and coordinated national program of

preservation and interpretation. No

reliable mechanism is in place to record

visitation to the two established longdistance travel promotion programs for

the Lincoln Highway - the Lincoln

Highway Heritage Corridor of

Pennsylvania, and the Lincoln Highway

Scenic Byway Program of Illinois.

One indicator of interest in the highway might be the level of interest in the

subject matter generally - classic cars,

roadside attractions, and historic roads.

Old Cars Weekly, a magazine for classic

car enthusiasts, has 70,000 subscribers,

which indicates that there is a great

deal of interest in this subject matter.

However, Roadside, a magazine for

roadside attraction enthusiasts, halted

publication in 2001 because of an

unsustainably low level of interest. A

new magazine for fans of historic

roads, American Road, expects to nearly double the number of issues it prints

in the first year of production, from

5,500 to 10,000.4 Another indicator of

interest might be visitation counts for

individual museums dedicated to historic roads. For example, at the

Powerhouse Museum along Route 66

in Kingman, AZ, which is dedicated to

telling the story of that historic road,

4,800 visitors signed the guest book

from July through September 20035.

4Data gathered in personal communication between magazine publishers and Ruth Heikkinen, Lincoln

Highway Study Coordinator, January 2004.

5“Visitors.” Route 66 News, Fall 2003, page 3.
Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment 29

CRITERIA FOR NATIONAL

SIGNIFICANCE

According to NPS Management

Policies 2001, Section 1.3.1, to be considered nationally significant, a

resource must, after study by NPS professionals in consultation with subject

matter experts, scholars, and scientists,

meet the following criteria:

• It is an outstanding example of a 

particular type of resource.

• It possesses exceptional value or

quality in illustrating or interpreting

the natural or cultural themes of our

nation's heritage.

• It offers superlative opportunities for

public enjoyment, or for scientific

study.

• It retains a high degree of integrity as

a true, accurate, and relatively

unspoiled example of a resource.

In addition to meeting these four criteria, it is important that a period of significance for historic properties be

established. A period of significance is

the length of time when a property was

associated with important events, activities, or persons, or attained the characteristics which qualify it for listing in

the National Register of Historic

Places.

LINCOLN HIGHWAY PERIOD OF 

SIGNIFICANCE

For the purposes of this study, the

study team defined the historic period

of significance for the Lincoln Highway

as 1913 to 1956. This period encompasses the following events:

• the highway's inception as an early

transcontinental automobile road at

the behest of the Lincoln Highway

Association, founded in 1913

• the highway's rise to national prominence through the LHA's influential

promotional and political acumen

during the 1920s

• the retention of the highway's national cultural identity and importance for

a considerable time beyond the dissolution of the LHA

• the highway's gradual and regionally

varied decline as a nationally important representative of early named

highways that were eventually

supplanted by the modern interstate 

highway system.

Several episodes in the complex evolution of what was to become the interstate highway network played out from

the 1920s through the 1940s. However,

the modern interstate highway system's

funding and construction was forestalled by events surrounding World

War II and then the Korean War.

Construction was dramatically hasTop: Dunkle’s Gulf gas station in Bedford, Pennsylvania.

Above: Hotel Yancy in Grand

Island, Nebraska-a flagship

hotel along the Lincoln

Highway built in the 1920s.

Chapter Four

Evaluation of National Significance
30 Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment

tened nationwide by the funding provisions included in the Federal Aid

Highway Act of 1956, which President

Eisenhower signed on June 29, 1956.6

Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks

immediately announced the allocation

of $1.1 billion to the states for only the

first year of what he called "the greatest

public works program in the history of

the world."7 By August 1956, three

claims to the construction of the "first"

interstate highway had been staked,

two by Missouri and one by Kansas,

each dependent on a slightly different

definition of "first."8 Thus, the provisions of the 1956 Act, its appropriated

funding level, and the immediate construction of highway projects under its

auspices together signal a radical turning point in the historical development

of American highway building and a

logical termination for the Lincoln

Highway's period of historic and cultural significance.

In addition, because of its transcontinental nature and its complex evolution

in the states through which it passes,

what was historically known and

understood as the Lincoln Highway is

not easily or neatly defined. The highway developed differently and at different times in different areas of the country because of a variety of contributing

factors. Therefore, the Lincoln

Highway's applicable period of national significance fully encompasses this

fluid historical development and

reflects the highway's entire transcontinental range and important associated

cultural resources.

EVALUATION OF LINCOLN 

HIGHWAY USING SIGNIFICANCE

CRITERIA

Outstanding Example

The Lincoln Highway is an outstanding example of a particular type of

resource. Cultural resources that could

be considered of the same type as the

Lincoln Highway are other early

transcontinental named highways in

the United States, such as the following

Lincoln Highway contemporaries: The

Theodore Roosevelt International

Highway, the Yellowstone Trail, the

Pike's Peak Ocean-to-Ocean Highway,

and the National Old Trails Road.9 All

these early named roads emerged during the "Good Roads" movement in the

nation, which originated in the 1890s

both to help bicyclists maneuver quickly around cities and to provide rural

roads to help farmers bring produce to

market.

The Theodore Roosevelt International

Highway, which extended from

Portland, ME, to Portland, OR, was

begun in 1919 by a group of Good

Roads boosters based in Duluth,

Minnesota, as a memorial to President

Theodore Roosevelt. Although it also

represented a memorial to a popular

president, this highway, perhaps

because of its northern route and

Canadian segments, did not retain a

7Weingroff, Richard F., "Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956: Creating the Interstate System." Summer

1996, Federal Highway Administration website at <www.fhwa.dot.gov>.

8Weingroff, Richard F, "Three States Claim First Interstate Highway." Summer 1996, Federal Highway

Administration website at<(www.fhwa.dot.gov>.

9Route 66, perhaps the best-known historic road in the United States, is not described here because it

neither a contemporary of the Lincoln Highway nor a transcontinental route. For a discussion of the

historic context of that road, see the introduction to chapter 5, where the NPS program to preserve and

interpret Route 66 is described.

6President Eisenhower acknowledged the influence of his personal experience as a young soldier in 

the 1919 U.S. Army transcontinental convoy along the Lincoln Highway in his support for building a

sound national network of interstate highways through the 1956 legislation, a key accomplishment of

his administration. This convoy is explained in more detail later in this chapter.
Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment 31

strong identity beyond the Good Roads

era. Today it consists of portions of U.S.

Highways 2, 11, and 12, among others.10

The Yellowstone Trail, which extended

from Plymouth Rock, MA to Puget

Sound, WA, was established in 1912 by

a group of businessmen and Good

Roads boosters in Ipswich, SD. Unlike

the Lincoln Highway, however, this

highway originated as a regional tourist

route from Minneapolis to the northern (automotive) entrance of

Yellowstone National Park and grew to

reach the coasts. Under the federal

numbering system of the late 1920s, the

Yellowstone Trail became parts of U.S.

Highways 10, 12, and 20.11 

Similarly, the Pike's Peak Ocean-toOcean Highway (New York, NY to Los

Angeles, CA) originated in the first

decades of the 20th century as a series

of regional or tourist routes. In the East

it was known as the Roosevelt

Highway, in the Midwest, both as the

White Way and as the Detroit-LincolnDenver (DLD) Highway. Segments farther west were known as the Pike's

Peak Highway. Today much of the route

is U.S. Highways 6 and 34. With its

beginnings as a series of regional or

tourist routes, the Pikes Peak/Roosevelt

Highway did not retain a strong identity as a single transcontinental highway.12 

Another early transcontinental highway, the National Old Trails Road,

would extend from Baltimore, MD to

Los Angeles, CA. The highway's boosters derived the name from the highway's proximity and routing along 19th

century transportation routes such as

the National Road, the Santa Fe Trail,

and the Oregon Trail. Today, the

National Old Trails Road is largely U.S.

40 and Interstate 70. In some states,

U.S. 40 retains a strong identification

with the early 19th century routes such

as the National Road.13

Since federal funding for road development during the Good Roads movement was minimal, anyone who wanted

a road built had to encourage area residents to lobby their local officials for

assistance. It was critical to gain public

name recognition for roads. Of the four

previously cited transcontinental highways of the period, the Lincoln

Highway was both the most publicized

and the best known; as such, it represents the most successful private roads

campaign initiated during the Good

Roads movement.

Exceptional Value or Quality

The Lincoln Highway possesses

exceptional value or quality in illustrating or interpreting the natural or

cultural themes of our nation's heritage. The criterion of possessing

exceptional or quality is evaluated by

applying the national historic landmarks (NHL) process as defined by the

NPS Management Policies 2001 for evaluating the significance of cultural

resources. National historic landmarks

are significant properties with exceptional value in representing or illustrating an important theme in the history

of the nation. They must meet at least

one of the following NHL criteria:

1. association with events that have

made a significant contribution to,

are identified with, or outstandingly

10Skidmore, Max. 1999. "From Portland to Portland: the Theodore Roosevelt International Highway,"

Society for Commercial Archeology Journal, vol. 17 no. 1, pp 14-21. 11Bedeau, Mike, 1996. "The Yellowstone Trail: A Good Road from Plymouth Rock to Puget Sound,"

Society for Commercial Archeology Journal, vol. 14, no. 1 pp. 33-36. 12Ahlgren, Carol, 1977. "Dry, Long, and Dusty: The Detroit-Lincoln-Denver (DLD) Highway in 

Nebraska," Society for Commercial Archeology Journal, vol. 15 no. 2; and Weingroff, Richard, 1996. 

"When Highways Had Names, " Society for Commercial Archeology Journal, vol. 14 no. 1.

13Weingroff, Richard, "the National Old Trails Road Part 1: The Quest for a National Road." Federal 

Highway Administration website at <www.fhwa.dot.gov> and Raitz, Karl, 1996. "The U.S. 40 Roadside,"

The National Road, edited by Karl Raitz. John Hopkins University Press.
32 Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment

represent the broad national patterns of United States history and

from which an understanding and

appreciation of those patterns may

be gained

2. association with lives of persons

nationally significant in the history

of the United States

3. representation of some great idea or

ideal of the American people

4. embodiment of distinguishing characteristics of an architectural type

specimen exceptionally valuable for

the study of a period, style, or

method of construction or that represent a significant, distinctive, and

exceptional entity whose components may lack individual distinction

5. composition of integral parts of the

environment that are not sufficiently

significant by reasons of historical

association or artistic merit to warrant individual recognition, but

which collectively compose an entity

of exceptional historic or artistic significance or outstandingly commemorate or illustrate a way of life or culture

6. yielding, or being likely to yield,

information of major scientific

importance by revealing new cultures or by shedding light on periods

of occupation over large areas of the

United States - such sites are those

that have yielded or may reasonably

be expected to yield data affecting

theories, concepts and ideas to a

major degree

The national significance of the

Lincoln Highway is reflected in two of

the above criteria, numbers 1 and 5. In

the following text, the Lincoln

Highway's significance is placed in

context of the larger multifaceted

American past with the use of the NPS

thematic view of history presented in

History in the National Park Service:

Themes and Concepts (1994). These

eight themes are as follows:

I. Peopling Places

II. Creating Social Institutions and

Movements

III. Expressing Cultural Values

IV. Shaping the Political Landscape

V. Developing the American

Economy

VI. Expanding Science and

Technology

VII. Transforming the Environment,

and

VIII. Changing Role of the United

States in the World Economy

The significance of the Lincoln

Highway is best understood when considered in light of Developing the

American Economy (NPS historical

theme V) and Transforming the

Environment (theme VII).

NHL Criterion 1: Association with

Events. The Lincoln Highway is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to are identified

with or outstandingly represent the

broad national patterns of United

States history and from which an

understanding and appreciation of

those patterns may be gained.

The Lincoln Highway represents the

most successful private roads campaign

initiated during the Good Roads movement. As mentioned earlier, this movement was launched both to help farmers bring produce to market and to

help bicyclists move quickly around

cities. However, soon after its initiation,

spurred on by the development of the

automobile, the Good Roads movement adopted a more ambitious goal -

to facilitate long-distance travel by

motor vehicle. The automobile manufacturers and businessmen who formed

the LHA saw the economic potential

and benefit of improved roads. The

LHA was active from the establishment

of the route in 1913 through 1928. In

1926, the Lincoln Highway was included in the new federal numbering system as U.S. 30 for much of its route,

leading the LHA to end its active promotion of the road two years later, in

1928.
Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment 33

Between 1913 and 1928, the private

individuals at the helm of the LHA

worked to promote, improve, and mark

the Lincoln Highway across the country. The building of the Lincoln

Highway was accompanied by a promotion campaign so successful that the

road's popular identity would outlast

the organization that built it by at least

thirty years.14 Perhaps more significantly, the efforts of the LHA were

instrumental in developing the automobile's influence on the way of life in

20th century America.

The Lincoln Highway played a key role

in developing the American economy

in the area of transportation (NPS historical theme V). The historical evolution of the national economy has

depended on the extension and integration of transportation infrastructure

into new territories. The Lincoln

Highway represents both the extension

of a transcontinental auto road westward and one of the early contributions to an integrated grid of national

highways.

The LHA's plans to build the highway

were reflective of other road-building

efforts of the time. The association

originally wanted to raise private funds

to build the entire route, but its members soon realized that building

"seedling miles" — short stretches of

pavement designed to encourage others to build more stretches like it —

and encouraging public support for

completing the road was a more practical tactic. The LHA borrowed the idea

of seedling miles from the Bureau of

Public Roads, where the same idea was

called "object lesson roads." Complete

public financing of highway building

on a federal level was decades away at

the time the LHA was formed. The

techniques that the automobile industrialists at its helm adopted are instructive to understanding the development

of highway engineering, policy, and

financing in America.

The Lincoln Highway provides numerous examples not only of the evolution

of highways, but also of the evolution

of automobile-related commerce. Over

the course of the Lincoln Highway,

scores of commercial establishments

were built to serve travelers. In addition, existing pre-automobile businesses refocused their establishments to

serve travelers on the Lincoln Highway.

These auto service, food, and lodging

establishments, which emerged to serve

this new group of travelers, have

become permanent features in our

American landscape.

The towns potentially on the highway

were keenly aware of the role the

Lincoln Highway would play in developing the American economy. As soon

as the idea of a cross-country Lincoln

Highway was publicized, towns and

states petitioned the LHA and competed with each other to be located along

the route. State and local governments

improved existing roads and promised

future funding of improvements as a

way to sway the alignment of the

Lincoln Highway in their favor. Once

the official route was established in

1913, towns celebrated their inclusion

with bonfires, parades, speeches and

celebrations and, with the encouragement of the LHA, renamed their main

streets "Lincoln Way." The arrival of

the Lincoln Highway, with its perception of progress, prosperity, modernity,

and connectivity, was a definitive

moment in the identity of many small,

isolated towns across the country. The

Lincoln Highway became representative of an American infrastructure in

transition between the dominance of

the railroad and the emergence of a

national, auto-based transportation

system.

14Patrick, Kevin J., Learning from the Lincoln Highway: Idendity, Place, and a Pennsylvania Landscape.

Doctoral dissertation from the University of North Carolina. UMI Dissertation Services. 

An example of a seedling mile in

Grand Island, Nebraska. A portion

of this road was demolished in

2000 when a new intersection was

built, although some of the historic

resource remains.
34 Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment

In the first decades of the 20th century,

the emerging auto industry was not the

only group pursuing good roads.

Following World War I, the U.S. military was interested in the quality and

availability of decent roads to mobilize

troops across the nation. In 1919 the

U.S. Army set off on a transcontinental

journey to test the efficiency of the

American road system in the interest of

national defense. From Washington,

DC, to San Francisco, CA, the convoy

traveled along the Lincoln Highway

from mid-Pennsylvania to California -

most of their trip. The convoy, accompanied by promoters of the Lincoln

Highway and meeting many along the

way, brought an enormous amount of

attention to the need for good roads,

particularly a transcontinental route

such as the Lincoln Highway. The message all along their challenging route

was, if local and state governments and

organizations did not make an effort at

road improvement, then the Lincoln

Highway would be rerouted and pass

them by.

A young officer, Dwight D.

Eisenhower, was a member of the convoy and a witness to the meager road

system available across the United

States at this time. Eisenhower no

doubt kept this experience in his mind

when he signed the Federal Aid

Highway Act as President of the United

States in 1956, an act which, as mentioned previously, finally provided the

federal funding necessary to fully

implement a system of national

roads.15

The LHA's goal for the highway was to

connect American communities by

establishing and promoting an

improved, toll-free transcontinental

road. In doing this, the Lincoln

Highway played a key role in transforming both the natural and the built

environment (NPS historical theme

VII). Today, it is easy to get lost trying

to follow this historic road across the

country as its path varies from rough

unpaved roads to high speed interstates. Ironically, this fact is actually a

testament to the success of the Lincoln

Highway. Transportation officials over

the past 75 years have built on a central

idea of the original Lincoln Highway

promoters — that good roads could

play a pivotal role in economic development — and applied it to developing

a vast network of roads across the

United States. Today, road building is

so prevalent that all other methods of

ground transportation are subordinate,

both in terms of usage and public funding, to vehicular traffic.16

The ability to shape nature through the

process of road construction was limited in the early days of the Lincoln

Highway; however, that ability became

more and more pronounced as the success of early roads encouraged the continual advancements in road engineering.17 Moreover, the ease of traveling

in one's own car to remote corners of

the country gave Americans the ability

to look at nature differently, to experience it in new ways, and ultimately to

alter the natural processes in many

areas. Finally, the Lincoln Highway

contributed to the evolution of the

15 More information about this transcontinental convoy is available in Pete Davies, American Road: The 

Story of an Epic Transcontinental Journey at the Dawn of the Motor Age. New York, 2002: Henry Holt

and Company.

16 About 5 percent of Americans use public transportation to commute to work; about 85 percent drive to 

work. Over the past decade, rail and transit funding has averaged 20 percent of total government expen

diture - local, state, and federal - and highway funding has averaged 60 percent. Source: U.S. Bureau of

Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2001 and Government Transportation 

Financial Statistics 2001.

17 The study team thanks Bruce Seely, Chair, Department of Social Sciences at Michigan Technological 

University, for this observation. Mr. Seely adds "Compared to the post-1945 construction patterns, 

when machinery allowed road builders to completely alter the shape of nature, the impact on nature of

roads built in the 1920s and 1930s seems sedate and constrained." (letter dated July 21, 2003).
Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment 35

American landscape from a series of

urban centers and rural communities to

a radiating landscape of development.

This pattern of development, growing

out from the cities to create suburban

communities wherever there were

roads, was an outgrowth of the popularity of the highways like the Lincoln

Highway.

To credit the Lincoln Highway with the

systemic changes to the environment

brought on both by the expansive network of roads and by the proliferation

of automobiles of the 20th century

would be an overstatement. The

Lincoln Highway, symbolic of the

Good Roads movement, was only one

of many factors contributing to these

changes. Nevertheless, the Lincoln

Highway's significance reflects the historical theme of transforming both the

natural and built environments through

highway planning, promotion, design,

and construction.

NHL Criterion 5: Exceptional as a

Collective Whole. The Lincoln

Highway includes sites that are composed of integral parts of the environment that are exceptional as a collective whole but not necessarily as individual components.

The Lincoln Highway corridor encompasses numerous buildings and structures that could be cited individually

for their historical significance. The

historical significance of the highway,

however, is better understood when

considered as a collective whole, or as

segments of concentrated resources.

The Lincoln Highway is a complex corridor that consists of original and subsequent routes and includes roadways

constructed at different times from

1913 to 1956. During this time, the

road's promoters were continually

working to improve the route; thus,

they abandoned some of the earlier

sections. Today the highway may be

likened to a braided stream with as

many as four "generations" of road

offering different paths through the

same area. Within the corridor are

numerous examples of roadside commercial architecture that evolved

throughout the period of significance.

The Lincoln Highway linked town and

country, city and suburb. Its design elements and associated roadside landscape reflect both automobile age capitalism and government perceptions of

public roads. The appearance of the

Lincoln Highway landscape is largely

defined by the changing image of

modernity and its influence on architecture and highway design.

The Lincoln Highway landscape is a

representative example of automobile

culture and popular vernacular styles

as applied to the road and roadside of

one of America's first transcontinental

highways. Of particular importance are

roadway remnants, structures, and

markers, along with roadside commercial architecture in use during the

Lincoln Highway's period of significance (1913-1956) and especially during its heyday before the road was

numbered by the American Association

of State Highway Officials (1914-1928).

Roadway elements depicting changes

in highway design and engineering

standards are represented by the development and evolution of the nation's

premier long-distance highway.

The Lincoln Highway's expansive history began at a time when automobiles

inherited a pre-modern road network

and continued through the construction of limited access bypasses. The

Lincoln Highway contains specific

examples of noteworthy highway and

bridge designs, as well as landscape

ensembles that illustrate changes in

highway and bridge design left near to

each other as a result of route succession and the construction of multiple

bypasses of different ages.

The Lincoln Highway's commercial

roadside buildings represent a transition in the architecture of automobileoriented retailing from early 20th cen-
36 Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment

tury vernacular styles through numerous periods of modern roadside architecture, including: Early Auto, Art

Deco, Streamlined Moderne, Modern,

and Exaggerated Modern styles. The

Lincoln Highway's commercial roadside is a testament to the economic

impact the highway had on the communities it passed through.

Commercial roadside businesses most

directly linked to the influences of the

Lincoln Highway are gas, food, and

lodging establishments from the period

of significance (1913-1956).

The Lincoln Highway also contains

auto-oriented commercial landscape

districts such as urban "automobile

rows" that resulted from an agglomeration of auto show rooms, gas stations,

garages, hotels, and roadside restaurants along the main thoroughfare

leading into the central business district. North Broad Street in

Philadelphia and Farnam Street in

Omaha are two noteworthy examples.

Other districts resulting from the influence of the Lincoln Highway are commercial strips of motels, gas stations,

and restaurants at the edge of numerous small towns, and "one-stop"

tourist centers containing gas, food,

and lodging accommodations as part of

a single operation. When taken collectively, these resources tell the story of

the Lincoln Highway and its effect on

the American landscape.

Opportunities for Public

Enjoyment.

The Lincoln Highway offers superlative opportunities for public enjoyment or for scientific study. The

Lincoln Highway routes and associated

resources offer countless opportunities

for public enjoyment and for understanding the significance of this road

from coast to coast. Collectively, the

roadway and historic resources within

the Lincoln Highway corridor could

give the public the opportunities to

experience travel along the route reminiscent of the adventures enjoyed by

previous generations of Americans.

Individually, many of the adjacent historic resources are accessible or could

be made accessible for public understanding and enjoyment.

Today there is no nationally coordinated effort to provide for public enjoyment of the Lincoln Highway and its

associated historic resources. However,

the current Lincoln Highway

Association, a reincarnation of the

organization that founded the road, is a

national organization with roughly

1,000 members that works to preserve,

interpret, improve access to, and promote the road to enthusiasts and the

general public. At present this organization does not have the capacity to

provide for the public enjoyment of the

road and its related resources consistently on a national basis, but it does

provide a forum for coordinating local

efforts. A few regional efforts exist to

provide for the public enjoyment of the

Lincoln Highway. These efforts, which

are limited geographically, include the

Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor in

western Pennsylvania and the Lincoln

Highway Scenic Byways in Ohio and

Illinois. Preservation and interpretation

efforts such as these are discussed in

more detail near the beginning of chapter 5 of this study.

Integrity as a True, Accurate, and

Relatively Unspoiled Example

The Lincoln Highway in its entirety

does not retain a high degree of

integrity as a true, accurate, and relatively unspoiled example of a

resource. The passages above demonstrate that the Lincoln Highway possesses exceptional significance in illustrating or interpreting the heritage of

the United States with respect to three

of the four criteria for national significance. The fourth criterion for national

significance requires that the resource

also retains "a high degree of integrity

as a true, accurate, and relatively

unspoiled example of a resource." A

wealth of individual resources in the

Lincoln Highway corridor do retain

integrity, as demonstrated by the find-
Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment 37

ings of the reconnaissance survey conducted as part of this project. 1,500

resources were identified that contribute to the highway's significance;

however, the Lincoln Highway as a

whole does not retain the necessary

high degree of integrity.

Appendix C lists the 49 incoln Highway

resources that are already individually

listed in the National Register of

Historic Places. In addition, at least 40

of the surveyed resources have been

determined eligible for listing by State

Historic Preservation Offices.

Because a variety of road and roadside

resources contribute to the significance

of the Lincoln Highway, it would be

important for a wide cross section of

those resources to be present throughout the corridor nationally at a density

that would approximate the highway's

appearance during its period of significance in order for the entire highway to

retain integrity. However, there are

large stretches of this corridor that

retain only one or two features to

remind today's travelers of the history

of the road. Along many stretches,

there are no such features. The reconnaissance survey identified less than

ten percent of the road and its associated landscape as retaining integrity.

As mentioned previously, a wealth of

individual resources retain integrity

throughout the Lincoln Highway's

5,000 miles. In some places, these

resources are grouped so close together that the district in which they are

located may be eligible for designation

as a historic district. The National Park

Service would welcome nominations

for both national register and national

historic landmark listings of significant

Lincoln Highway resources. However,

since the entire corridor does not

retain a high level of integrity, the

Lincoln Highway does not meet the

necessary criteria for national significance to warrant its inclusion in the

national park system.

In summary, the Lincoln Highway's significance is reflected in three of the

four necessary criteria -it is an outstanding example of a particular type

of resource; it possesses exceptional

value or quality in illustrating or interpreting the natural or cultural themes

of our nation's heritage; and it offers

superlative opportunities for public

enjoyment or for scientific study.

However, as a whole, it does not retain

a high degree of integrity as a true,

accurate, and relatively unspoiled

example of a resource.

Because the Lincoln Highway does not

meet all the significance criteria for

inclusion in the national park system,

neither analysis of the suitability and

feasibility of managing the Lincoln

Highway as a unit of the system nor an

assessment of whether or not direct

NPS management would be necessary

is included in this study. The possibility

of including a small part of the highway

in the national park system was considered during this project, but that possibility was eliminated from further

study. This decision is described in

more detail in chapter 5.
Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment 39

This chapter describes existing

means of protecting historic

roads for public enjoyment and

presents a range of viable management

alternatives for the Lincoln Highway.

EXISTING MEANS OF PROTECTING

HISTORIC ROADS FOR 

PUBLIC ENJOYMENT

Historic Roads 

and the National Park Service

Representation within the national

park system is one method of protecting historic roads. A number of historic

roads are currently included in the

national park system. These roads fall

into two groups: parkways, including

the George Washington Memorial

Parkway (in Virginia), the Blue Ridge

Parkway (in North Carolina and

Virginia), the Natchez Trace Parkway

(in Mississippi, Alabama, and

Tennessee) and the John D. Rockefeller

Jr. Memorial Parkway (in Wyoming)

and roads that figure prominently in

the visitor experience at other national

parks, such as Skyline Drive in

Shenandoah National Park (in

Virginia), Going-to-the-Sun Road in

Glacier National Park (in Montana),

Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain

National Park (in Colorado) and the

Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway in

Rock Creek Park (in Washington,

D.C.). Since the national park parkways

were all built as units of the national

park system, development adjacent to

the road was limited in favor of preserving aesthetic, natural, and cultural

values. The type of roadside commercial development typical of the Lincoln

Highway is absent from the landscape

of these roads. Like the parkways,

roads that figure prominently in the

visitor experience at national parks

were built for scenic, aesthetic reasons

and cannot be said to reflect the same

set of historic themes as the Lincoln

Highway.

Historic roads that cross the boundaries of national parks are also worth

mentioning in this discussion because

of the high preservation standard

afforded them by their inclusion within

the boundary of a unit of the national

park system. The National Road, built

in the early 19th century, crosses Fort

Necessity National Battlefield in

Pennsylvania. The Fort Necessity staff

tells the story of the National Road as

part of its interpretation program. The

National Road was the subject of an

NPS special resource study published

in January 1994. Although the term

"National Road" is sometimes applied

to what is today known as transcontinental U.S. 40 (which, in the heyday of

the Lincoln Highway was referred to as

the National Old Trails Road), the 1994

Top: The Lincoln Motor Court in

Bedford, Pennsylvania, an early

auto cabin court.

Above: The Red Bat’s Nest, an

early auto roadside restaurant in

domestic vernacular style in Fulton

County, Pennsylvania.

Chapter Five

Management Alternatives
40 Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment

18In 1924, Austin Bement, vice-president and secretary of the Lincoln Highway Association, boasted that 

"Instead of 60 days or more now being required to drive from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the ordinary, 

unhurried progress of a pleasure party can make the trip on the Lincoln Highway in the summer 

months in less than a month. Twenty days is an easy drive for anyone." A Complete Official Guide of the

Lincoln Highway, fifth edition. The Lincoln Highway Association., 1924, p. 87.

special resource study included only

the 600 miles of the original National

Road from Cumberland, MD, to

Vandalia, IL. That study determined

that those 600 miles were suitable for

addition to the national park system as

either a national historic trail or a

national heritage area and that two

shorter stretches of the National Road

also would have been feasible to manage. Today, however, no stretch of the

National Road is, by itself, a part of the

national park system.

The Lincoln Highway crosses or comes

within a few blocks of the boundaries

of 13 units and affiliated areas of the

system. However, because the Lincoln

Highway is not related to the purpose

and significance of any of these parks,

it is not part of the interpretation program at any of those units or areas (see

Appendix B).

The National Park Service does provide assistance to the preservation of

other historic roads without managing

the resources. The grant and technical

assistance program for Route 66 is one

example of this. Although Route 66 is

not a unit of the national park system,

the National Park Service has managed

a grant and technical assistance program to support other organizations in

preserving and interpreting that road

since 2001. Route 66 and the Lincoln

Highway share in common great scale,

diversity of landscape, and evolution of

roadside commercial development, but

each road played a different role in

American history. The period of significance for Route 66 is 1933 to 1970. In

comparison, the LHA's successful marketing campaign began in 1913 and

ultimately led to the building of a

transcontinental highway easily passable by automobiles in all weather by

the mid-1920s.18 Like the National

Road, Route 66 was the subject of an

NPS special resource study in the

1990s. The Route 66 study, published

in July 1995, did not analyze the road's

suitability or feasibility for inclusion in

the national park system, but it did find

the road to be nationally significant.

Another means of bringing attention to

historic roads is by listing them in the

National Register of Historic Places or

designating them as national historic

landmarks. Both of these are federal

programs administered by the National

Park Service. Eight segments of the

Lincoln Highway are currently listed in

the National Register - the King's

Highway Historic District in New

Jersey (between Lawrenceville and

Kingston), six segments of the Lincoln

Highway in Greene County, Iowa and a

segment near Elkhorn, Nebraska (just

west of Omaha -see Appendix C).

Listing, or eligibility for listing, in the

National Register triggers the need for

compliance with §106 of the National

Historic Preservation Act whenever the

federal government or another organization funded or licensed by the federal

government proposes an undertaking

involving those sections of the highway.

Although §106 does not require that

these sections of the highway be protected, it does require that the federal

agency undertaking the project consider the historic significance of the affected property in project planning and

that the Advisory Council on Historic

Preservation be afforded an opportunity to comment on the effect of the

undertaking being proposed.

Designation as a national historic landmark and National Register listing, or

eligibility for listing, also triggers §4(f)

of the U.S. Department of

Transportation Act, which requires the

Federal Highway Administration to dis-
Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment 41

approve of any project that requires

land from a historic site unless there is

no "feasible and prudent" alternative

and "all possible planning" is undertaken to minimize harm. Section 4(f)

applies if a historic bridge or highway is

proposed to be demolished or if its historic integrity would be adversely

affected by the project. As is the case

with §106, the State Historic

Preservation Officer is consulted in

these cases. National Register listing or

eligibility or designation of Lincoln

Highway resources as national historic

landmarks would make them eligible

for federal historic preservation funding when funding is available.

The Historic American Buildings

Survey/ Historic American Engineering

Record/ Historic American Landscape

Survey (HABS/HAER/HALS), a program managed by the National Park

Service, documents important architectural, engineering, and industrial

sites throughout the United States and

its territories. HABS/HAER/HALS

documentation, consisting of measured

drawings, large-format photographs,

and written history, adds to the creation of an archive of American architecture and engineering. To ensure that

such evidence is not lost to future generations, the HABS/HAER/HALS collections are archived at the Library of

Congress, where they are made available to the public. HABS/HAER/HALS

documentation does not save the physical elements of properties, but it nevertheless plays a leading role in what

the program refers to as "preservation

through documentation."

To summarize this section, although

there are a number of historic roads in

the national park system, none is of the

same type of resource in terms of scale

and historic function as the Lincoln

Highway. Although the Lincoln

Highway passes through or lies near 13

different units and affiliated areas of

the national park system, the highway is

not related to the purpose and significance of any of these parks and is not

part of their interpretation program. In

addition to the technical assistance and

grant program for Route 66, three programs of the National Park Service, the

National Register of Historic Places,

the National Historic Landmark

Program, and the HABS/HAER/HALS

program contribute to the preservation

of historic roads in varied ways, but

those programs do not contribute

directly to the preservation and interpretation of the Lincoln Highway.

Historic Roads and Other Federal

Agencies and Programs

Federal Highway Administration

Two programs managed by the Federal

Highway Administration (FHwA) benefit the preservation and interpretation

of historic roads. One, the National

Scenic Byways Program, was established under the Intermodal Surface

Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

(ISTEA) and reauthorized in 1998

under the Transportation Equity Act

for the 21st Century (TEA-21). In 1995,

the FHwA published an interim policy

for this program, outlining the criteria

it would use to designate a road as

•National Scenic Byway" or as an "AllAmerican Road."19 To receive either

designation, a nominated road must

have at least one of six intrinsic qualities: scenic, natural, historic, cultural,

archeological, or recreational. The

requirements for historical designation

do not specify qualifying historical

themes; rather, they state that these

roads must be "of such historic significance that they educate the viewer and

stir an appreciation of the past."

As of 2002, 53 National Scenic Byways

and 9 All-American Roads have been

designated. The U.S. Secretary of

Transportation designates roads and

byways on the basis of nominations

19 This policy was published in volume 60, number 96 of the Federal Register on May 18, 1995, 

pages 26759-26762.
42 Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment

from either states or federal land management agencies. States look to grassroots groups to submit nominations. In

2000, grassroots advocates of the

Lincoln Highway in Illinois submitted a

successful nomination for one route of

the highway in that state as a national

scenic byway. More recently (2003), the

same occurred in Ohio. For 10 miles in

Iowa, the Lincoln Highway shares

alignment with the Loess Hills

National Scenic Byway. Likewise, for 15

miles in Nevada, the Lincoln Highway

shares an alignment with Lake Tahoe's

Eastshore Drive, another national scenic byway. However, neither the Iowa

road nor the Nevada road includes the

preservation and interpretation of the

Lincoln Highway the focus of the

byway.

The complex process of gaining designation as a long-distance national scenic byway involves the coordination of

multiple partners in multiple jurisdictions. Since state scenic byway agencies

need to submit nominations for federal

byway status to the FHwA, garnering

national scenic byway status for the

entire contiguous Lincoln Highway

would require all 14 states it crosses to

submit nominations,20 with the possible exception of Colorado. In 1993,

the Iowa Lincoln Highway Association

nominated the highway in that state as

a state scenic byway, but the state

determined that the Lincoln Highway

did not meet the requirement for this

designation. The state of Iowa recognizes that its scenic byway requirements are unlikely to be met for historic roads and is conducting research

to develop a program to benefit historic

roads. The Iowa experience is an indication of the difficulties entailed in

designating a multistate road as a

national scenic byway. Although such a

designation would be difficult, it would

not be impossible. In June 2002, the

entire length of the National Road

crossing six states - Maryland, West

Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,

and Illinois - was designated an "AllAmerican Road."

TEA-21 also supports historic road

preservation through transportation

enhancement funding. Among other

activities, enhancement funding is

available for historic highway programs;

the historic preservation, rehabilitation,

and operation of historic transportation structures; and the establishment

of transportation museums. Projects to

commemorate, preserve, and interpret

features of the Lincoln Highway are eligible for enhancement funding (see

Appendix E for a list of Lincoln

Highway projects that have received

enhancement and byway funding to

date).

U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of

Land Management

In the West, several segments of the

Lincoln Highway cross land managed

by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), the

Bureau of Land Management (BLM),

the Bureau of Reclamation, and the

Department of Defense (see Appendix

B). Together, these segments add up to

approximately 400 miles, the longest

continuous segment for which the federal government has maintenance

responsibilities. The length at the Fish

Springs National Wildlife Refuge in

Utah is shorter than 20 miles. Both the

BLM and the USFS manage scenic

byway programs. The BLM has an

internal process for designating the

roads as BLM Scenic Byways through

its resource management plans; however, one of the six criteria for designation is that "all local, state, and federal

agencies with jurisdiction over road

segments of the proposed byway must

agree to the byway designation and

agree to cooperate with the BLM in

20Colorado's route of the Lincoln Highway was officially bypassed in 1914 by an alternate route through

eastern Wyoming. If this bypass or a later generation was selected for National Scenic Byway status, 

then there could be only 13 states involved and still maintain a continuous national byway.
Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment 43

joint development and management of

the byway." The remaining five criteria

for nomination as a BLM Scenic Byway

are that the road must posses the following attributes (a) important attractions on a state or national basis

(including historic attractions), (b) a

road on an existing route where BLM

is a principal landholder, (c) a route

with legal access, (d) a road safe for the

type of vehicle prescribed for the proposed designation, and (e) the management of the road and its resources

within the byway corridor must be consistent with affected agencies' land use

plans.21 No section of the Lincoln

Highway on BLM land is currently designated as a scenic byway.

The USFS also has an internal process

for designating scenic byways, but to

provide better access to funding for

maintaining the intrinsic qualities of

those roads, the agency prefers to partner with the state or national scenic

byway program to nominate and designate roads in national forests. Roughly

half of the national scenic byways in

the United States cross the boundaries

of national forests. The rights-of-way

for improved roads that cross these

forests are typically the responsibilities

of counties or states. This is the case

for all of the miles of the Lincoln

Highway that cross national forests.

Therefore, maintaining byways that

cross USFS land is not a federal

responsibility, but maintaining the context for the roads - their landscapes - is.

Designation under any of these federal

scenic byway programs has as its ultimate goal the promotion of motor

tourism. Providing for the preservation

of historic features of the corridors,

together with increasing public awareness through signs and offering interpretation and education, is a way to

achieve this goal, but preservation is

not specifically required by the

FHwA's Scenic Byway program. The

extent to which national scenic byway

designation facilitates the preservation

of a road and its resources depends on

the how the requisite corridor management plan required for that designation

is written and implemented. Corridor

management plans are developed independently by each organization that

nominates a road for scenic byway designation, and their preservation

requirements vary.

In summary, federal programs outside

of the National Park Service that preserve and interpret historic roads are

the FHwA's National Scenic Byway

and Transportation Enhancement programs and the land management programs of the BLM and USFS when historic roads cross the boundaries of

their lands.

Historic Roads and State

Government Programs

In addition to the national scenic

byways program, most states (including

the 14 states crossed by the Lincoln

Highway) have state scenic byway programs. These programs vary somewhat

from state to state, but they generally

are modeled after the federal program.

Both Ohio and Illinois have designated

the Lincoln Highway as a state scenic

byway (these byways are also designated nationally, as discussed previously).

The required grassroots-level nominations have not been submitted in most

of the 14 Lincoln Highway states. In

Pennsylvania, the portion of the

Lincoln Highway from Adams to

Westmoreland counties has been designated as a "Heritage Corridor." This

designation provides limited funding

for staff and the prestige of being part

of the Pennsylvania state heritage park

system. The purpose of this heritage

corridor is to promote local economic

development through tourism by

telling the Lincoln Highway story along

21BLM Handbook 8357-1, "Byways," dated 12/17/93.
44 Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment

the 200-mile route. Designating the

Lincoln Highway a "Heritage

Corridor" has not been not copied in

any other of the 14 states. Indiana has

designated its length of the National

Road a "Heritage Corridor," but this

designation has not been applied to

Indiana's length of the Lincoln

Highway. In Indiana, that designation

alone does not provide funding, but the

National Road in Indiana does benefit

financially from its designation as a

National Scenic Byway.

Ohio, Illinois, and Pennsylvania stand

out as the only states with governmental programs in place to preserve and

interpret their sections of the Lincoln

Highway. Other states have programs in

place to preserve other historic roads.

In New York and New Jersey, for

example, improvements to the

Palisades Interstate Parkway, a 42-mile

stretch of road along the Hudson River

built between 1947 and 1961 (listed in

its entirety as a national historic landmark), are supervised by the Palisades

Interstate Park Commission to ensure

that historic integrity is not compromised. In addition, because most of the

Lincoln Highway, like many other

roads, was laid out over previous roads

and trails, in a number of cases it is

preserved not as the Lincoln Highway

but rather under its previous or subsequent name. This occurs in New Jersey,

where Kings Highway (later known as

the Lincoln Highway) is listed in the

National Register of Historic Places

and in Nebraska, where the Platte River

Scenic Trails Byway, part of which

shares an alignment with the Lincoln

Highway, is a Nebraska scenic byway.

Most of the Lincoln Highway in

Nevada is a Nevada scenic byway, but,

again, under another name, "The

Loneliest Road". Finally, for 10 miles in

eastern Colorado (between Julesburg

and Ovid), the Lincoln Highway shares

an alignment with the South Platte

River Trail, a Colorado scenic byway.

In summary, in 9 of the 14 Lincoln

Highway states, there is a federal or

state designation that includes at least

one section of the Lincoln Highway

(but not always under that name) and

affords that section some level of protection and/or recognition. Those eight

states are, from east to west, New

Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois,

Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, and

Nevada.

Historic Roads in Local

Government and Nonprofit

Programs

Local Government Initiatives

As it crosses the country, the Lincoln

Highway passes through the center of

numerous small towns. In some cases,

this routing brought motorists to existing businesses, in other cases, towns

grew up around the highway. Either

way, there is potential to take advantage

of programs to preserve and revitalize

downtown areas and bring attention to

the role the Lincoln Highway played in

the development of these towns. Many

cities and towns along the highway

have procedures in place to designate

historically significant areas as local

historic districts. For example, the city

of South Bend, IN, has designated a

local historic district in a neighborhood

that is crossed by the Lincoln Highway.

This designation carries with it development restrictions to ensure that historic integrity is maintained.

Nonprofit Organization

Initiatives

The American Society of Civil

Engineers (ASCE), a nonprofit professional organization for the promotion

and advancement of civil engineering,

maintains a "Historic Civil Engineering

Landmark Program," which recognizes

historically significant local, national,

and international civil engineering

projects, structures, and sites. Bronze

plaques are placed to mark properties

that are designated by this program.

The Lincoln Highway is not on the

society's list of landmarks. Although

the National Road is on this list, along

with nine other historic roads, none of

Resident painting Lincoln Highway

sign on telephone pole in Clarks,

Nebraska.
Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment 45

the historic transcontinental roads

cited in chapter four of this study is on

the ASCE's list of landmarks.

The new LHA (mentioned earlier in

this study) is a national nonprofit

organization dedicated to the interpretation and preservation of the highway,

building on the cultural identity of the

original LHA, which disbanded in

1927. Launched in 1992, the new LHA

both hosts an annual meeting through

its various state chapters and publishes

a quarterly journal, The Lincoln

Highway Forum. LHA state chapters

have sponsored numerous projects to

preserve and interpret the Lincoln

Highway, including "pole painting" -

marking the route by painting telephone poles along it with the red,

white, and blue "L" symbol of the highway.

Within its rural heritage program the

National Trust for Historic

Preservation has a National Task Force

for Historic Roads. The Task Force's

purpose is "to promote the recognition

of historic roads in the United States

and to advocate the protection of the

integrity of design, purpose, and use in

the manner that is both historically

appropriate and responsive to modern

safety needs." Two other programs of

the trust housed within the rural heritage program offer solutions that could

be employed to preserving and interpret the Lincoln Highway, the "Main

Street Program" and the "Heritage

Tourism Promotion Program," but at

this point historic roads are not a specific focus of either of these programs.

The "Main Street Program" supports

downtown revitalization. Main Street

Galion (OH) is centered on Harding

Way, the name given to the Lincoln

Highway through Galion. Livermore,

CA also has a "Main Street Program,"

but the boundaries of its redevelopment district miss the Lincoln

Highway's route through Livermore by

a few blocks.

To summarize this section, some local

governments, mostly in small towns,

have made impressive efforts to preserve and publicize their sections of the

Lincoln Highway. However, there is no

concerted effort to link these local programs so as to tell the national story of

this long-distance road, but the national LHA offers a forum for voluntary

collaboration among its members, who

represent every state along the highway.

MANAGEMENT ALTERNATIVES

CONSIDERED AND ANALYZED

The objective of each alternative

described below is to commemorate,

preserve, and interpret the significance

of the Lincoln Highway22. For a

description of the process used to

develop and analyze these alternatives,

see Chapter 6 and Appendix F (which

contains a summary of the public

involvement in the study). Note that

none of these alternatives proposes

that the Lincoln Highway be included

in the national park system (see the

"Management Alternatives Considered

but Eliminated from Further Study,"

below).

Alternative 1: National Lincoln

Highway Program (preferred

alternative).

Concept: Under this alternative,

either a new nonprofit organization

would be established or the capabilities

of an existing organization would be

22The Congressional act directing this study (included as Appendix A) stated that this study was also to

include options for using remaining segments of the highway. All of these alternatives provide for continued use of the Lincoln Highway. When preservation of an historic segment of a road is determined to be

incompatible with its continued use, solutions to this dilemma are typically made on a case-by-case basis

among relevant parties, including the State Historic Preservation Office. This would continue to be the

case under any of the management alternatives. Because these alternatives do not vary with respect to

the extent to which the highway would continue to be used, this factor was not included in the objective

statement for the management alternatives.
46 Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment

enhanced in order to coordinate a program that would commemorate, preserve, and interpret the Lincoln

Highway. The National Park Service

would provide financial and technical

support for this organization. The program would include comprehensive

planning, certified interpretive sites

(CISs), uniform signs, an information

clearinghouse, and the development of

a website offering personalized travel

itineraries. A matching grant program

to prioritize preservation efforts would

also be part of the program. In addition

to providing financial and technical

support, the National Park Service

would encourage the inclusion of

Lincoln Highway resources in existing

federal programs that influence preservation and interpretation of historic

roads. This alternative would have an

impact on all significant Lincoln

Highway resources.

Leading Agency or Organization:

A national nonprofit organization

would take the lead, working with the

following entities:

• the National Park Service

• State Departments of Transportation

(SDOTS)

• State Historic Preservation Offices

(SHPOs), Tribal Historic Preservation

Offices (THPOs), Federal

Preservation Officers (FPOs) and certified local governments (CLGs)

• other partners, especially organizations that promote the appreciation

and preservation of local history and

roadside architecture

How the Program Would Be

Implemented:

The leading organization would take

the following steps to implement this

alternative, working with others as

indicated.

• Develop a management plan, including a comprehensive interpretive

strategy.

• Establish criteria for certified interpretive sites along the Lincoln

Highway, where the story of the

Lincoln Highway will be interpreted.

Preferably, these interpretive sites will

be established in or at historic

resources that contribute to the significance of the Lincoln Highway, but

that is not a requirement for certification (NPO, working with all the

groups mentioned above).

• Design a template for interpretive

information to be used at certified

interpretive sites (NPO, working with

all the groups mentioned above).

• Establish a matching grants program

for preservation, planning, interpretation, and education, with a priority on

preservation efforts (NPO)

• Coordinate commemoration, preservation, and interpretation efforts

(NPO).

• Create a clearinghouse of related

information (maps, survey data,

brochures) (NPO).

• Implement a unified system of signs

(NPO with SDOTS).

• Create and manage a website from

which individual itineraries can be

created (NPO).

•Facilitate technical assistance in

preservation and interpretation (NPO

and NPS).

•Promote the inclusion of Lincoln

Highway resources in existing federal

programs that encourage the commemoration, preservation, and interpretation of historic resources (such

as national scenic byways, listing in or

eligibility for listing in the National

Register of Historic Places, and

national historic landmarks programs)

through outreach efforts and technical

assistance (NPS).

Alternative 2: Lincoln Highway

Touring and Discovery 

Concept: Under this alternative, a

series of discovery hubs (defined

below) and certified interpretive sites

(CISs) would be developed to introduce visitors to the Lincoln Highway.

State based programming and local

interpretive efforts would be encouraged. The National Park Service would
Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment 47

provide a set amount of matching

funds per state for the establishment of

at least one hub in each Lincoln

Highway state to be established in an

existing highway resource. Additional

certified interpretive sites would be

identified throughout each state.

Personal travel itineraries would be

available to the general public through

a website. This alternative would have

an impact at state hubs (a minimum of

one hub in each Lincoln Highway

state), at CISs, and potentially along the

entire route through personal itineraries.

Leading Agency or Organization:

The National Park Service would be

the leading agency, working with various partners in each state, as follows:

• State Historic Preservation Offices

(SHPOs), Tribal Historic Preservation

Offices (THPOs), Federal

Preservation Officers (FPOs) and certified local governments (CLGs)

• businesses, tourism offices, chambers

of commerce, historical societies

How the Program Would Be

Implemented: 

The leading agency would take the following steps to implement this alternative, working with others as indicated.

• Provide national coordination and

develop criteria for Lincoln Highway

hubs, locations to be selected by state

and local partners. Ideally, these hubs

would be established in a historic

facility contributing to the significance of the Lincoln Highway. The

budget estimated for this alternative

assumes that the hubs would be

roughly the size of a Lincoln

Highway-era gas station - about 2,000

square feet (NPS).

• Provide a set amount of matching

funds to grantees for the establishment of at least one hub in each state

in existing facilities or the production

of interpretative panels for national

story at each hub. No new construction would be funded (NPS).

• Design a template for interpretive

panels for state and local stories to be

used at hubs and at certified sites

(NPS).

• Create and manage a website from

which individual itineraries can be

created (NPS).

Alternative 3: Lincoln Highway

Heritage Corridor

Concept: Under this alternative, a collection of locally initiated coalitions

consisting of multiple geographically

defined segments of the Lincoln

Highway and associated resources

would be developed, with a minimum

of one per NPS region. (Lincoln

Highway states in the Northeast Region

are New York, New Jersey,

Pennsylvania, and West Virginia; in the

Midwest Region are the Lincoln

Highway states of Ohio, Indiana,

Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska; in the

Intermountain Region, Wyoming and

Utah, and in the Pacific West Region,

Nevada and California.) Together, the

coalition would make up one national

heritage corridor. Within each segment,

local groups (businesses, nonprofit

organizations, units of local government) would take actions to protect,

preserve, and promote the role that

segment played in the national Lincoln

Highway story. Each segment would

pursue an action agenda developed as

part of the national management plan

for the heritage highway as a whole.

Like a national heritage area (NHA),

this corridor would be a place designated by Congress where natural, cultural, historic, and scenic resources

would combine to form a cohesive,

nationally distinctive landscape arising

from patterns of human activity and

shaped by geography. A designation by

Congress is required to make an area a

national heritage area. They typically

are authorized for a ten-year period,

and federal financial assistance of up to

$1 million per year is typically authorized.
48 Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment

Congressional designation would

authorize the Secretary of the Interior

to provide technical assistance; however, the effort would be directed by a

local management entity. This entity

would develop a comprehensive plan

for the heritage corridor with strategies

for resource protection and interpretation. It also would develop a methodology for including various public and

private partners in its implementation.

No such management entity exists

today to work on the Lincoln Highway

at a national scale, but there are a number of potential organizations that may

be interested in pursuing this opportunity. Congress specifies the managing

entity of national heritage areas in legislation. This alternative would have an

impact within identified segments of

the Lincoln Highway.

Leading Agency or Organization:

Leadership under this alternative

would consist of a coalition of state,

local, and/or regional organizations,

including the following:

• State Historic Preservation Offices

(SHPOs), Tribal Historic Preservation

Offices (THPOs), Federal

Preservation Officers (FPOs) and certified local governments (CLGs)

working with the National Park

Service.

How the Program Would Be

Implemented:

The coalition would first identify the

boundaries of segments in each NPS

region that would compose the national heritage highway, building on existing efforts wherever possible. This step

would be necessary before congresional designation was sought.

As would be done to create a national

heritage area, the coalition would

develop a management plan as one of

its first actions after congressional designation. Because that plan would be

developed by the coalition, it is not

possible to know precisely which program elements would be included in

the plan. However, it is reasonable to

assume that at a minimum, the following activities would be involved:

•Provide a unified system of signs for

the national heritage highway (management entity appointed by the coalition, working with state departments

of transportation).

•Provide grants. The National Park

Service would recommend that these

grants be explicitly for preservation

projects (management entity appointed by the coalition, with 50 percent

matched funding from the National

Park Service for the first ten years).

Alternative 4: No New Federal

Action (no-action alternative)

Concept: In this alternative, no new

federal action would be taken. The

managing entity would work within

existing programs (for example, the

National Scenic Byway and National

Register of Historic Places programs)

to preserve and interpret the Lincoln

Highway. This no-action alternative

today primarily would have an impact

in the locales and states with active scenic byway programs and historic

preservation programs, but eventually

it could result in nationwide impacts.

Agencies That Would Be

Involved: 

The Federal Highway Administration

(FHwA) and the National Park Service

(NPS).

How the Program Would Be

Implemented:

The agencies would take the following

actions to implement this alternative:

• Consider segments of the Lincoln

Highway for designation as national

scenic byways as nominations are

received (FHwA, working with

SDOTs).

• As time and funding permits, continue to support grassroots groups in

nominating segments of the Lincoln

Highway as national scenic byways

(NPS and the FHwA, working with
Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment 49

SDOTs).

• As time and funding permits, continue supporting transportation

enhancements in the Lincoln

Highway corridor.

• As time and funding permits, continue to support the nomination of significant Lincoln Highway properties

to the National Register of Historic

Places (NPS, working with SHPOs,

THPOs, FPOs, and CLGs).

COST AND BENEFIT ANALYSES

Benefits

The Lincoln Highway Study Team used

a decision-making method called

"Choosing by Advantages" to develop a

list of objectives that the ideal management system for the highway should

meet. In developing the objectives, the

team considered both the requirements

of the enabling legislation and public

feedback on preliminary alternatives

that had been received. The preliminary alternatives had been described in

a January 2003 newsletter and discussed at public meetings that were

conducted in March and April 2003.

The management objectives for the

Lincoln Highway were as follows:

1. Commemorate and interpret the

national significance of both the

Lincoln Highway and its related

resources.

2. Provide for a diversity of Lincoln

Highway experiences.

3. Preserve significant Lincoln

Highway resources.

4. Continue to identify and evaluate

significant Lincoln Highway

resources.

5. Provide for private sector efforts to

commemorate, preserve, and interpret Lincoln Highway resources.

6. Provide for state and local government efforts to commemorate, preserve, and interpret Lincoln

Highway resources.

7.Provide for national coordination

efforts to commemorate, preserve,

and interpret the Lincoln Highway.

Before assessing the alternatives against

the management objectives, the team

revised the preliminary alternatives on

the basis of public comments received

as a result of the January 2003 newsletter. At that point, the alternatives were

scored on the degree to which each

alternative would meet the objectives.

This process enabled the team to

understand better the specific benefits

of each alternative and resulted in the

creation of a preliminary preferred

alternative built from the some of the

best parts of each alternative. Then the

costs of the alternatives were analyzed

and the potential environmental

impacts of each alternative were identified. Finally, the alternatives were revisited given cost and environmental factors, resulting in the current preferred

alternative.
50 Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment

Costs

The estimated costs of each alternative

are summarized below. These estimates

take into account staffing costs

(salaries, benefits, and overhead),

equipment costs, and funds to be distributed as grants. The methodology

for these estimates involved breaking

each alternative down into individual

program elements and researching the

likely cost of each element. The estimates are based on experience with

successful implementation of similar

programs. The costs were estimated

over ten years, with future costs discounted for fair comparison across

alternatives (see Appendix E for

details).

Because the current federal expenditures under Alternative 4, the noaction alternative, would continue if

any alternative was implemented, the

chart below shows both the NPS cost

of each alternative alone and the total

amount of federal funding that would

support the commemoration, preservation, and interpretation of the Lincoln

Highway. (Appendix E details current

federal expenditures towards these

ends, funded by U.S. DOT). Although

these U.S. DOT-funded projects serve

to commemorate, preserve, and interpret Lincoln Highway resources, they

were not conceived as a collective

effort wards this goal. Rather, each

project had its own independent goal

(improving tourism, downtown revitalization, etc). Because there is no concerted effort at this time to focus these

U.S. DOT funds on the Lincoln

Highway specifically, the no-action

alternative was not considered a viable

management alternative for the purposes of this study, but rather a baseline

from which to compare the other alternatives.

Alternative 1

(Preferred)

Alternative 2

Alternative 3

Alternative 4 (No

Action)

$9.3 million

$6.6 million

$8.6 million

$0

$15.1 million

$12.3 million 

$14.3 million

$ 5.8 million

$5.8 million

$5.8 million

$5.8 million

$5.8 million

Total Cost of Lincoln

Highway Commemoration,

Preservation, and

Interpretation (cost of 

alternative plus cost of no

new federal action)

Cost to U.S. DOT (no

new federal action

alternative costs)

Costs to NPS

Costs of Alternatives (over 10 years)
Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment 51

Cost/ Benefit Ratios

The advantage points assigned to each

alternative represent the benefits of

each action alternative in meeting the

previously stated objectives. These

points, along with the cost/benefit

ratio, are described in the chart below.

Because Alternative 4, the “no new

federal action” alternative, was not

considered a viable management alternative for this study, neither the benefits nor the costs of that alternative are

included in this chart.

Alternative 1 (Preferred)

Alternative 2

Alternative 3

$9.3 million

$6.6 million

$8.6 million

$22,400

$19,600

$22.900

415

335

375

Cost per Unit

of Benefit

Ten-year Cost to NPS of Lincoln Benefit

Highway Commemoration,

Preservation, and Interpretation

Cost/Benefit Ratios

ENVIRONMENTALLY 

PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE

The environmentally preferred alternative is the one that will best promote

the national environmental policy

expressed in the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) section 101 (b)). The policy expressed in

the act includes alternatives that fulfill

the goals listed in the chart on the following page.

NPS Management Policies 2001 and

Director's Order 12 ask that an environmental assessment identify the

environmentally preferred alternative.

Expressed simply, the environmentally

preferred alternative is " . . . the alternative that causes the least damage to

the biological and physical environment; it also means the alternative

which best protects, preserves, and

enhances historic, cultural and natural

resources". The National Park Service

may consider the no-action alternative

as the environmentally preferred alternative.

Alternatives 1 and 3 best address the

goals of NEPA. These two alternatives

include the best means to preserve the

Lincoln Highway both as a finite

resource and as an element of

American history and culture. As such,

they would preserve portions of the

resource and history in trust for future

generations and would help attain a

wide range of beneficial uses without

degrading the quality of life. In addition, the preservation of a valuable

resource would not come at the

expense of the resources itself or be in

conflict with the population or its standards of living. These alternatives

would not fully address the sixth goal,

which concerns the reuse and recycling

of depletable resources. However, both

Alternatives 1 and 3 would strongly

encourage adaptive reuse of structures,

and in doing so, they would benefit

energy conservation.23 Moreover, nei23As is discussed in chapter 6, "Environmental Consequences," most building materials have considerable

"embodied energy," meaning that it takes considerable energy to produce them. The more materials that 

are reused in a building, the less embodied energy the building would have.
52 Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment

ther of these alternatives would

expend much in terms of nonrenewable resources and neither would use

an unreasonable amount of recyclable

resources; thus, neither alternative

would be wasteful of such resources.

Alternative 2 would address most of

the goals of NEPA but would not be as

successful at achieving those goals as

would Alternatives 1 and 3. The alternative is not as focused on preserving

the Lincoln Highway as a resource as

are Alternatives 1 and 3; rather, it is

more focused on the interpretive centers (hubs) and interpreting the

Lincoln Highway story. Alternative 2

would involve some "tradeoffs" - concentrating preservation efforts on

reusing a limited number of Lincoln

Highway resources as new interpretive

centers rather than less extensive rehabilitation of more historic structures, as

in the other alternatives.

To some degree, Alternative 4 would

address the NEPA goals, but it would

be much less successful in meeting

those goals than the other alternatives.

Without a focused approach to the

Lincoln Highway, there would be more

possibility of losing parts of the

resource, and efforts to interpret the

resource for the benefit of succeeding

generations would be scattered.

Without a single national focus, other

related resources could be lost or

would not be interpreted for the benefit of all Americans.

Alternatives 1 and 3 are nearly equal in

their ability to meet the national goals.

Alternative 1 is environmentally preferable because its beneficial effects on

overall preservation and interpretation

of the Lincoln Highway would slightly

outweigh the relatively minor adverse

impacts it might have on economic

development factors. Alternative 3

might result in fewer adverse impacts

on economic development, but it

would not be quite as successful in preserving and interpreting the resource.

Fulfill the responsibilities of each generation as trustee of the environment

for succeeding generations.

Ensure for all Americans safe, healthful, productive, and aesthetically and

culturally pleasing surroundings.

Attain the widest range of beneficial uses of the environment without

degradation, risk of health or safety, or other undesirable and unintended

consequences.

Preserve important historic, cultural, and natural aspects of our national

heritage and maintain, wherever possible, an environment that supports

diversity and variety of individual choice.

Achieve a balance between population and resource use that will permit

high standards of living and wide sharing of life’s amenities.

Enhance the quality of renewable resources and approach the maximum

attainable recycling of depletable resources.

Total Scores

F-2

F-2

F-2

F-2

F-2

S-1

11

S-1

F-2

S-1

S-1

S-1

S-1

7

F-2

F-2

F-2

F-2

F-2

S-1

11

S-1

S-1

S-1

S-1

S-1

S-1

6

Alternatives

1 2 3 4

Note: S means that the alternative would meet the goal somewhat; F means that the alternative would meet the goal fully.

The number 1 was assigned to the S scores and the number 2 was assigned to the F scores to arrive at a total score for

each alternative, as shown. 

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Goals (taken from section 101 (b) of the act)
Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment 53

MANAGEMENT ALTERNATIVES

CONSIDERED BUT ELIMINATED

FROM FURTHER STUDY

National Park Unit, the Lincoln

Highway National Historic Site

Concept: One possible alternative

considered would have involved having

the National Park Service oversee a

small part of the Lincoln Highway and

adjacent land. A section of the highway

with high integrity, along with accompanying auto-related resources, would

have been chosen for preservation or

rehabilitation and used to interpret the

national story of the highway. (NPS

policies for the treatment of cultural

resources are discussed in Management

Policies 2001, section 5.3.5, in which

NPS definitions of preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, and reconstruction are explained.) A centralized visitor center would have connected to

satellite sites at other historic resources

across the country.

This suggested national historic site (a

unit of the national park system) would

have been the center for coordinating a

Lincoln Highway grants program; and

the NHS staff would have provided

technical assistance to Lincoln

Highway groups throughout the country, serving as a clearinghouse for

information, interpretation, and maps.

Such a unit of the national park system

would have had to meet the criteria for

addition to the system that was discussed in the introduction to this study

(national significance, suitability, feasibility, and the need for direct NPS

management).

The level of resource survey and public

engagement conducted for this study

was not sufficient to identify the best

site in the 5,000-mile Lincoln Highway

corridor for such a national historic

site. Comprehensive, intensive-level

survey documentation would have

been necessary to responsibly evaluate

a single representative portion to determine if it could effectively interpret the

nationwide story of the highway's historic and cultural importance. It also

would have been necessary to ascertain

not only the level of public support for

Lincoln Highway commemoration,

preservation, and interpretation in

concept, but also the degree to which

supportive partnerships among necessary local agencies and organizations

could be expected to develop for such

a unit.

Although no location for a Lincoln

Highway National Historic Site was

proposed as part of this study, the

study team did develop criteria for

determining the best location that

would allow for effective interpretation

of the Lincoln Highway, should this

alternative be pursued further. Such a

site should possess the following:

• a very high concentration of identified significant Lincoln Highway

resources

• a diversity of Lincoln Highway

resources, that is, a nexus of roadbed

and roadside resources

• a lack of existing adequate preservation or interpretation (this would

address the suitability requirements

discussed in Chapter 1)

• sufficient partnership commitment to

the park

In addition, such a site also would have

to meet the following preferred criteria:

• a central location along the length of

the highway (considering either the

geographic center or the population

density center)

• strong local public support

• an easily accessible location

Reasons This Alternative Was

Eliminated from Further Study:

Resources are recommended for addition to the national park system only if

they are nationally significant, suitable,

and feasible and if there is a need for

direct NPS management. As was discussed above, more work would have

been necessary to identify the best
54 Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment

location for a potential Lincoln

Highway National Historic Site and

conduct these analyses. Other than

developing the criteria for potential

locations listed above, this alternative

was not considered further.

In deliberating the value of selecting a

single representative site that could

interpret the nationwide story of the

Lincoln Highway, the study team noted

the connectivity of the highway

between diverse communities, states,

and regions at a national scale. This

character is an essential part of the

highway's historic development and is

key to generating support for its preservation today. Selecting a single segment

with the use of the above criteria might

be possible, but this approach would

run counter to the inherent transcontinental character of this historic road.

The national story of the Lincoln

Highway was played out in hundreds of

communities across the nation.

Lincoln Highway National

Historic Highway

Concept: In this alternative a new program would have been created within

the U.S. Department of Transportation

(U.S. DOT) to designate, preserve, and

interpret historic roads and highways

that are nationally significant. The

Lincoln Highway would have been designated as the first national historic

highway. This alternative not only

would have affected all Lincoln

Highway resources, it also potentially

could have affected other historic

roads.

Reasons This Alternative Was

Eliminated from Further Study:

During the public comment period on

preliminary alternatives, considerable

concern was expressed about this alternative, and there was very little support

for it. There was concern about a lack

of focus on historic preservation in the

mission of the U.S. Department of

Transportation, along with the perception that the Department of

Transportation has little institutional

experience in that field. Comments

were not received from the U.S. DOT

about this alternative, but a number of

State Departments of Transportation

commented they felt that further

requirements to preserve historic roads

not only were unnecessary but also

could be harmful to the overall mission

of these agencies to maintain safe and

efficient transportation corridors.
Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment 55

The National Park Service has

undertaken this special resource

study of the Lincoln Highway in

response to the requirements of Public

Law (PL) 106-563. Special Resource

Studies are designed to evaluate natural

and cultural resources within a selected

study area. The evaluation determines

if an area is nationally significant and

whether it meets suitability and feasibility criteria for addition to the national

park system. In accordance with this

legislative direction, the National Park

Service has provided a range of management alternatives (options) for the

long-term preservation of the Lincoln

Highway.

The National Park Service, through the

Secretary of the Interior, forwards the

study and any recommendations to

Congress.

PURPOSE

The purpose of this Lincoln Highway

Special Resource Study is to evaluate

the Lincoln Highway for possible designation as a unit of the national park

system and to determine what measures should be taken to commemorate,

preserve, and interpret the Lincoln

Highway. This environmental assessment (EA) analyzes management alternatives and their direct, indirect, and

cumulative effects on the human environment, per the requirements of the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) (42 U.S.C. §4379, et seq.),

NEPA regulations (40 CFR 1500-1508),

and NPS policies (NPS 2001). NEPA is

considered an umbrella law. NEPA

analyses include other legislative

requirements such as the consultation

requirements of section 106 of the

National Historic Preservation Act and

section 7 of the Endangered Species

Act, as well as others.

NEED

As the findings of Public Law 106-563

acknowledge, although some parts of

the Lincoln Highway have disappeared

or have been realigned, many historic

qualities of the road are still evident.

However, as time passes, that remaining integrity is at risk of being lost. The

same qualities that lend historic roads

integrity, such as narrow alignments

and older, less smooth surfaces can

pose safety concerns with the speed

demands of today's drivers. Maintaining these historic qualities can be

challenging. The demand for convenient, efficient travel that led to the

building of the Lincoln Highway also

has contributed to its destruction. Of

the roughly 5,000 miles that compose

routes of the Lincoln Highway, the survey identified less than ten percent of

the road and its associated landscape

Chapter Six

Environmental Assessment

Top: The Lincoln Garage,

Fallsington, Pennsylvania. 

Above: Barn Painting on the

Lincoln Highway in Columbiana

County, Ohio.
56 Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment

that retain integrity. Fortunately, even

though about 90 percent of the road

itself has been significantly altered,

there are about 1,000 buildings contributing to its significance that remain.

Six percent of these properties appear

to be abandoned or neglected. Without

further attention, it is likely that these

buildings will cease to retain integrity.

Public Law 106-563 cites the interest

by organized groups and state governments in the preservation of features

associated with the Lincoln Highway,

the route's history, and its role in

American popular culture as comprising a need to evaluate preservation

options for the highway.

PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT, ISSUES,

AND IMPACT TOPICS

At the beginning of this study, the public was invited to provide input on

issues that the study team should consider. Appendix F describes public

involvement in this study in detail. This

chapter summarizes the issues - obstacles to commemorating, preserving,

and interpreting the Lincoln Highway -

that were raised both by the public and

during internal team discussions.

Summary of Issues Raised

• As Americans who lived through the

promotion and building phases of the

Lincoln Highway age, an understanding of the significant role the highway

played in history among the broader

public is fading.

• Preserving the integrity of the Lincoln

Highway requires preserving not only

the historic buildings that served travelers along the road but also the road

itself and its associated landscape.

• Since Lincoln Highway resources

were intentionally built close to a

main road that is narrow by today's

standards, many of them have been

destroyed over the years to create

rights-of-way for wider roads. In this

way, the Lincoln Highway and other

historic roads face unique threats

from continued development and

increased traffic demands.

• Preserving and interpreting elements

of the Lincoln Highway could be

expected to attract more automobile

travelers to the roadway, because a

large source of interest in the road

comes from automobile enthusiasts.

Vehicle emissions from a substantial

increase in traffic involving older

classic or vintage automobiles without

current emission control technology

and still using leaded gasoline could

degrade air quality.

• It is a challenge to both preserve the

historic integrity of the Lincoln

Highway and keep the road and its

bridges safe for today's cars and

speeds. One of the solutions that has

been used to address this challenge --

constructing bypasses - could ultimately result in threats to the natural

environment, other historic

resources, and the quality of life in

neighborhoods.

Issues Considered But Dismissed

This study considers the best ways to

commemorate, preserve, and interpret

the Lincoln Highway nationwide (on a

programmatic, conceptual level). The

study does not propose specific actions

at any specific site. For example, each

alternative proposes some preservation

and adaptive reuse of structures, but

under any of the alternatives more

planning would be necessary to determine which specific structures should

be preserved and how that should be

accomplished. The selected structures

might be located in an area with sacred

sites, abundant archeological evidence,

and poor air quality, and the proposed

preservation method might significantly affect each of these features of the

affected environment.

At the other extreme, the structures

could be located in an area with none

of these features, and preservation

could be implemented in a way that

would not affect any of them. Until a

specific site is selected and the parame-
Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment 57

ters of a project are known, it is not

possible to meaningfully analyze the

impacts associated with a project.

When the effects of actions would vary

significantly on the basis of site, those

actions were considered in this environmental assessment but dismissed

from further analysis because of the

programmatic nature of this study.

The last issue above, regarding the construction of bypasses, is an example of

an action that, because it would require

site-specific information, was dismissed

Impact Topics
58 Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment

from further analysis. The study team

was aware that bypass construction is a

strategy that has been used to preserve

at least one historic section of the

Lincoln Highway, and it could be 

replicated at other areas along the

highway.24 The team also recognized

that the environmental consequences

of this activity could be major and

should be evaluated before such an

activity was undertaken to determine

whether better alternatives exist.

However, it is impossible to predict at

this study stage where bypasses might

be built. Without that location information, it is impossible to determine the

likely environmental consequences,

which could range from negligible to

major.

With federal funding available through

transportation enhancements to support the preservation of historic roads,

it is likely that a community considering building a bypass for the purpose of

saving a section of historic Lincoln

Highway would look to that source of

funding. Since federal funding triggers

the need for compliance with NEPA,

section 106 of the National Historic

Preservation Act, and other federal

laws, environmental impacts would be

evaluated at that point.

NEPA requires that if environmental

impacts are determined to be likely, a

range of alternative means of preserving the Lincoln Highway need to be

considered. For example, if high traffic

volume threatens the integrity of the

highway, one alternative might be to

construct a bypass; another might be to

reduce traffic volume by expanding

public transportation. It should be

noted that using 100 percent local or

state funding to build a bypass would

obviate the need for the development

of alternatives and for environmental

impact analysis, since NEPA requirements apply only to federal or federally

funded activities. However, the cost of

road construction, together with the

availability of federal transportation

enhancement funding, makes it unlikely that this would happen without federal funding. Therefore, it is highly

unlikely that environmental impacts

would not be evaluated at the project

stage, where critical parameters like

location, timing, and the affected environment would be known.

Impact Topics

The chart on the previous page discusses impact topics considered in this

environmental assessment. These topics address both relevant issues and

mandatory topics that must be

addressed according to NEPA regulations.

AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT

This section presents the components

of the existing environment that would

be affected by the alternatives if implemented. The relevant components of

the environment were determined by

the impact topics in the previous chart.

Historic and Archeological

Properties

The reconnaissance survey conducted

as part of this project found about

1,500 resources that contribute to the

significance of the highway. About

1,000 of the identified resources are

buildings (mostly garages or food and

lodging establishments); the rest are

sections of the road and associated

landscape and objects such as route

markers and memorials. A total of 128

of the identified resources are listed on

the National Register of Historic

Places, either individually or within the

boundaries of historic districts, but

none is a national historic landmark.

National historic landmarks have been

24In Elkhorn, NE, a bypass road designed to preserve a national register-listed section of original road is in

the final stages of planning.
Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment 59

recognized by the secretary of the interior as possessing national significance;

they also are recognized for their

exceptional value in representing or

illustrating an important theme in the

history of the nation. National historic

landmarks are automatically included

in the National Register of Historic

Places, yet the majority of National

Register-listed properties are significant within local or statewide contexts.

Since the Lincoln Highway was mostly

built over existing transportation corridors, it is likely that prehistoric and historic archeological evidence could be

found in the areas through which the

highway passes. However, more siteby-site research would have to be conducted to determine the precise locations of this evidence relative to the

Lincoln Highway corridor. The scope

of the reconnaissance survey conducted as part of this project did not

include assessing the presence of

archeological evidence.

Wetlands and Floodplains

According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service's National Wetlands Inventory

(NWI), which is developed mostly with

the use of aerial photography with

some ground-truthing, 30 percent of

the counties in the Lincoln Highway

corridor do not contain wetlands. In

another 10 percent of the counties, the

only wetlands appear from the NWI

maps to be located more than 1 mile

from the area of the Lincoln Highway

corridor. In the remaining 60 percent

of the counties in the Lincoln Highway

corridor, there are wetlands either

close to or in direct contact with the

highway.

The U.S. Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA) maintains maps with locations of flood

insurance zones - a good indicator of

floodplain areas. However, that information is kept at such a small, community-level scale that analyzing it for a

resource of this size would be exceedingly time-consuming and cost-prohibitive. Given the geographic history of

the highway - across most of the country, the Lincoln Highway was routed

along existing trails that had been followed by Native Americans who, by

necessity, traveled close to water

sources - this impact analysis assumes

that there are floodplains in the

Lincoln Highway corridor. For example, this is the case with the Lincoln

Highway across Nebraska, where it follows the Platte River, and Colorado,

where it follows the South Platte River.

As is the case with all of the impacts

analyzed in this environmental assessment, as projects are implemented

under any of these alternatives, the

project managers will need to revisit

this analysis.

Ecologically Critical Areas, Wild

and Scenic Rivers, and Other

Unique Natural Resources

There are nine national natural landmarks (NNLs) within a few miles of

the Lincoln Highway corridor, as follows:

1. Tinicum Wildlife Preserve

(Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania)

2. Wissahickon Valley (Philadelphia

County, Pennsylvania)

3. Hoosier Prairie (Lake County,

Indiana)

4. Loess Hills (Harrison County, Iowa)

5. Bone Cabin Fossil Area (Albany

County, Wyoming)

6. Como Bluff (Albany and Carbon

counties, Wyoming)

7. Emerald Bay ( El Dorado County,

Wyoming)

8. American River Bluffs and Phoenix

Park Vernal Pools (Sacramento

County, California)

9. Consumnes River Riparian

Woodlands (Sacramento County,

California)

All these NNLS are managed as parts

of both federal and state park systems,

with the exception of parts of the

Loess Hills, Bone Cabin Fossil Area,

parts of Como Bluff, and the
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Consumnes River Riparian Woodlands,

which are privately owned.

The Lincoln Highway also comes within 1 mile of four wild and scenic rivers,

as follows:

1. Little Beaver Creek (in Columbiana

County, Ohio)

2. Cache La Poudre (in Larimer

County, Colorado)

3. American River (Lower) (in

Sacramento County, California)

4. American River (North Fork) (in

Sierra and Nevada counties,

California)

There may be other unique natural

resources in the Lincoln Highway corridor that are not recorded on national

scale databases. As projects are undertaken under any of these alternatives,

this impact topic will need to be 

revisited.

Air Quality

Fifty-six of the 122 counties in the

Lincoln Highway corridor report to the

U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency's (EPA) Air Quality Index. This

index includes information on the levels of major air pollutants that can

cause adverse health effects within a

few hours or days of breathing polluted

air. These 56 counties include both

cities with a population of 350,000 or

more, which are required to report to

this index, and many smaller communities that report voluntarily. The air

quality in the counties that do not

report could not be determined for this

assessment.

Of the 56 counties that do report to

this national index, 6 had air quality

measured at the level EPA labels as

"orange" for more than 10 percent of

the year. An orange air quality rating

means that the air is unhealthy for sensitive groups (children, the elderly, and

those who are physically active outdoors). These six counties are New

York, NY; Allegheny, PA; Franklin, PA;

Hancock, WV; and Sacramento and El

Dorado, CA. In Hancock County, WV,

the air quality during the worst days

rose to the next level, "red," the level at

which the air is considered unhealthy

for everyone and seriously unhealthy

for the more sensitive groups. The rest

of the reporting counties had, on average, healthier air quality, but it is worth

noting that in 32 counties at least one

day of the year rose to the red level.

The two primary pollutants contributing to these high pollution levels were

ozone and fine particulate matter.

Emissions from motor vehicles are one

source of these pollutants. Other

sources include power and industrial

plants.

Visitor Experience; Public Health

and Safety

The Lincoln Highway's 5,000 miles

comprise a wide variety of road types

ranging from one-lane dirt roads to

four-lane divided freeways. Narrow

dirt, gravel, brick, or concrete roads are

often considered unsafe because of

uneven paving conditions, narrow

width, or sharp turns; however, these

roads often maintain much of the character and integrity of the historic

Lincoln Highway.

There are no consistent standards for

preserving historic roads while

addressing safety concerns for modern

vehicles and speeds. Often local engineers are restrained by the policies and

procedures of state laws meant to provide for safety; and they can be limited

by funding or liability issues. Creative

design solutions allowing for preservation and safety are needed. Without

such solutions, as populations continue

to grow and a greater strain is put on

the more than 3 million miles of roads

in America, it is likely that historic

roads like the Lincoln Highway will

lose their integrity, which in turn will

decrease the experience of historic

roads enthusiasts.
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At the state level, according to highway

statistics on fatalities collected in 2001

by the U.S. Department of

Transportation, rural areas have a

slightly higher number of accidents

leading to fatalities. However, these

numbers are compiled from all interstate highways, other freeways, principal arterials, minor arterials, major collectors, minor collectors and local

roads, not just the roads that make up

the Lincoln Highway. Figures about the

safety of the Lincoln Highway are difficult to find on a county and city level

and will need to be assessed case by

case. Because there is great variability

within smaller areas of counties and

cities, the health and safety conditions

along the narrow strips of land that

make up the Lincoln Highway corridor

would have to be examined more

closely in the planning stages of

specific projects.

Socially or Economically

Disadvantaged Populations

The figures in the following assessment

are taken from 2000 and 2001 data

(U.S. Census and Bureau of Economic

Statistics) for the counties and cities

crossed by the Lincoln Highway as a

whole. Because there is great variability

within smaller areas of counties and

cities, the socioeconomic conditions

within the narrow strips of land that

compose the Lincoln Highway corridor

would have to be examined more

closely in the planning stages of specific projects.

The Lincoln Highway's 5,000 miles

cross through 122 counties and 22

major cities. Half of these counties are

densely populated (more than 100 people per square mile) and one-third of

them are very densely populated (more

than 250 people per square mile).

However, the highway also crosses

through a few sparsely populated areas

- 16 of the 122 counties have fewer

than 10 people per square mile.

On average, per capita income in the

Lincoln Highway corridor is slightly

less than the U.S. average per capita

income (95 percent of the average).

However, there is wide disparity in

income levels along the highway. The

highest per capita income can be found

in the terminus city, San Francisco,

where per capita income is 190 percent

of the U.S. average. The lowest per

capita income is in Juab County, UT,

where per capita income is only 52 percent of the U.S. average.

The population of 75 percent of the

counties in the Lincoln Highway corridor is 10 percent or fewer minorities.

However, 19 of the 122 counties range

from 30-50 percent minority. All of

these more diverse counties are located

at the east or west ends of the highway

(in New York, New Jersey,

Pennsylvania, and California) except

for Allen and Saint Joseph counties in

Indiana (home to Fort Wayne and

South Bend) and Lake County in

Illinois (in the Chicago suburbs). For

comparison, the United States population as a whole is approximately 25

percent minority.

ENVIRONMENTAL 

CONSEQUENCES

This section describes the probable

consequences, or impacts, of each

alternative on selected environmental

resources. This analysis provides the

basis for comparing the effects of the

alternatives. The intensity, duration,

and cumulative effects have been

assessed. Since the alternatives

described in this special resource study

are presented in a general "brushstroke" manner, the analysis of environmental consequences also must be

general. Thus, the ideas presented in

this document are conceptual.

Methodology

The National Park Service based this

analysis on the existing impacts of sim-
62 Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment

ilar actions on a smaller scale. Where

such examples were not readily available, the professional judgment of the

interdisciplinary study team was relied

on.

Context. Impacts, either beneficial or

adverse, are discussed in terms of the

effect on the resource or impact topic

throughout the entire Lincoln Highway

corridor. The National Park Service

can make only reasonable projections

of the context (where, how, when) of

each activity under the alternatives and

the impacts associated with those context. Likewise, it is possible to make

only reasonable projections of the

duration (short-term or long-term)

nature of the impacts.

Timing. It is impossible to predict

when any alternative would be adopted. Therefore, it is impossible to predict the timing of any impacts resulting

from any of the five alternatives, and

the specific timing of impacts is not

addressed in this document. The timing of impacts would need to be

addressed during future planning

processes.

Intensity. For the purposes of this

analysis, the intensity or severity of the

impact is defined as follows:

Negligible: The effect would be barely perceptible and not measurable or

would be confined to a small area.

Minor: The effect would be perceptible and measurable, but it would be

localized.

Moderate: The effect would be clearly detectable and could have appreciable effect.

Major: The action would have a substantial, highly noticeable influence.

Direct and Indirect Effects.

Direct effects are those that would be

caused by the action and would occur

at the same time and place. Indirect

effects are those that would be caused

by the action but would occur later in

time or would be farther removed in

distance, but they must be reasonably

foreseeable. Indirect effects may

include changes in ecological processes

that would result in a change to the

environment.

Consequences Common to

Multiple Alternatives

With any of the alternatives, the trend

in certain areas toward increased

development and increased traffic will

continue. As a result of both of these

trends, threats to historic resources will

continue in these areas. Also with any

of these alternatives, preservation projects could be targeted at areas that

seem at the most risk of development

and traffic pressure. Therefore, each

alternative has the same potential to

preserve the Lincoln Highway in the

face of development and traffic

demands. Likewise, the potential environmental consequences associated

with development and traffic would be

the same for each alternative.

The greater traffic demands are, the

greater is the threat to the integrity of

historic roads like the Lincoln

Highway. Therefore, it is useful to

review project projections to understand where the Lincoln Highway is

most threatened. For the past 20 years,

the Texas Transportation Institute has

kept data on U.S. roadway congestion

in the Roadway Congestion Index

(RCI). This index tracks traffic data for

the following ten metropolitan areas

near the Lincoln Highway corridor:

1. New York City and Northeastern

New Jersey

2. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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3. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

4. Cleveland, Ohio

5. Chicago, Illinois, and Northwestern

Indiana

6. Boulder, Colorado

7. Denver, Colorado

8. Salt Lake City, Utah

9. Sacramento, California

10. San Francisco-Oakland, 

California

The RCI is the measure of vehicle travel density during peak periods, an RCI

greater than 1.0 has been determined

undesirable by the U.S. Department of

Transportation. In 1982, the San

Francisco-Oakland area had an RCI

greater than 1.0. By 2000, most of those

cities surveyed along the Lincoln

Highway had an RCI of more than 1.0.

The San Francisco-Oakland area is still

the highest RCI at 1.45. Salt Lake City,

UT, Omaha, NE, and Pittsburgh, PA are

all less than 1.0. Pittsburgh, PA is well

below the national average for large

cities (1.12) at only 0.77.

In addition to traffic growth, population growth is another good indicator

of the threat that might be faced by the

resources in the Lincoln Highway corridor. According to the U.S. Census

Bureau, 4 of the 14 Lincoln Highway

states are on the top-ten list of projected fastest growing states over the next

20 years - Colorado, Wyoming,

Nevada, and California. Although this

statistic seems to suggest that threats

from development could be quite high,

it is likely that the population will not

grow evenly across these states.

Therefore, the degree to which

resources in the Lincoln Highway corridor would be threatened by population growth is unclear.

To determine the best way to avoid the

adverse environmental consequences

associated with development and traffic, population projections for the communities in the narrow stretch of land

that makes up the Lincoln Highway

corridor would need to be obtained in

the planning stages of specific projects.

Alternative 1: National Lincoln

Highway Program

(preferred alternative)

Historic and Archeological

Properties. The beneficial consequences on historic and archeological

properties from Alternative 1 would be

moderate. This alternative would result

in attention being brought to the historic properties contributing to the

Lincoln Highway and provide some

seed funding for their commemoration,

preservation, and interpretation.

The adverse consequences on historic

and archeological properties from

Alternative 1 would be negligible. Since

this alternative would raise public

awareness of the historic significance

of the Lincoln Highway, it is likely that

increased visitation and tourism development would result, causing some

adverse impacts on historic and archeological properties. The level of

adverse impacts would vary considerably, depending on the type and level

of tourism encouraged and the facilities

that would be developed to serve these

tourists. However, at this programmatic

stage of planning, it is reasonable to

assume that, nationwide, this alternative would result in negligible adverse

impacts on historic and archeological

properties.

Further site-specific planning of federally funded projects would be necessary to identify the specific level of

impacts and to propose mitigation if

necessary. To the extent that increased

attention would attract privately funded tourism development with little or

no federal involvement, the assessment

of impacts on these resources typically

would not be required.

Wetlands and Floodplains. The

beneficial consequences on wetlands

and floodplains from Alternative 1

would be negligible. If adaptive reuse

of Lincoln Highway buildings would

avert the need for new construction in
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the 82 counties that have wetlands,

these wetlands could be protected from

development. The same protection

from development pressure would be

true for floodplains. This consequence

is rated as negligible in that where a

wetland is of considerable size (more

than 1/10 of an acre), a U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers permit is required

for disturbing that wetland. Since the

requirement for a permit applies to private activities as well as governmental

activities, the likelihood that wetlands

would be disturbed without mitigation

activities is slight. Likewise, development in a floodplain would be discouraged through economic disincentives

such as flood insurance requirements

or mitigation requirements.

No adverse consequences on wetlands

and floodplains from Alternative 1 are

foreseen.

Energy and Natural Resource

Requirements and Conservation

Potential. The beneficial consequences on energy requirements and

conservation potential from Alternative

1 would be minor. Through preservation grants, national register listing, and

the attention that interpretation and

commemoration would bring, this program could be expected to advance the

adaptive reuse of historic resources in

the Lincoln Highway corridor. Since at

least 8 percent of the buildings identified in the survey that accompanied

this project appeared to be abandoned,

this program would be presented with

abundant opportunities to return

underused historic resources to productive use. Generally, reuse is a more

natural resource- and energy-efficient

way to develop than new construction.25

Because a diversity of resources contribute to the Lincoln Highway's significance (roadway, bridges, motels, gas

stations, etc), this alternative could be

expected to encourage and support the

reuse not only of individual structures,

but also of historic districts. Historic

districts tend to have more concentrated commercial and residential centers.

For people who live in these districts,

commuting to work and shop takes less

energy than would commuting to work

and shop from newer residential areas

to newer office parks and retail centers,

which typically are more spread out.

One of the causes of sprawl is a lack of

investment in existing cities and towns.

By providing an alternative, this program could, in the long run, help to

alleviate some of the tendency towards

sprawl development.

It is likely that this program would

encourage more motor touring, especially by older vehicles, which typically

are less fuel-efficient than newer cars.

However, no overall adverse impact of

this alternative on energy use and natural resource requirements is foreseen

because the likelihood that motor touring would increase with this program,

as opposed to being diverted from

other places, is unclear.

Ecologically Critical Areas, Wild

and Scenic Rivers, or Other

Unique Natural Resources. The

beneficial effects on ecologically critical area, wild and scenic rivers, and

other unique natural resources from

Alternative 1 would be negligible. Most

of the national natural landmarks and

all of the wild and scenic rivers are

managed to maintain their unique

qualities by, for example, inclusion in a

park system; therefore, protective

measures are already in place to ensure

25Most building materials have considerable "embodied energy," meaning it takes considerable energy to

produce them. The more materials that are reused in a building, the less embodied energy the building

would have. Of course, it is important to ensure that current energy codes are met in adaptively reusing

older buildings so that the benefits in saving embodied energy and natural resources are not overshadowed by inefficient use of energy by building occupants.
Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment 65

that these qualities will be retained to

the extent possible. However, the landscape surrounding Wild and Scenic

Rivers often is privately owned. If privately funded development infringed

on the privately owned viewsheds,

there would be no protection (on a federal level) from disturbance.

The focus of this alternative on heritage

tourism and preservation makes it less

likely that non-federally funded development would occur in unique settings

in the Lincoln Highway corridor.

Therefore; this alternative could result

in a beneficial effect impact on these

settings. The use of federal funds for

development would trigger the need

for NEPA analysis, in which case the

impacts would be revisited and, if necessary, mitigated.

No adverse effects on ecologically critical areas, wild and scenic rivers, and

other unique natural resources from

Alternative 1 are foreseen.

Air Quality. The beneficial effects on

air quality from Alternative 1 would be

potentially minor. In areas where the

primary source of air pollutants is

automobiles, the benefits to energy

consumption from less vehicle traffic

(as noted above under "Energy

Conservation" impacts) would also

translate into improved air quality.

The adverse consequences on air quality from Alternative 1 would be negligible. The consequences associated with

motor touring, especially from older

vehicles without up-to-date emissions

control equipment from diesel-powered buses (an activity that probably

would be promoted by this program)

has been evaluated to assess whether or

not this activity would cause concern

for air quality. Both of the key air pollutants in the Lincoln Highway corridor,

ozone and fine particulate matter, are

related to vehicle emissions.

The likelihood that motor touring

would cause concern for air quality

depends on the specific geographic

area for the tour (not all Lincoln

Highway counties experience periods

of unhealthy air quality), the time of

year (in summer, the intense sun tends

to amplify unhealthy ozone levels), and

the number and types of vehicles

involved. Even under the worst conditions, the adverse effects of air pollution from motor touring would be

short-lived.

In Michigan, the Woodward Dream

Cruise attracts 30,000 classic cars every

summer to Detroit, a city where good

air quality days occur less than half of

the year. Data from air quality monitors

in the area near the location of the

cruise do not show an appreciable difference in air quality on the days it is

held. From this, we can assume that

classic car touring along the Lincoln

Highway that could result from this

alternative would be unlikely to compromise the air quality at a level that

would be of concern for any but the

most sensitive people (that is, people

with heart and lung diseases, the elderly, and children) for the short duration

of the tour. Therefore, this consequence would be negligible.

Visitor Experience. The beneficial

effects on the visitor experience from

Alternative 1 would be moderate.

Attention to historic road resources

could increase from this alternative -

not only attention to the Lincoln

Highway but to all historic roads. This

could lead to the development of

nationwide standards for preservation

and safety on historic roads and to

improved quality of the experience for

historic roads enthusiasts. The alternative also would lead to opportunities

for improving the understanding of the

early days of the automobile in

America.

The adverse impacts on the visitor

experience from Alternative 1 would be

negligible. Increased tourism might

attract development that would not be

consistent with the character-defining

features of the highway, detracting
66 Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment

from the experience of the historic

road. However, because the program

design under this alternative would be

focused on preservation, the tendency

for incompatible tourist activities to

detract from the character-defining

features of the highway would be less

likely than under Alternative 3.

Socially or Economically

Disadvantaged Populations. 

The beneficial effects on disadvantaged

populations from Alternative 1 would

be minor. The actions of this alternative could bring attention to the historic importance of the towns and

areas along the Lincoln Highway, leveraging funding to improve living conditions, keeping and attracting tourism

and heritage-focused business investment, and raising property values

The adverse impacts on disadvantaged

populations from Alternative 1 also

would be minor. Emphasizing the historic significance of Lincoln Highway

resources could pose regulatory barriers on particular types of development

and also could result in public pressure.

If developers chose to build in other

areas to avoid these barriers, socially

and economically disadvantaged populations living in these areas might be

denied the economic benefits of business investment.

Alternative 2: Lincoln Highway

Touring and Discovery

Historic and Archeological

Properties. The beneficial effects on

historic and archeological properties

from Alternative 2 would be minor.

The actions of this alternative would

bring attention to some of the historic

properties (those that are hubs and

CISs) contributing to the Lincoln

Highway and provide some seed funding for their commemoration, preservation, interpretation. The benefits that

could accrue from the avoidance

and/or redirection of inappropriate

development would be limited to hubs

and, to a lesser extent, to CISs; therefore, this benefit is rated lower than

that of Alternative 1.

The adverse consequences on historic

and archeological properties from

Alternative 2 would be negligible for

the same reasons mentioned for

Alternative 1.

Wetlands and Floodplains. No

beneficial effects on wetlands and

floodplains would result from

Alternative 2. The beneficial effects

mentioned for Alternative 1 would not

occur under this alternative because

the focus of Alternative 2 would be on

the adaptive reuse of individual buildings as Lincoln Highway hubs. The

potential to avoid development in wetlands and floodplains that would result

from the adaptive reuse of 14-28 individual buildings (depending on the

range of state matches) as hubs would

not result in measurable benefits to

wetlands or floodplains.

No adverse impacts on wetlands and

floodplains would occur from

Alternative 2.

Energy and Natural Resource

Requirements and Conservation

Potential. The beneficial effects on

energy requirements and conservation

potential from Alternative 2 would be

negligible. Through hub development,

this alternative could be expected to

advance the adaptive reuse of some

historic resources in the Lincoln

Highway corridor. As was mentioned

previously, reuse is generally a more

energy-efficient way to develop than

new construction, but this consequence would be negligible because the

number of buildings for which the

National Park Service would directly

support rehabilitation probably would

range from 14 to 28, depending on state

matches.

There would be no adverse impacts on

energy requirements and conservation

potential from Alternative 2.
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Ecologically Critical Areas, Wild

and Scenic Rivers, or Other

Unique Natural Resources. There

would be no beneficial effects on ecologically critical areas, wild and scenic

rivers, or other unique natural

resources from Alternative 2.

There would be no adverse Impacts on

ecologically critical areas, wild and scenic rivers, or other unique natural

resources from Alternative 2.

Air Quality. No beneficial effects on

air quality would result from

Alternative 2.

The adverse impacts on air quality

from Alternative 2 would be negligible.

Rehabilitation work on hubs might

temporarily result in emissions from

construction equipment, but because

of the relatively small size and short

duration of these rehabilitation projects, the effects from the emissions

would be negligible.

Visitor Experience. The beneficial

effects on the visitor experience from

Alternative 2 would be minor Much of

the experience sought by historic roads

enthusiasts involves an authentic driving experience. Because this alternative

would focus only on preserving roadside architecture, it is unlikely that the

historic qualities of the road itself

would be protected. Although the hubs

and, to a lesser extent, the interpretive

sites, would offer a destination for visitors, the "road trip" experience would

not be supported.

There would be no adverse impacts on

the visitor experience from 

Alternative 2.

Socially or Economically

Disadvantaged Populations. The

beneficial effects on disadvantaged

populations from Alternative 2 would

be moderate. If hubs were located in

the more disadvantaged areas of the

states, then more business opportunities in tourism could be concentrated

there.

The adverse impacts on disadvantaged

populations from Alternative 2 would

vary, depending on the population

density of the area. In places with a

high population density, the adverse

consequences could be moderate

because developing hubs to attract

automobile tourists would necessitate

added parking. In already densely populated areas, residents would have to

compete for parking with tourists. In

less crowded areas, this effect would be

only minor. Such effects would not be

of concern in undeveloped areas, but

these areas would be less likely to be

selected as hubs, given the distance

from population centers.

Alternative 3: Lincoln Highway

Heritage Corridor

Historic and Archeological

Properties. Alternative 3 would result

in major beneficial effects on historic

and archeological properties. The

actions of this alternative would bring

attention to the historic properties

contributing to the Lincoln Highway

and provide some seed funding for

their commemoration, preservation,

and interpretation

The adverse impacts on historic and

archeological properties from

Alternative 3 would be negligible for

the same reasons as those described for

Alternative 1.

Wetlands and Floodplains. The

beneficial effects on wetlands and

floodplains from Alternative 3 would

be negligible. If the adaptive reuse of

buildings in the Lincoln Highway corridor averted the need for new construction in the 82 counties that have

wetlands, those wetlands could be protected from development. The same

protection from development pressure

would be true for floodplains. This

consequence would be minor because
68 Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment

when a wetland is of considerable size

(more than 1/10 acre), a U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers permit is required

for disturbing that wetland. Since this

permit requirement applies to private

activities as well as governmental activities, the likelihood that wetlands would

be disturbed without mitigation is

slight. Likewise, development in a

floodplain would be discouraged

through economic disincentives such

as flood insurance requirements or

mitigation requirements.

Alternative 3 would not result in any

adverse impacts on wetlands and

floodplains.

Energy and Natural Resource

Requirements and Conservation

Potential. Alternative 3 would result

in moderate beneficial consequences

on energy requirements and conservation potential. The coalition would

decide which activities to undertake,

and the degree to which those activities

would conserve or use energy could

vary considerably. This moderate rating

was arrived at with the assumption that

the activities would be similar to those

that would be undertaken in

Alternative 1.

Alternative 3 would not result in any

adverse impacts on energy requirements and conservation potential. This

rating was arrived at under the assumption that the activities of this alternative

would be similar to those undertaken

in Alternative 1.

Ecologically Critical Areas, Wild

and Scenic Rivers, or Other

Unique Natural Resources. The

beneficial effects from Alternative 3 on

ecologically critical areas, wild and scenic rivers, and other unique natural

resources would be negligible. Most of

the national natural landmarks and all

of the wild and scenic rivers are managed to maintain their unique qualities

by, for example, inclusion in a park system; therefore, protective measures are

already in place to ensure that these

qualities are retained to the extent possible.

The landscape surrounding wild and

scenic rivers often is privately owned. If

privately funded development infringes

on the privately owned viewsheds,

there would be no protection (on a federal level) from disturbance. The focus

of this alternative on heritage tourism

and preservation would make it less

likely that non-federally funded development would occur in unique settings

in the Lincoln Highway corridor. The

use of federal funds for development

would trigger the need for NEPA

analysis, in which case the impacts

would be revisited and, if necessary,

mitigated.

Alternative 3 would not result in any

adverse effects on ecologically critical

areas, wild and scenic rivers, and other

unique natural resources.

Air Quality. The beneficial effects on

air quality from Alternative 3 would be

minor.. As in Alternative 1, in areas

where the primary source of air pollutants is automobiles, the benefits to

energy consumption from less vehicle

traffic would also translate into

improved air quality.

The adverse impacts from Alternative 3

on air quality would be negligible for

same reasons described for 

Alternative 1.

Visitor Experience. Alternative 3

would result in moderate beneficial

effects on the visitor experience: This

alternative could bring increased attention to historic road resources (not

only of the Lincoln Highway, but also

of all historic roads), potentially leading to the development of nationwide

standards for the preservation of historic roads and safety on them. The

actions of this alternative also could

improve the quality of the visitor experience for historic roads enthusiasts,
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and it would lead to opportunities for

improving the understanding of the

early days of the automobile in

America.

The adverse impacts on the visitor

experience from Alternative 3 would be

minor. It might encourage more traffic

congestion in areas of the highway,

which would adversely impact the

quality of the experience for historic

roads enthusiasts. This alternative also

would increase tourism substantially.

Its emphasis on tourism might attract

development that would be inconsistent with the character-defining features of the highway, detracting from

the experience of the historic road.

This impact is rated higher than that of

Alternative 1 because it would be more

likely to emphasize economic development.

Socially or Economically

Disadvantaged Populations.

Alternative 3 would result in minor

beneficial effects on disadvantaged

populations. It could bring attention to

the historic importance of the Lincoln

Highway towns and areas, leveraging

funding to improve their living conditions, keeping and attracting more

business investment, and raising property values.

The adverse impacts on disadvantaged

populations from Alternative 3 would

be negligible, similar to the effects

described for Alternative 1. However,

while still overall an adverse impact, its

effect might be slightly less because the

coalition management focus that is typical for heritage areas could cause more

diverse interests to find and encourage

economic development compatible

with historic preservation.

Alternative 4: No New Federal

Action

Historic and Archeological

Properties. The beneficial effects on

historic and archeological properties

from Alternative 4 would be minor.

The alternative could bring some attention to the historic properties that contribute to the Lincoln Highway through

national register, national historic landmark and national scenic byways programs as funding and time permits for

listing and inclusion of Lincoln

Highway resources in these programs.

Transportation enhancement funding

would continue to support the commemoration, preservation, and interpretation of Lincoln Highway

resources to the extent that these funds

were requested and became available.

The adverse impacts on historic and

archeological properties from

Alternative 4 would be moderate.

Without directed attention, it is likely

that historic properties contributing to

the Lincoln Highway would lose

integrity. Of the 1,000 buildings surveyed as part of this study, 8 percent

appeared abandoned. Only 8 percent

of the owners of the buildings

responded to a mailing asking about

their interest in this project.

Wetlands and Floodplains. The

beneficial effects on wetlands and

floodplains from Alternative 4 would

be moderate. In an area dense with

wetlands and floodplains, modernization of an already developed roadway

to serve traffic needs would avert the

destruction of undisturbed land for this

purpose. Thus, an adverse consequence from a cultural resource perspective could be a beneficial consequence from the perspective of preserving wetlands and floodplains.

The adverse impacts on wetlands and

floodplains from Alternative 4 would

be negligible. Without an incentive to

adaptively reuse buildings in the

Lincoln Highway corridor, it is possible

that developers serving the needs of

growing areas would favor previously

undisturbed land, potentially wetlands

and floodplains. This impact is rated

minor for two reasons: (a) Prohibitive

cost would makes it unlikely that developers would preserve existing build-
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ings associated with the Lincoln

Highway; however, it is possible that

they might choose to build on already

disturbed land by demolishing these

existing buildings (note that this would

be a strong adverse impact for cultural

resources). (b) When a wetland is of

considerable size (more than 1/10

acre), a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

permit is required for disturbing that

wetland. Since this permit requirement

applies to private activities as well as

governmental activities, the likelihood

that wetlands would be disturbed without mitigation activities is slight.

Likewise, development in a floodplain

would be discouraged through economic disincentives such as flood

insurance requirements or mitigation

requirements.

Energy and Natural Resource

Requirements and Conservation

Potential. There would be no beneficial effects on energy requirements and

conservation potential from 

Alternative 4.

The adverse impacts on energy

requirements and conservation potential from Alternative 4 would be minor.

Without new strong incentive to return

historic resources to productive use,

the tendency toward new development

to encourage economic growth would

continue. Compared to the concentrated nature of historic areas and the

potential for reusing structures, new

construction would be energy intensive.

Ecologically Critical Areas, Wild

and Scenic Rivers, or Other

Unique Natural Resources. There

would be no beneficial effects on ecologically critical areas, wild and scenic

rivers, or other unique natural

resources from Alternative 4.

Alternative 4 would not result in any

adverse Impacts on ecologically critical

areas, wild and scenic rivers, or other

unique natural resources.

Air Quality. There would be no beneficial effects on air quality from

Alternative 4.

Alternative 4 would not result in any

adverse impacts on air quality.

Visitor Experience. There would be

no beneficial effects on the visitor

experience from Alternative 4.

Alternative 4 would result in moderate

adverse impacts on the visitor experience. Some scattered preservation and

interpretation would continue under

this alternative, but the effort would

not make a substantial enough impact

on the Lincoln Highway as a whole to

allow for a meaningful visitor experience on a national or regional scale or

even on a statewide scale (with the possible exception of statewide scenic

byways).

Socially or Economically

Disadvantaged Populations.

There would be no beneficial effects on

disadvantaged populations from

Alternative 4.

Alternative 4 would not result in any

adverse impacts on disadvantaged populations.
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Minor beneficial

impacts. Could bring

attention to historic

properties (limited to

hubs and CISs)

No foreseen adverse

impacts.

No foreseen beneficial or adverse

impacts. 

Negligible beneficial

impacts due to reuse

of historic building,

limited to hubs. No

forseen adverse

impacts

Same as 

Alternative One

Same as 

Alternative One

Same as 

Alternative One

Minor beneficial

impacts. Inclusion in

existing programs

and funding through

transportation

enhancements aids

preservation.

Moderate adverse

impacts. Without

directed attention, it

is likely more Lincoln

Highway resources

will lose integrity.

Moderate beneficial

impacts.

Modernization of

already developed

roadway to serve 

traffic needs avoids

the destruction of

undisturbed land,

potentially wetlands

and floodplains, for

the same purpose. 

Negliglible adverse

impacts. Without

incentive to reuse 

historic buildings,

development will

tend to favor undisturbed land.

No foreseen beneficial impacts. 

Minor adverse

impacts. Without

strong incentive to

reuse historic buildings and districts, the

tendency toward new

development, (which

is, compared to

reuse, relatively energy and resource

intensive) will continue.

Alternative 1

National Lincoln

Highway Program

(preferred)

Alternative 2

Lincoln Highway

Touring and

Discovery

Alternative 3

National Heritage

Highway

Alternative 4

No New Federal

Action

Impact

Topic Historic and Archeological Properties Energy and Natural Resource Requiirements and Conservation Potential

Moderate beneficial

impacts. Could bring

needed attention to

historic properties.

No foreseen adverse

impacts.

Negligible beneficial

impacts. Adaptive

reuse may avoid

some wetland/floodplain development.

No foreseen adverse

impacts.

Minor beneficial

impacts. Underused

historic buildings and

districts could be

returned to productive use.

No foreseen adverse

impacts.

Summary of Impacts

Wetlands and 

Floodplains
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Ecologically Critical 

Areas,Wild and Scenic

Rivers, or other unique 

natural resources

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No foreseen beneficial or adverse

impacts.

No foreseen beneficial or adverse

impacts to air quality.

Negligible, short-term

adverse impacts due

to emissions from

construction equipment as hubs are

renovated

Minor beneficial

impacts. More hub

and CIS destinations,

but no focus on

preservation of the

road itself or the driving experience. No

foreseen adverse

impacts.

Moderate beneficial

impacts to hub areas

(if they were located

in disadvantaged

areas). Negligible to

moderate adverse

impacts from parking

scarcity in hub areas

(intensity of impact

depends on population density of area).

Same as 

Alternative One

Same as 

Alternative One

Monderate beneficial

impact. Improve quality of experience for

road enthusiasts and

cultural appreciation.

Minor adverse

impacts. Tourism

emphasis of this

alternative would be

stronger than alternative 1 and so may

be more likely to

attract inapporpriate

development.

Minor beneficial

impacts. Attracting

tourism and heritagefocus investment.

Negligible adverse

impacts. Adverse

impacts may be

slightly less than

alternative 1 due to

diversity of interests

involved in coalition.

No foreseen beneficial or adverse

impacts.

No foreseen beneficial or adverse

impacts.

No foreseen beneficial impacts.

Moderate adverse

impacts. While some

scattered interpretation would continue,

no concerted national effort would be

undertaken and the

telling of the Lincoln

Highway story as a

national story would

suffer.

No foreseen beneficial or adverse

impacts.

Alternative 1

National Lincoln

Highway Program

(preferred)

Alternative 2

Lincoln Highway

Touring and

Discovery

Alternative 3

National Heritage

Highway

Alternative 4

No New Federal

Action

Impact

Topic Visitor Experience

Negligible beneficial

impacts. Focus on

heritage tourism

makes inappropriate

development less

likely. No foreseen

adverse impacts.

Potentially minor

beneficial impacts.

Could reduce pollution from motor vehicles due to reuse of

historic districts

replacing sprawl

development.

Negligible adverse

impacts. Short duration of high levels of

pollution emitted

from older vehicles

touring could

adversely affect very

sensitive people.

Moderate beneficial

impact. Improve

quality of experience

for road enthusiasts

and cultural 

appreciation.

Negligible adverse

impact. Increased

tourism may attract

inappropriate development.

Minor beneficial

impacts. Attracting

tourism and 

heritage-focus investment. Minor adverse

impacts.

Preservation focus

could stifle some

types of development.

Summary of Impacts continued

Air Quality Socially or 

EconomicallyDisadvantaged Populations
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Appendixes

Appendix A: Legislation
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None

None

NPS: Gettysburg National Battlefield. 

NPS: Flight 93 National Memorial (new park, Lincoln Highway

is being considered for the northern boundary of the

park).

None

NPS: First Ladies National Historic Site (located a few blocks off

of the Lincoln Highway in Canton).

None

None

None

None

None

BLM: owns small (about 1 mile square) parcels of land in a

checkerboard-like pattern across the length of the Lincoln

Highway.

BLM: owns most of the land crossed by two routes (two generations) of the Lincoln Highway west of Salt Lake City. 

FWS: Fish Springs National Wildlife Service.

DOD: Dugway Proving Ground (not open to public).

USFS: Lincoln Highway intersects the southeastern corner of

Wasatch National Forest. 

BLM: owns nearly all of the land crossed by the Lincoln

Highway east of Fallon. Owns a small amount of land in

a checkerboard pattern west of Fallon.

BOR: owns a small amount of land west of Fallon in a checkerboard pattern.

USFS: About 20 miles of the Lincoln Highway crosses through

the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest - 10 miles east of

Shelbourne and 10 miles east and west of Austin.

NPS: Ft. Mason (in San Francisco - the Lincoln Highway forms a

border with Van Ness Street).

NPS: Golden Gate National Recreation Area (in San Francisco -

the Lincoln Highway comes within a block to the south).

NPS: San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park (the

Lincoln Highway comes within a block).

USFS: The Lincoln Highway crosses through sections of the

Tahoe National Forest and the Eldorado National Forest

on two routes (two generations), both south- and northwest of Lake Tahoe to Sacramento.

None

None

 Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area (Lincoln

Highway crosses near Pittsburgh).

 Path of Progress National Heritage Area

(includes 9 counties in Southwestern PA).

 Schuykill River Valley National Heritage Area

(Lincoln Highway crosses in Philadelphia area).

 Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage

Corridor (Lincoln Highway crosses in

Philadelphia area).

None

 Ohio and Erie Canal National Heritage

Corridor (Lincoln Highway crosses near

Massillon and Canton). 

None

 Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage

Corridor (Lincoln Highway crosses near Joliet).

 America s Agricultural Heritage Partnership

National Heritage Area (in Northeastern IA). 

None

 Cache La Poudre National Heritage Area (covers floodplain of the Cache La Poudre river,

includes Ft. Collins).

None

None

None

None

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NJ

PA

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OH

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IL

IA

NE

CO

WY

UT

NV

CA

State

Federally-Owned Lands with Boundaries Crossing

or Close to the Lincoln Highway

(NPS, BLM, BOR, FWS, USFS, and DOD )

NPS Affiliated Areas and Heritage Areas

with Boundaries Crossing or Close to the

Lincoln Highway 

Appendix B: Federal Lands and the Lincoln Highway

Federal Lands and the Lincoln Highway
Appendix C

Name City State National Register Listing

Tower Bridge Sacramento/W. Sacramento CA Individual

Hotel Stockton Stockton CA Individual

Tracy Inn Tracy CA Individual

Oakland Hotel Oakland CA Individual

Patagonia (auto showroom) Denver CO District

The Granite Building Denver CO District

Brown Palace Hotel Denver CO Individual

Lincoln Hotel Lowden IA Individual

Mount Vernon Visitor Center (gas station) Mt. Vernon IA District

Lincoln Highway Marker Mt. Vernon IA District

10th Ave Brick Remnant Lisbon IA District

Mount Vernon Railroad Viaduct Lisbon IA District

First Ave Bridge Cedar Rapids IA Individual

Sankot Motor Company Belle Plaine IA Individual

Tama Lincoln Highway Bridge Tama IA Individual

Middle Branch Little Beaver Bridge Ogden IA Individual

Lions Club Bridge Interpretive Site east of Grand Junction IA District

Lincoln Statue Jefferson IA Individual

Lincoln Highway Marker Jefferson IA Individual

Lincoln Highway Marker Jefferson IA Individual

Eureka Bridge 3 miles west of Jefferson IA Individual

Lincoln Highway Marker north of Scranton IA District

Moss Corner Lincoln Property Markers 2 miles north of Scranton IA District

Beaver Creek Lincoln Highway Landscape east of Grand Junction IA District

West Beaver Creek Remnant east of Grand Junction IA Individual

West Greene County Lincoln Highway 

Landscape Jefferson IA Individual

Theiss Building (auto showroom) Aurora IL District

Auto Showroom Aurora IL District

Coats Building (auto showroom) Aurora IL District

Hotel Aurora Aurora IL Individual

Nachusa House Dixon IL Individual

The Ultimate Body Shop (garage) Elkhart IN District

Grand Trunk Western Railroad Viaduct South Bend IN District

Bowman Run Culvert South Bend IN District

Blackstone Hotel Omaha NE Individual

Saddle Creek Underpass Omaha NE Individual

Elkhorn Brick Section Elkhorn NE Individual

Ernst Chevrolet Columbus NE District

The Evans Hotel Columbus NE District

Duster's Brew Pub Columbus NE District

Columbus Loup River Bridge Columbus NE Individual

Yancy Hotel Grand Island NE Individual

Heritage Bank (Gloe Brothers Gas Station) Wood River NE Individual

Phelps Hotel Big Springs NE Individual

Lodgepole Opera House Lodgepole NE Individual

Wheat Growers Hotel Kimball NE Individual

Holland Tunnel Jersey City NJ Individual

Seated Lincoln Statue Newark NJ Individual

Merchants and Drovers Tavern Rahway NJ Individual

Edison Memorial Tower Menlo Park NJ Individual

Walts Union Line Garage Kingston NJ District

Kingston Remnant D&R Canal Bridge Kingston NJ District

Lincoln Highway Resources in the National Register of Historic Places
Kingston Remnant Millstone River Bridge Kingston NJ District

Kingston Remnant Kingston NJ District

Brook Creek Bridge Princeton NJ District

Lincoln Highway Marker Princeton NJ District

Princeton Battlefield Monument Princeton NJ District

Stony Brook Bridge Princeton NJ District

Tavern by Stony Brook Princeton NJ District

Shipetaukin Pony Truss Bridge NE of Lawrenceville NJ District

Shipetaukin Masonry Arch Bridge NE of Lawrenceville NJ District

Riverside Hotel Reno NV Individual

Candler Hotel New York NY Individual

Knickerbocker Hotel New York NY Individual

Lincoln Highway Marker East Liverpool OH District

Dayco Office Supplies (auto showroom) East Liverpool OH District

Harding Hotel Marion OH Individual

Divine Lorraine Hotel Philadelphia PA Individual

Packard Motor Corporation Building Philadelphia PA Individual

Market Street Bridge Philadelphia PA District

Wayne Hotel Wayne PA District

Icabods News/Frolic (Williams Deluxe Cabin 

Court) West Whiteland PA Individual

Ball and Ball Antique Hardware (Exton Hotel) Exton PA Individual

Hotel and Famous Restaurant Coatesville PA District

Soldiers and Sailors Monument Lancaster PA Individual

Lincoln Highway Marker Columbia PA District

Crouse's Body and Paint Shop/Used Cars Columbia PA District

Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge Columbia/Wrightsville PA Individual

Codorus Hotel York PA District

Ernies Texas Lunch Gettysburg PA District

Getty's Tavern Gettysburg PA District

Garage Gettysburg PA District

26th Pennsylvania Emergency Infantry Battalion 

Memorial Gettysburg PA District

Gettysburg Battlefield Gettysburg PA District

Gas Station in Fayetteville Fayetteville PA District

Lincoln Highway Marker Chambersburg PA District

Chambersburg and Bedford Turnpike Road 

Company Toll House West of St. Thomas PA Individual

Lincoln Highway Marker McConnellsburg PA District

Fulton House McConnellsburg PA Individual

Defibaugh Tavern Bedford PA Individual

Frazer Tavern Bedford PA District

Fritz Electric (garage) Bedford PA District

Garage Bedford PA District

Anderson House Bedford PA District

Golden Eagle Inn Bedford PA District

Bedford Garage Bedford PA District

Hotel Pennsylvania Bedford PA District

Union Hotel Bedford PA District

Laurel Sport Shop (garage) Bedford PA District

Dunkles Gulf Bedford PA District

Fort Bedford Inn Bedford PA District

Jean Bonnet Tavern Schellsburg PA District

Lincoln Highway Garage Schellsburg PA District

May Brothers Garage West of Schellsburg PA District

Forbes Road Marker West of Schellsburg PA District

Pied Piper Schellsburg PA District
Allegheny Mountains Lincoln Highway Landscape Stoystown PA District

Hite House Stoystown PA Individual

Compass Inn Laughlintown PA Individual

LH Marker Ligonier PA District

Ligonier Diamond Ligonier PA District

Lincoln Highway Garage and House Greensburg PA District

Greensburg Transmission Greensburg PA District

Road Kings Greensburg PA District

Moore Tire Service Greensburg PA District

George Westinghouse Memorial Bridge East Pittsburgh PA Individual

William Penn Hotel Pittsburgh PA Individual

Modern Café Pittsburgh PA District

Fat Eddie's Bar and Grill Ambridge PA District

Bridgewater-Rochester Bridge Rochester/Bridgewater PA District

Bridge Street Inn Bridgewater PA District

Hotel Beaver PA District

Soldiers and Sailors Monument Beaver PA District

Lincoln Square Gettysburg PA District

Plank Garage Gettysburg PA District

Lincoln Highway Marker Stoufferstown PA District

WW I Memorial Chambersburg PA District

The Virginian Hotel Medicine Bow WY Individual

NOTE: In the last column "individual" means 

listed individually in the National Register of 

Historic Places. "District" means that the 

resource is located within the boundaries of an 

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Summit Tires 742 San Pablo Blvd. Albany CA 1950 GAS - MODERN

Steve's Auto Center 744 San Pablo Blvd Albany CA 1950 GAS - MODERN

Union Pacific Bridge Altamont CA 1925

BRIDGE - PLATE 

GIRDER

Southern Pacific Railroad 

Underpass Applegate CA 1930 BRIDGE - BEAM

Auburn Promenade Hotel 853 Lincoln Way Auburn CA 1925

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Tahoe Club 902 High Street Auburn CA 1909

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Avantgarden 1085 High Street Auburn CA 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Living Elements 923 Lincoln Way Auburn CA 1928

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Goodyear 984 Lincoln Way Auburn CA 1940 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Hilda's Pastries 1050 Lincoln Way Auburn CA 1950 GAS - MODERN

LH Marker 1225 Lincoln Way Auburn CA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Custom Tops 101 Nevada Street Auburn CA 1945 GAS - MODERN

Auburn Ravine Railroad Bridge Auburn CA 1910/1959

BRIDGE - PLATE 

GIRDER

Horath Garage 11126 Ophir Road Auburn CA 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Gilman Auto 1197 San Pablo Blvd. Berkeley CA 1935 GAS - MODERN

Big Bend Yuba River Bridge Big Bend CA 1935 BRIDGE - OTHER

LH Marker Big Bend CA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Economy Garage 8436 Auburn Boulevard Citrus Heights CA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Oliver's Foothills Gas Lake Arthur Road Clipper Gap CA 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Colfax Garage Canyon Way Colfax CA 1930 GAS - MODERNE

Boat Storage Hwy 29 Collins CA GAS - EARLY AUTO

The Dead Fish 10950 San Pablo Crockett CA 1940 FOOD - EARLY AUTO

LH Marker Davis CA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

LH Marker Davis CA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Southern Pacific Railroad 

Subway Davis CA 1917

BRIDGE - PLATE 

GIRDER

Russell Blvd between Arthur 

Street and Pedrick Road Davis CA

ROAD - LANDSCAPE 

VISTA

Studio Video and Fotos 110 Porter Street Dixon CA 1955

GAS - EXAGGERATED 

MODERN

Donner Summit Rainbow 

Bridge Donner Summit CA 1926 BRIDGE - ARCH

Hirschdale Road Remnant East of Hirschdale CA 1925/1926 ROAD

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Santa Fe Railroad Bridge east of Pinole CA 1939 BRIDGE - BEAM

Cary House Main Street El Dorado CA 1857/1900 LODGING - PRE-AUTO

Weber Creek Bridge El Dorado County CA 1914 BRIDGE - ARCH

Echo Summit Grade/Remnant El Dorado County CA

ROAD - LANDSCAPE 

VISTA

Nelson Road Remnant Fairfield CA 1927 ROAD

LH Marker Fairfield CA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Fairfield Suspended Sign Fairfield CA 1930

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Joe's Buffet 834 Texas Street Fairfield CA 1949 FOOD - MODERN

Graphic Auto Body 1451 West Texas Street Fairfield CA 1945 GAS - EARLY AUTO

LH Marker 2849 Rockville Rd. Fairfield CA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Iwama Market 2437 Rockville Road Fairfield CA 1910 FOOD - EARLY AUTO

Rockville Inn 4163 Suisun Valley Road Fairfield CA 1925 FOOD - EARLY AUTO

Thompson's Corner Saloon 2147 Cordelia Road Fairfield CA 1890

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Power Plant Bridge Folsom CA 1916 BRIDGE - BEAM

American River Bridge Folsom CA 1917 BRIDGE - ARCH

Golden Bros. Garage 232 South Lincoln Way Galt CA 1940 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Southern Pacific Subway Galt CA 1910 BRIDGE - BEAM

Southern Pacific Railroad 

Underpass Heatherglen CA 1927 BRIDGE - ARCH

Kyburz Lodge 13672 Highway 50 Kyburz CA 1918

GAS/FOOD/LODGING - 

EARLY AUTO

Summit Garage 10605 Altamont Pass Road Livermore CA 1935 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Altamont Pass Union Pacific 

Railroad Trestle Alameda Livermore CA 1925

BRIDGE - PLATE 

GIRDER

R & M Enterprises 1412 Portola Avenue Livermore CA 1935 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Grafco Minimart 1309 Portola Avenue Livermore CA 1940 GAS - MODERN

Duarte Garage Portola and L Streets Livermore CA 1915 GAS - EARLY AUTO

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Mossdale Southern Pacific 

Railroad Mossdale CA 1920

BRIDGE - PLATE 

GIRDER

San Joaquin River Bridge Mossdale CA 1926 BRIDGE - TRUSS

Earl's Radiator 4381 Hwy 29 Napa Junction CA 1945 GAS - MODERN

Southern Pacific Railroad 

Underpass Newcastle CA 1910 BRIDGE - OTHER

R&R Foreign and Domestic 

Sales 565 Taylor Road Newcastle CA 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Canopy gas 1133 Taylor Road Newcastle CA 1935 GAS - EARLY AUTO

El Camino Motel 986 El Camino Avenue North Sacramento CA 194=55 LODGING - MODERN

Che Bella Trina 700 Darina Street North Sacramento CA 1925

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Gas station Hawthorn and Del Paso North Sacramento CA 1950 GAS - MODERN

Original Auto Parts 1309 Del Paso Boulevard North Sacramento CA 1925

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Bud's Custom Upholstery 1201 Del Paso Boulevard North Sacramento CA 1955

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

MODERN

Wong's Auto 2801 Foothill Blvd. Oakland CA GAS - EARLY AUTO

S & K Auto Service 2701 Foot Hill Boulevard Oakland CA 1955

GAS - EXAGGERATED 

MODERN

Barbacoa 19th and Foothill Blvd. Oakland CA 1935 GAS - MODERNE

Quality Auto Service and Body 1200 East 12th Street Oakland CA 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Hotel Oakland 270 13th Street Oakland CA 1910

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

Sweetheart Company 317 9th Street Oakland CA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Oakland Metro 201 Broadway Oakland CA 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Tailpipes Smog Test Station 9292 Greenback Lane Orangevale CA 1950 GAS - MODERN

LH Marker 6702 Chestnut Orangeville CA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Pacific House Old US 50 Pacific CA 1930

GAS/FOOD/LODGING - 

EARLY AUTO

Square Deal Garage 2500 San Pablo Avenue Pinole CA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

The Gables Motel 855 San Pablo Pinole CA 1940s LODGING - MODERN

Donner Summit Remnant Placer County CA 1912

ROAD - LANDSCAPE 

VISTA

Baxter-Gold Run Segment Placer County CA 1913

ROAD - LANDSCAPE 

VISTA

LH Marker Placerville CA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

LH Marker Placerville CA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

LH Marker

Tortilla Flat Restaurant, 564 

Main St. Placerville CA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Pine Lodge Club Pony Express Trail Pollock Pines CA 1930

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

Olson Rentals (gas) Pollock Pines CA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Rainbow Yuba River Bridge Rainbow CA 1935 BRIDGE - OTHER

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S & T Service 10793 San Pablo Boulevard Richmond CA 1945 GAS - MODERN

Roadshow Limited Douglas and Vernon Roseville CA 1945 GAS - MODERN

Auto Resale Service 415 Riverside Avenue Roseville CA 1950

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

MODERN

LH Marker 4300 Engle Rd. Sacramento CA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Bob's Supply 410 North 16th Street Sacramento CA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Jim & Denny's 12th and Terminal Sacramento CA 1950 FOOD - MODERN

Congress Hotel 906 12th Street Sacramento CA 1945 LODGING - MODERN

Ridgeway Hotel 912-914 12th Street Sacramento CA 1900

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

LH Marker

Towe Auto Museum, 2200 Front 

St. Sacramento CA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Capitol Park Hotel L Street Sacramento CA 1915

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Budget Motel 904 West Capitol Avenue Sacramento CA 1959

EXAGGERATED 

MODERN

Dude Motel West Capitol Avenue Sacramento CA 1940

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Fremont Motel West Capitol Avenue Sacramento CA 1955

EXAGGERATED 

MODERN

Tower Bridge

Sacramento/West 

Sacramento CA 1934 BRIDGE - TRUSS

Ferry Building San Francisco CA 1898

OTHERS - EARLY 

AUTO

California Statehood 

Monument San Francisco CA 1890

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Sheraton Palace Hotel Market & New Montgomery San Francisco CA 1907

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

Graystone Hotel 66 Geary Street San Francisco CA 1900

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Westin St. Francis Hotel 335 Powell Street San Francisco CA

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LODGING/FOOD - 

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Handlery Union Square Hotel 347 - 357 Geary Street San Francisco CA 1900

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Union Square Plaza Hotel 432 Geary Street San Francisco CA 1900

LODGING - EARLY 

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Warwick Hotel 490 Geary Avenue San Francisco CA 1913

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Shannon Court Hotel 550 Geary Street San Francisco CA 1930 LODGING - MODERNE

Post Street Automotive 2360 Post Street San Francisco CA 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

U.W.M.G. Honda Post Street San Francisco CA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Monza Motors 880 Post Street San Francisco CA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Garage 865 Post Street San Francisco CA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Unique Cleaners and Laundry 820 Post Street San Francisco CA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Will's Auto Service 766 Post Street San Francisco CA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Hotel Berestord Arms 701 Post Street San Francisco CA 1915

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Public Parking Garage 571 Post Street San Francisco CA 1910 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Kensington Park Hotel 450 Post Street San Francisco CA 1920

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Handa Auto Repair 2941 Geary Street San Francisco CA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Toyota Service Spruce and Geary San Francisco CA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Melrose Motors 4818 Geary Street San Francisco CA 1927 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Foreign Auto Sales 6027 Geary Street San Francisco CA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Gas station 891 North Point San Francisco CA 1955 GAS - MODERN

Jiffy Lube and Columbus Auto 

Body 2020 Van Ness San Francisco CA 1915 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Medical Arts Building 2000 Van Ness San Francisco CA 1920

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

LH Marker San Francisco CA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

LH Marker San Francisco CA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Palace of Legion of Honor San Francisco CA 1923

OTHERS - EARLY 

AUTO

Laser Video at Geary 6033 Geary Street San Francisco CA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Rainbow Lodge Hampshire Rocks Road Soda Springs CA 1915

GAS/FOOD/LODGING - 

EARLY AUTO

Swiss Village Motel 1008 Pioneer Trail South Lake Tahoe CA 1930

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Carquinez Bridge South of Vallejo CA 1927/1958 BRIDGE - TRUSS

Stockton Hotel 100 East Weber Avenue Stockton CA 1920

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

German Auto Service 600 North El Dorado Street Stockton CA 1925

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Mike Buckenham and Son 

Porsche, Audi, BMW 1241 North El Dorado Street Stockton CA 1920

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Connell Tire Service 2211 North Wilson Way Stockton CA 1940

SHOWROOM - 

MODERNE

El Camino Tires 340 North Wilson Way Stockton CA 1940

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

MODERNE

Hotel Lido 310 Wilson Way Stockton CA 1920

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

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Hotel Terry Main Street Stockton CA 1920

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

Strawberry Lodge 17510 U.S. 50 Strawberry CA 1930

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

Tracy Auto Parts 203 11th Street Tracy CA 1930

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Biondi Bros. Furniture 3 East 11th Street Tracy CA 1930

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Tracy Inn 20 - 24 West 11th Street Tracy CA 1915

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Old Stone Garage 10600 Bridge Street Truckee CA 1909 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Truckee Hotel Donner Pass and Bridge Street Truckee CA 1865

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Hotel Rex Donner Pass Road Truckee CA 1918

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Sierra Tavern Donner Pass Road Truckee CA 1925

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

Gas station Donner Pass and Donner Trail Truckee CA 1945 GAS - MODERN

Sunset Inn II 11732 Donner Pass Road Truckee CA 1940

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

LH Marker 13569 Donner Pass Road Truckee CA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

LH Marker 100 Ute Dr. Truckee CA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

LH Marker 1012 Tamarack Dr. Truckee CA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Richards Motel Donner Pass Road Truckee CA 1940

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

LH Marker Vacaville CA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

LH Marker Vacaville CA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Ulatis Creek Bridge Vacaville CA 1911 BRIDGE - ARCH

Fred & Sons Foreign and 

Domestic Auto Repair 1925 Broadway Vallejo CA 1940 GAS - EARLY AUTO

West Coast Auto Repair 1696 Broadway Vallejo CA 1955

GAS - EXAGGERATED 

MODERN

Bill Pendergast's Auto Center 850 Broadway Vallejo CA 1945 GAS - EARLY AUTO

LH Marker Cedar Ave. Vallejo CA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Broadway Motel 441 Broadway Vallejo CA 1935

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Mac's Auto Top Shop 129 Broadway Vallejo CA 1936 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Le Bonte's Gas Station (former 

name) Paoli Road/Old US 40 Weimer CA 1930

GAS/FOOD - EARLY 

AUTO

Jameson Canyon Road West of Cordelia CA 1927

ROAD - LANDSCAPE 

VISTA

Kingvale Yuba River Bridge West of Kingvale CA 1935 BRIDGE - OTHER

Donner Monument west of Truckee CA

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Welcome Grove Lodge Motel 600 West Capitol Avenue West Sacramento CA 1955 LODGING - MODERN

Silvey's Motel 1030 West Capitol Avenue West Sacramento CA 1950 LODGING - MODERN

Siesta Inn 1731 West Capitol Avenue West Sacramento CA 1945 LODGING - MODERN

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El Tejana Motel 1821 West Capitol Avenue West Sacramento CA 1945 LODGING - MODERN

South Main Canal Bridge Woodbridge CA 1926 BRIDGE - BEAM

Colorado and Southern 

Railroad Bridge

4 miles north of 

Wellington CO 1935

BRIDGE - PLATE 

GIRDER

Dutch Mill Cottage Court 11937 Colfax Avenue Aurora CO 1935

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

One Stop (currently closed) Aurora CO 1935

GAS/FOOD/LODGING - 

EARLY AUTO

Little Thompson Valley Pioneer 

Museum 224 Mountain Ave Berthoud CO 1893 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Cabin court Edison & Elm Brush CO 1935

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Garage

need better address (returned) --

511 West Edison Street Brush CO 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Cabin court (signed "coin 

shop") Brush (West of) CO 1930

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Sinclair gas station 224 2nd Avenue Crook CO 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

The Washout Crook CO 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Garage Crook CO 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Harmony Ditch No. 1 Bridge Crook (West of) CO 1925 BRIDGE - BEAM

Patagonia 1431 15th Street Denver CO 1900

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

The Granite Building 1228 15th Street Denver CO 1880

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Brown Palace Hotel 321 17th Street Denver CO 1892

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Newhouse Hotel 1470 Grant Street Denver CO 1910

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Pete's Kitchen 1962 East Colfax Denver CO 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Hotel Vine and Colfax Denver CO 1900

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Northern Hotel 172 North College Fort Collins CO 1936 LODGING - MODERNE

Mountain Empire Hotel

need better address (returned) --

249-261 South College Fort Collins CO 1905

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Trout's Garage Emerson and Marietta Hillrose CO 1915 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Gas station Cedar and First Julesburg CO 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Old Ford garage 110 East First Street Julesburg CO 1915

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Circle Motel 200 West Baseline Road LaFayette CO 1935

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Santagos II 100 North Public Rd LaFayette CO 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Ralph's Castle 1300 Main Street Longmont CO 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

China Panda Café 301 South Main Street Longmont CO 1880 LODGING - PRE-AUTO

MC Motors Main and Ken Pratt Blvd Longmont CO 1935 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Colotex Electric 320 North Lincoln Avenue Loveland CO 1925

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Honda Doctor 123 Lincoln Avenue Loveland CO 1935 GAS - EARLY AUTO

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Cabin court Lincoln Avenue Loveland CO 1935

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Garage Colorado Ave and Pratt Street Merino CO 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Cottage gas station 205 Platte Street Merino CO 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Weld-Larimer Remnant North of Wellington CO 1914

ROAD - LANDSCAPE 

VISTA

Canopy gas station 32361 US 138 Proctor CO 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Culvert South of Merino CO 1935 BRIDGE - OTHER

Gas station 3rd and Cedar Sterling CO 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

J. Hilderman Showroom 4th between Oak and Poplar Sterling CO 1925

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Bill's Motor Co. c/o William 

Pospicil 402 Main Street Sterling CO 1930

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Colonial Motel 527 E. Lincoln Way Ames IA 1938 LODGING - MODERN

Ames Motor Lodge 318 E. Lincoln Way Ames IA 1950 LODGING - MODERN

LH Marker Lincoln Hwy and Beech Ave Ames IA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Willow Creek Bridge Arion (Northeast of) IA 1920 BRIDGE - TRUSS

Sparks Garage Third and Doran Beaver IA 1912 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Middle Branch Little Beaver 

Bridge Beaver (Northeast of) IA 1920 BRIDGE - BEAM

Little Beaver Creek Bridge Beaver (Northwest of) IA 1950 BRIDGE - OTHER

F. L. Sankot Garage 807 13th Street Belle Plaine IA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Lincoln Cafe 1214 8th Avenue Belle Plaine IA 1920 FOOD - EARLY AUTO

Graham Hotel 718 13th Street Belle Plaine IA 1910

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Lodging 13th Street & 7th Avenue Belle Plaine IA 1900

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

George Preston Gas Station 4th and 13th Belle Plaine IA 1920

GAS/LODGING - 

EARLY AUTO

LH Marker 4th and 13th (at Preston's) Belle Plaine IA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Canopy gas station

US 30, 1/4 mile west of 14th 

Ave

Belle Plaine (Northeast 

of) IA 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Corner Property Marker IA 67 and Lincoln Hwy Boone IA 1925

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

LH Marker 6th and Story Boone IA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Kruck Plumbing 734 Seventh Street Boone IA 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Boone Monument Co. 801 West 3rd Street Boone IA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Westside Pub 92 W Mamie Eisenhower Ave Boone IA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

LH Marker

State and W. Mamie 

Eisenhower Boone IA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Motel

 Mamie Eisenhower and Story 

St Boone IA 1950 LODGING - MODERN

Cottage Gas Station R Street and IA 17 Boone (East of) IA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

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Marsh Rainbow Arch Bridge Boone (North of) IA 1915 BRIDGE - ARCH

LH Marker 2nd and Clinton Calamus IA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Calamus Creek Bridge Calamus (West of) IA 1935 BRIDGE - TRUSS

LH Marker Main and US 30 Carroll IA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Wittrock Motor Company 218 West 6th Street, Box 396 Carroll IA 1931

SHOWROOM - EARLY 

AUTO

John's Lock and Key 1602 1st Avenue Cedar Rapids IA 1935 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Light House Restaurant 6905 Mt. Vernon Road Cedar Rapids IA 1930 FOOD - EARLY AUTO

Motel 4558 Mount Vernon Cedar Rapids IA 1940 LODGING - MODERN

Gul's Garage

need better address (returned) 

1502 Mount Vernon Road Cedar Rapids IA 1940 GAS - MODERN

Johnson Two-Way Radio 1432 Mount Vernon Road Cedar Rapids IA 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

First Avenue Bridge Cedar Rapids IA 1920/1965 BRIDGE - ARCH

LH Marker 3975 Johnson Street NW Cedar Rapids IA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Twin Towers

need better address (returned) 

4030 Johnson Avenue NW Cedar Rapids IA 1930

GAS/FOOD/LODGING - 

EARLY AUTO

Ced-Rel Supper Club and 

Motel 11909 16th Avenue SW Cedar Rapids IA 1946

LODGING/FOOD - 

MODERN

DX Garage 102 Short Street Chelsea IA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Tony's Place Garage Irish Street and Station Street Chelsea IA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

LH Marker Irish Street and Station Street Chelsea IA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Canopy gas station Irish Street and Station Street Chelsea IA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Otter Creek Bridge Chelsea IA 1928 BRIDGE - OTHER

Oster's Drive-In Restaurant Between 1st and 2nd on US 30 Clarence IA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Earl's Service 2000 North 2nd Street Clinton IA 1955

GAS - EXAGGERATED 

MODERN

LH Marker 6th and 2nd Avenue Clinton IA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Lafayette Hotel 6th Avenue South & 2nd AvenueClinton IA 1914

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

Bartel's Garage 118 4th Street Clinton IA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

W. F. Coan LH Memorial US 67 and US 30 Clinton IA

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Clinton Co. Garage

need better address (returned) --

1100 11th Avenue Clinton IA 1945 GAS - MODERN

Crossroads Cycle Main Street and Fourth Street Colo IA 1935 GAS - EARLY AUTO

LH Marker at Nilands Corner Colo IA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Niland's Corner US 65 and US 30 Colo IA 1923

GAS/FOOD/LODGING - 

EARLY AUTO

Railroad viaduct brick remnant Council Bluffs IA 1915 ROAD

Petro Stop 313 11th Street De Witt IA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

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Kirby Water Conditioning 723 10th Street De Witt IA 1940 GAS - EARLY AUTO

West Wind Motel 1221 11th Street De Witt IA 1950 LODGING - MODERN

Dalton Auto Center P.O. Box 400 Denison IA 1940

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Garage 1600 block of 4th avenue Denison IA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Motel 1500 Block 4th Avenue Denison IA 1930

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

The Glass Station 1303 4th Avenue South Denison IA 1955 GAS - MODERN

LH Markers 4th and 12th Denison IA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Carlyle Memorials 1204 4th Avenue South Denison IA 1940

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Ho Hum Motel

Highway 30, 1916 4th Avenue 

S Denison IA 1930

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Motel/Apartments 4th Avenue between 8th & 9th Denison IA 1945 LODGING - MODERN

Park Motel 803 4th Avenue South Denison IA 1940/1960

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

LH Marker Park Motel, 803 4th Avenue S Denison IA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

LH Marker 6th and Iowa Dunlap IA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Mill Creek Bridge Dunlap (Southwest of) IA ? BRIDGE - OTHER

Yankee Bridge East of Wheatland IA 1930 BRIDGE - BEAM

Canopy gas station 402 E. Main Street Grand Junction IA 1915

GAS/FOOD/LODGING - 

EARLY AUTO

Coop, Johnston's Corner 315 Main Street Grand Junction IA 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

LH Marker at City Hall, 11th and Main Grand Junction IA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Hardware Store 206 E. Main Street Grand Junction IA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Canopy gas station Main and Eighth Grand Junction IA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Star Motel Complex Old 30 and 8th Grand Junction IA 1920

GAS/FOOD/LODGING - 

MODERN

Lions Club Bridge Interpretive 

Site Lions Club Park Grand Junction (East of) IA SITE

Canopy gas station

North Cedar and West Lincoln 

Way Jefferson IA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Lincoln Statue

Greene County Courthouse 

Lawn Jefferson IA 1918

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

LH Marker Wilson and Lincoln Way Jefferson IA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Firestone 300 West Lincoln Way Jefferson IA 1945 GAS - MODERN

LH Marker

east of Maple along Lincoln 

Way Jefferson IA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Abandoned motel 4 miles west of Jefferson Jefferson IA 1938 LODGING - MODERN

Eureka Bridge Jefferson (West of) IA 1913 BRIDGE - ARCH

LH Marker US 30 and IA 200 Keystone (South of) IA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

LeGrand Motel 500 Block Main Street Le Grand IA 1935 LODGING - MODERN

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Canopy Gas Station 504 East Main Street Lisbon IA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

LH Marker 414 East Main Street Lisbon IA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Al Allsip Bricklayer 139 East Main Street Lisbon IA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

D&D Bodyshop 133 E. Main Street Lisbon IA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

10th Avenue Brick Remnant Lisbon IA 1920 ROAD

Mt. Vernon RR Viaduct Lisbon IA 1910 BRIDGE - TRUSS

Hog Creek Remnant Logan IA 1913 ROAD

Concrete bridge Logan (Southwest of) IA 1930 BRIDGE - OTHER

Roadside Park Logan (Southwest of) IA 1930 SITE

Store/restaurant 33353 Highway 183 Loveland IA 1900 FOOD - EARLY AUTO

New Horizon, Inc. Main and Grant Streets Lowden IA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Lincoln Hotel 408 Main Street, P.O. Box 222 Lowden IA 1915

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Big Creek Lincoln Highway 

Segment Marion IA

ROAD - LANDSCAPE 

VISTA

Civil War Statue Marion City Park Marion IA 1914

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Stone's Cafe 507 South 3rd Street Marshalltown IA 1880 FOOD - PRE-AUTO

LH Marker 1707 W. Lincoln Way Marshalltown IA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Tallcorn Towers 134 East Main Street Marshalltown IA 1910

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

Shady Oaks 2310 Shady Oaks Road Marshalltown IA 1924

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Sunnyside Motel 2219 Highway 30 Missouri Valley IA 1930 LODGING - MODERN

Hillside Motel 975 Sunnyside Avenue Missouri Valley IA 1940 LODGING - MODERN

LH Marker US 30 bet. 6th and 7th Missouri Valley IA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Garage 6th Street south of US 30 Missouri Valley IA 1915 GAS - EARLY AUTO

LH Marker US 30 at IA Welcome Center Missouri Valley (East of) IA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Joan's Crafts 

East Lincoln Hwy and Franklin 

Street Montour IA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Canopy gas station S. Main and E. Lincoln Montour IA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Mount Vernon Visitor Center 311 1 St W Mt. Vernon IA 1910 GAS - EARLY AUTO

LH Marker 4th and 1st Mt. Vernon IA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

LH Marker Abbey Creek School Mt. Vernon (West of) IA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

LH Marker At Harrington Park Nevada IA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Story County Can and Bottle 

Redemption (auto showroom) 1420 L Avenue Nevada IA 1925

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Motel West Lincoln Highway & 1st Nevada IA 1930 LODGING - MODERN

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LH Marker W. Lincoln Hwy west of 1st Nevada IA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

C&NW Railroad Viaduct Nevada (East of) IA 1920

BRIDGE - PLATE 

GIRDER

LH Marker 401 Walnut Street Ogden IA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Kerr McGee Walnut and First Streets Ogden IA 1945 GAS - MODERN

Ogden Auto Service 201 Walnut Street Ogden IA 1925

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Standard Walnut and Sixth Streets Ogden IA 1940 GAS - MODERN

Scranton Machine Shop 1013 Main Street Scranton IA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Gas station IA 25 and Jefferson Scranton IA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Mid States Energy Station Scranton (East of) IA 1950 GAS - EARLY AUTO

LH Marker US 30 and IA 25 Scranton (North of) IA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Moss Corner Lincoln Property 

Markers Scranton (North of) IA 1926/2002

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Gas Station Main and US 30 Stanwood IA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

J&R Auto Repair 206 East Highway 30 Stanwood IA 1950 GAS - MODERN

LH Marker at the City Rose Garden State Center IA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Home Oil Co. Second Ave and Fourth Street State Center IA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Tama Lincoln Highway Bridge Tama IA 1915 BRIDGE - BEAM

Gas Station 609 E. 5th Street Tama IA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

King's Tower Cafe 1701 East 5th Street #30 Tama (East of) IA 1931

GAS/FOOD/LODGING - 

EARLY AUTO

Gas station US 30 and Main Vail IA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Youngville Highway History 

Association (Youngville Café) 301 1st Street Vinton IA 1940

GAS/FOOD/LODGING - 

EARLY AUTO

Garage US 30 at Eagle Westside IA 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

LH Marker US 30

Westside (one mile west 

of) IA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Wapsipinicon River Bridge Wheatland IA 1930 BRIDGE - BEAM

Wapsipinicon River Branch 

Bridge Wheatland (East of) IA 1930 BRIDGE - BEAM

Woodbine Brick Segment Woodbine IA 1921 ROAD

Canopy gas station

NE Corner of 6th and Lincoln 

Way Woodbine IA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Canopy gas station

NW Corner of 5th and Lincoln 

Way Woodbine IA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

LH Marker Lincoln Way and 3rd Woodbine IA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Big Creek Bridge IA 1930 BRIDGE - TRUSS

Iowa River Valley Lincoln 

Highway IA

ROAD - LANDSCAPE 

VISTA

Select Used Cars 

need better address (returned) --

First and Hicks Streets Ashton IL 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

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Gas Station

need better address (returned) --

907 First Street Ashton IL 1945 GAS - MODERN

Sunshine Motel 1174 Route 30 Aurora IL 1950

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Council Court Motel 1016 Route 30 Aurora IL 1950

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Phillips Park Remnant Aurora IL 1913 ROAD

Los Dos Hermanos Hill Avenue at Phillips Park Aurora IL 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Swony's Drive In 737 Hill Avenue Aurora IL 1955

EXAGGERATED 

MODERN

Service Perez 441 Hill Avenue Aurora IL 1945 GAS - MODERN

Escalantes Auto Repair 301 Hill Avenue Aurora IL 1945 GAS - MODERN

LH Marker 22 Smith Street Aurora IL 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Theiss Building 7428 South LaSalle Street Aurora IL 1910

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Auto showroom 70 LaSalle Aurora IL 1920

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Coats Building 56 LaSalle Street Aurora IL 1925

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Aurora Hotel 2 North Stolp Ave Aurora IL 1917

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Leland Hotel/Fox Island Place 7 South Stolp Ave Aurora IL 1928

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

Galena Hotel 116 W. Galena Aurora IL 1880 LODGING - PRE-AUTO

John's Service 650 Lake Street Aurora IL 1950 GAS - MODERN

L&N Railroad Viaduct Chicago Heights IL 1930

BRIDGE - PLATE 

GIRDER

Arche Memorial Fountain Chicago Heights IL 1916

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Automechanical Service Lincoln Hwy and Prairie Avenue Chicago Heights IL 1930s GAS - MODERN

Garage 817 E. Lincoln Highway De Kalb IL 1940 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Napa Auto Parts 607 East Lincoln Highway De Kalb IL 1930

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Dixon Arch Dixon IL

/1965/198

5

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Nachusa House 215 S. Galena Ave Dixon IL

1853/1867

/1915 LODGING - PRE-AUTO

Lincoln Great Speech Marker Lee County Courthouse Dixon IL 1908

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Blackhawk War Lincoln Statue Fort Dixon Site Dixon IL 1939

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Frankfort Remnant Frankfort IL 1913 ROAD

Abe Lincoln Motel 10841 West Lincoln Way Frankfort IL 1955 LODGING - MODERN

Valley View Motel US 30 east of Wolf Road Frankfort IL 1955

EXAGGERATED 

MODERN

LH Marker LHA National Headquarters Franklin Grove IL 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Franklin Creek Remnant Franklin Grove IL 1913 ROAD

Franklin Creek Bridge Franklin Grove IL 1954 BRIDGE - BEAM

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Wendell Repair Service 1218 4th Street Fulton IL 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Closed gas station SE corner of 4th and 12th Fulton IL 1945 GAS - MODERN

Burlington Northern Railroad 

Bridge Fulton (east of) IL 1920

BRIDGE - PLATE 

GIRDER

CNW Railroad Bridge 600 S. First Street Geneva IL 1910

BRIDGE - PLATE 

GIRDER

Architectural Resources 427 West State Street Geneva IL 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Pure Oil 502 State Street Geneva IL 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Pure Oil 502 State Street Geneva IL 1955

GAS - EXAGGERATED 

MODERN

Lucenta Tire 1531 East Cass Street Joliet IL 1950 GAS - MODERN

Riverside Auto 1419 E. Cass Street Joliet IL 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Jonkavich's Auto Body 1313 E. Cass Joliet IL 1920s GAS - EARLY AUTO

Fleet Specialty Painting 809 East Cass Street Joliet IL 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Muncie 801 E. Cass Street Joliet IL 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Cass Street Bridge Joliet IL 1920 BRIDGE - OTHER

Hotel Pine and Western Joliet IL 1920

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Taylor Welding 221 Center Street Joliet IL 1940s GAS - MODERN

Bertino's Auto Service 900 Plainfield Road Joliet IL 1950 GAS - MODERN

Adelman Heating & Air 

Conditioning 1399 Plainfield Road Joliet IL 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

LH Marker International Drive Mooseheart IL 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

LH Marker Lincoln Road and Yager Road Morrison IL 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

LH Marker

Blue Goose Rd and Lincoln 

Way Morrison IL 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Forest Inn 20657 Lincoln Road Morrison IL 1934

GAS/FOOD - EARLY 

AUTO

LH Marker 202 Lincoln Way Morrison IL 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

LH Marker Base and Main Morrison IL 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

LH Marker Morris Road and Orange Street Morrison IL 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Climco Coils Co 222 West Main Street Morrison IL 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Brick House Restaurant Lincoln Highway west of Orange Morrison IL 1820 FOOD - PRE-AUTO

Hillendale Bed and Breakfast 600 Lincoln Way West Morrison IL 1891

OTHERS - EARLY 

AUTO

Log Cabin Court on Lincoln Highway Morrison IL 1920

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

LH Marker New Lennox IL 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Motel US Highway 30 New Lenox IL 1950s LODGING - MODERN

Auto showroom SE corner of Joliet and Dillman Plainfield IL 1945

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

MODERN

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Plainfield Automotive 408 North Division Street Plainfield IL 1945 GAS - MODERN

LH Marker 6th and 4th Streets Rochelle IL 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Rochelle Beacon Restaurant 444 West State Route 38 Rochelle IL 1945 FOOD - MODERN

Rochelle Welcome Center 500 Lincoln Avenue Rochelle IL 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

LH Marker Dillon House Museum Sterling IL 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

LH Marker Dillon House Museum Sterling IL 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Midway Drive-In Theater Prairieville Road Sterling IL 1950

BUILDINGS - ALL 

OTHERS - MODERN

Civil War Monument Sterling IL 1890

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Canopy gas station 501 West Fourth Street Sterling IL 1935 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Brent's Upholstery 405 Elm Avenue Sterling IL 1945 GAS - MODERN

Track Road Remnant IL 1913

ROAD - LANDSCAPE 

VISTA

LH Marker

Between Ashland and Franklin 

Grove IL 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

LH Marker

Between Ashland and Franklin 

Grove IL 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

LH Marker

Between Ashland and Franklin 

Grove IL 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

LH Marker

Between Ashland and Franklin 

Grove IL 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Union Pacific (CNW) Railroad 

Bridge IL 1920

BRIDGE - PLATE 

GIRDER

Elkhart River Bridge Benton IN 1930 BRIDGE - ARCH

Hire Ditch Bridge Benton Twp. IN 1930 BRIDGE - OTHER

McBride Photography Center Street East of Main Bourbon IN 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Solon Ditch Bridge Coesse Corners IN ? BRIDGE - OTHER

Eel River Bridge Columbia City IN 1950 BRIDGE - BEAM

J&K Auto Detailing 725 East Business 30 Columbia City IN 1945 GAS - MODERN

Rawleigh Auto/Dave's Car 

Care 315 West Van Buren Columbia City IN 1935 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Motel 19431 Lincoln Highway Donaldson IN 1940 LODGING - MODERN

Ideal Section Memorials US 30 west of Dyer Dyer IN 1921

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Ideal Section Memorials US 30 west of Dyer Dyer IN 1921

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Ideal Section Memorials US 30 west of Dyer Dyer IN 1921

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Anytime Auto 2620 South Main Street Elkhart IN 1945 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Premier Motors Auto Sales 1419 Indiana Ave Elkhart IN 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

The Ultimate Body Shop 726 South Main Street Elkhart IN 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Railroad Viaduct Elkhart IN 1910

BRIDGE - PLATE 

GIRDER

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Midwest Motel 7021 Lincoln Highway East Fort Wayne IN 1955 LODGING - MODERN

Wayne Motel 7001 Lincoln Highway East Fort Wayne IN 1955 LODGING - MODERN

J.J.R. Mobility (auto 

showroom) 400 block of Washington Street Fort Wayne IN 1925

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Harrison Street Bridge Fort Wayne IN 1915/1987 BRIDGE - BEAM

Heldor Spas 1700 Harrison Street Fort Wayne IN 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Kelly Jean Beauty Salon

need better address (returned) --

Jacobs and Wells Fort Wayne IN 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Hotel and Garage Van Buren & Berry Fort Wayne IN

Hotel/1920

Garage

GAS/FOOD/LODGING - 

PRE-AUTO

Keystone Realty 843 Goshen Road Fort Wayne IN 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Knotty Pine Motel 1201 Goshen Avenue Fort Wayne IN 1950 LODGING - MODERN

Sharpening Center 1327 Goshen Fort Wayne IN 1950 GAS - MODERN

Neuhaus Creek Bridge Fort Wayne IN 1950 BRIDGE - OTHER

Conrail Railroad Bridge Fort Wayne IN 1920

BRIDGE - PLATE 

GIRDER

Goshen Police Booth Goshen IN 1939

BUILDINGS - ALL 

OTHERS - MODERNE

Elkhart River Bridge Goshen IN 1926 BRIDGE - ARCH

Robbins Ditch Bridge Hamlet IN 1950 BRIDGE - BEAM

Abandoned garage Thompson and Old US 30 Hanna IN 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Fireworks Stand (temporary 

use) US 30 and Old US 30 Hanna IN 1945 GAS - MODERN

Antique Mall 500 Lincolnway La Porte IN 1920

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

South Bend Tribune 322 East Lincolnway LaPorte IN 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Auto showroom 321 Lincoln Way LaPorte IN 1924

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Gilbert Heating 1108 4th Street LaPorte IN 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Radio Museum 800 Lincolnway Street Ligonier IN 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Triangle Park Ligonier IN 1905 SITE

Discount Liquors 905 Lincolnway Street Ligonier IN 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Ligonier Brick Remnant Ligonier, Sparta Twp IN 1913 ROAD

Dan's Auto Sales 4 West 73rd Avenue Merrillville IN 1945 GAS - MODERN

Studebaker Auto Showroom 315 Lincoln Way West Mishawaka IN 1925

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Sorgen Ditch Bridge Monroe Twp IN 1930 BRIDGE - OTHER

White Ditch Bridge Monroe Twp. IN 1930 BRIDGE - OTHER

Trier Ditch Bridge 60048 Lincoln Highway New Haven IN 1930 BRIDGE - ARCH

Hemmingers Travel Lodge 800 Lincoln Hwy Plymouth IN 1937

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

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D&M Automotive 620 East Jefferson Street Plymouth IN 1925

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Yellow River Bridge Plymouth IN 1930 BRIDGE - ARCH

Subway 500 North Michigan Street Plymouth IN 1955 GAS - MODERN

Bob's Towing 1101 West Jefferson Plymouth IN 1950 GAS - MODERN

Mayflower Tavern Plymouth IN 1920 FOOD - EARLY AUTO

Deep River Bridge Ross Twp IN ? BRIDGE - OTHER

Turkey Creek Culvert Schererville IN 1930 BRIDGE - OTHER

Railroad Bridge Schererville IN 1930

BRIDGE - PLATE 

GIRDER

Grand Trunk Western Railroad 

Viaduct South Bend IN 1920

BRIDGE - PLATE 

GIRDER

Bowman Run Culvert South Bend IN 1930 BRIDGE - OTHER

Big Wheel Restaurant 902 LincolnWay Valparaiso IN 1955

EXAGGERATED 

MODERN

The Academy School of Martial

Arts 210 East Lincoln Way Valparaiso IN 1930

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Wedaman - McDonald Building 119 East Center Warsaw IN 1920

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

LH Marker Funk Park Warsaw IN 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Tippecanoe Roadside Park Warsaw IN 1930 SITE

Ryan's Service Center East Main and Flynn Westville IN 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Wolf Lake Body Shop US 33 Wolf Lake IN 1940 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Zulu Garage 18449 East Lincoln Hwy Zulu IN 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Whitley County Remnants IN 1928 ROAD

Whitley County Remnants IN 1928 ROAD

Whitley County Remnants IN 1928 ROAD

Whitley County Remnants IN 1928 ROAD

Whitley County Remnants IN 1928 ROAD

Hamlet Vista IN 1930

ROAD - LANDSCAPE 

VISTA

Canopy gas station 15 Blvd and US 30 Ames NE 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Big Springs Cafe and Garage E 3rd and Chestnut Big Springs NE 1925

GAS/LODGING - 

EARLY AUTO

Garage

Between Chestnut and Pine on 

3rd Big Springs NE 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Phelps Hotel 401 Pine Big Springs NE 1885 LODGING - PRE-AUTO

Auto showroom Third and Pine Big Springs NE 1930

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

MODERNE

Texaco US 30 and Main Brady NE 1930

GAS/LODGING - 

EARLY AUTO

Canopy gas station and garage US 30 and Main Brady NE 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

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One Stop 219 US 30 Brady NE 1925

GAS/FOOD/LODGING - 

EARLY AUTO

LH Marker 5th and State Brule NE 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Canopy gas station 4th and State Street Brule NE 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Garage 3rd and State Street Brule NE 1940 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Fraser Welding 107 State Street Brule NE 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Pete's Tire and Auto Center 102 State Street Brule NE 1940 GAS - EARLY AUTO

One Stop US 30 and Olive Brule NE 1950

GAS/LODGING - 

MODERN

Bushnell Tubes Railroad 

Underpass Bushnell NE 1940 BRIDGE - OTHER

Lincoln Manor 1525 16th Street Central City NE 1880 LODGING - PRE-AUTO

Lennox/Bill's Hobby Shop 412-420 G Street Central City NE 1925

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

D&D Building Supply 422-426 G Street Central City NE 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Mustard's Used Cars 510 G Street Central City NE 1955

GAS - EXAGGERATED 

MODERN

Mustard's Garage 510 G Street Central City NE 1950 GAS - MODERN

Ace Used Cars 701 G Street Central City NE 1940 GAS - MODERN

Ace Body Shop and Used Cars 705 G Street Central City NE 1945 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Wrangler Saloon PO Box 164 Chapman NE 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Property Owner 212 9th Street Chapman NE 1915 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Garage and cabins 1st and Cutler Chappell NE 1940

GAS/LODGING - 

EARLY AUTO

Cabin court On First Street Chappell NE 1940

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Garage Hayward and 1st Chappell NE 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Bruer's Service 811 First Street Chappell NE 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

One stop 3rd and Ochs Chappell NE 1940

GAS/FOOD/LODGING - 

EARLY AUTO

Double K Cafe and Motel US 30 Clarks NE 1940

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

Millard Street Brick Remnant Clarks NE 1913 ROAD

Garage

p g

current use -- North Green 

Street and Millard St Clarks NE 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Former Motel c/o Wanda 

Temme 103 South George Street Clarks NE 1930

GAS/FOOD/LODGING - 

EARLY AUTO

Ernst Chevrolet 2304 13th Street Columbus NE 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

The Evans Hotel 13th Street Columbus NE 1913

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

Duster's Brew Pub 2804 13th Street Columbus NE 1921

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Mike's Auto Service 1858 33rd Avenue Columbus NE 1940 GAS - MODERN

Geno's 1771 33rd Avenue Columbus NE 1945

GAS - EXAGGERATED 

MODERN

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Wojcik's Towing 771 33rd Avenue Columbus NE 1955

GAS - EXAGGERATED 

MODERN

Loup River Bridge Columbus NE 1930 BRIDGE - TRUSS

Canopy gas station 8th and Newell Cozad NE 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Henri Robert Museum Hendee 

Hotel 218 East 8th Street Cozad NE 1870 LODGING - PRE-AUTO

Motel C & US 30 Cozad NE 1930 LODGING - MODERN

Garage

Between Cedar and Maple on 

Miller Dix NE 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Gas Station Spruce and Miller Dix NE 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

LH Marker Main Street and North Duncan NE 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

LH Marker Main Street and 9th Duncan NE 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Garage

appears abandoned -- US 30 

and Main Avenue Duncan NE 1930 GAS - MODERN

Avenue of Trees Duncan NE 1913

ROAD - LANDSCAPE 

VISTA

Overton "L" Bridge east of Overton NE 1920 BRIDGE - BEAM

Elkhorn Brick Section Elkhorn NE 1920

ROAD - LANDSCAPE 

VISTA

Gas Station Mill & Front Elm Creek NE 1930

GAS/LODGING - 

EARLY AUTO

The Legacy Chest First & Main Streets Fremont NE 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Brick remnant Fremont NE 1920 ROAD

Errin Swiss Motel (formerly) US 30 and Broad Street Fremont NE 1945 LODGING - MODERN

Ranch Motel 545 West 23 Street Fremont NE 1940 LODGING - MODERN

Lake Sunset Motel 4205 US 30 Fremont NE 1955 LODGING - MODERN

Jaabarr's Ice Cream 704 US 30 Gibbon NE 1945 GAS - MODERN

Fabricating Shop Kelsey & Highway 30 Gibbon NE 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Goodyear Pick's Repair D Avenue & Highway 30 Gothenburg NE 1950 GAS - MODERN

Grand Island Seedling Mile Grand Island NE 1917 ROAD

Kensinger Service and Supply 1810 East US Highway 30 Grand Island NE 1933 GAS - MODERNE

Shady Bend Shady Bend &US 30 Grand Island NE 1929

GAS/FOOD/LODGING - 

EARLY AUTO

K&L Market 2008 US 30 East Grand Island NE 1930

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Musil Machine and Tool 304 East 2nd Street Grand Island NE 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Gulzow Motor Co 223 East Second Street Grand Island NE 1955

GAS - EXAGGERATED 

MODERN

Bridge Street Auto 204 East 2nd Street Grand Island NE 1950 GAS - MODERN

Yancey Hotel 123 North Locust Street Grand Island NE 1923

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Riley's Auto Sales 2009 West 2nd Street Grand Island NE 1950 GAS - MODERN

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Pine Court Apartments 4870 US 30 Grand Island NE 1940

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Lazy V Motel 2703 East Highway 30

Grand Island (1/2 miles 

east of) NE 1955 LODGING - MODERN

Stan's Auto Sales 1100 25th Street Kearney NE 1928 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Laser Art Design 20 East 25th Street Kearney NE 1935 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Central Auto Electric/United 

Services Motors 10 East 25th Street Kearney NE 1945 GAS - MODERNE

Logan View Apts. 1818 West 24th Street Kearney NE 1955 LODGING - MODERN

Budget Motel and RV Park 19th Avenue & West 24th Kearney NE 1955 LODGING - MODERN

Rodeo Court 2414 West 24th Street Kearney NE 1945 LODGING - MODERN

Covered Wagon Gift Shop near 1733 ranch site Kearney (2 miles west) NE 1928

OTHERS - EARLY 

AUTO

LW Cartage Company 701 East 3rd Kimball NE 1955

GAS - EXAGGERATED 

MODERN

The Arabian Motel 607 East 3rd Street Kimball NE 1950 LODGING - MODERN

Garage Main Street Kimball NE 1940 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Wheat Growers Hotel 102 South Oak Street Kimball NE 1915

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Washington Street Brick 

Section Lexington NE 1920 ROAD

Green Valley Motel 311 5th Street Lexington NE 1945 LODGING - MODERN

Cabins Johnson & Pacific Lexington NE 1930

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Panther Den Pit Stop Payne & Sheldon Lodgepole NE 1935 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Al's Barber Shop Sheldon Street Lodgepole NE 1925/1945 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Former Texaco garage Sheldon and McCall Streets Lodgepole NE 1945 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Lodgepole Opera House Oberfelder and Front Street Lodgepole NE 1911 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Lodgepole Cabins Sheldon Street and Newman Lodgepole NE 1930

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Hurst's Lodgepole Motel Sheldon Street and Simmons Lodgepole NE 1932

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Gas Station North Pine and US 30 Maxwell NE 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Garage US 30 bet. Mulberry and Main North Bend NE 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Discount Transmission 1501 East 4th Street North Platte NE 1945 GAS - MODERN

LH Marker at Memorial Park North Platte NE 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Nebraskaland Pools 315 East 4th Street North Platte NE 1925

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Hendy Ogier Auto Company, 

Inc. Bailey and 4th Street North Platte NE 1924

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Pawnee Retirement Hotel 221 East 5th Street North Platte NE 1910

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Stan's Shoe Repair and 

Canvas Repair (gas) 105 East 7th Street North Platte NE 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Motel 10th & Jeffers North Platte NE 1950 LODGING - MODERN

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Ecowater 1119 N. Jeffers North Platte NE 1945 GAS - MODERN

Cedar Lodge 421 Rodeo Road North Platte NE 1955 LODGING - MODERN

Lazy K Motel 1501 East 1st Street Ogalalla NE 1955 LODGING - MODERN

Midwest Motel

need better address (returned) --

1st & East G Street Ogallala NE 1950 LODGING - MODERN

Plaza Inn 311 East 1st Street Ogallala NE 1940/1955 LODGING - MODERNE

Hoke's Cafe 302 East 1st Street Ogallala NE 1950 FOOD - MODERN

Oregon Trail Motel 214 East 1st Street Ogallala NE 1925/1950

GAS/FOOD/LODGING - 

EARLY AUTO

Kohl Sales Office 201 West First Street Ogallala NE 1950

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

MODERN

Kohl GM Dealership 202 West First Street Ogallala NE 1930

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Gas station West F and First Streets Ogallala NE 1940 GAS - MODERN

AP Mufflers and Pipes First & F Streets Ogallala NE 1950 GAS - MODERN

Elms Motel 1st and West G Streets Ogallala NE 1940

GAS/LODGING - 

MODERN

Residence (one stop) 1st & West H Streets Ogallala NE 1935

GAS/FOOD/LODGING - 

EARLY AUTO

Hupmobile Showroom 2523 Farnam Street Omaha NE 1920

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

All Makes Office 2558 Farnam Street Omaha NE 1920

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Prime Motors 3141 Farnam Street Omaha NE 1920/1930

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

The Blackstone 302 South 36th Street Omaha NE 1920

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

Colonial Hotel 3804 Farnam Street Omaha NE 1920

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

McFosters 302 South 38th Street Omaha NE 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Saddle Creek Interchange Omaha NE 1934 BRIDGE - BEAM

Jensen Garage 4611 Dodge Street Omaha NE 1915 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Garage D Street on US 30 Overton NE 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Canopy gas station Road 144 on US 30 Overton NE 1928 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Garage US 30 1/2 block east of Oak St Paxton NE 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Swede's Garage 117, 121, 123 South Oak Street Paxton NE 1919 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Texaco gas station 950 Chestnut Potter NE

1938/1948

/1951 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Chesnut Street Memory 

Station 947 Sherman Potter NE 1935 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Kracl's garage Center & Highway 30 Rogers NE 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Canopy gas station H and US 30 Roscoe NE 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Canopy gas station 1518 B Street Schuyler NE 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

B Street Brick Segment Schuyler NE 1923 ROAD

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Kopac Bros. Garage / Auto 

Servicio Los Amigos 221 East 11th Street Schuyler NE 1910 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Reinecke Auto 204 East 11th Street Schuyler NE 1925

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Public Utilities A Street and East 11th Street Schuyler NE 1925

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

JB Package Liquor 413 East 16th Street Schuyler NE 1930 GAS - MODERNE

Johnnie's Motel 222 West 16th Avenue Schuyler NE 1950 LODGING - MODERN

Ryan's Used Cars Inc. P.O. Box 127 Shelton NE 1935

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Shelton Brick Remnant Shelton NE 1915 ROAD

L & N Truck Parts Garage PO Box 638 Shelton NE 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Mayfair Service Station

need better address (returned) --

US 30 & Greenwood Road Sidney NE 1947 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Darin's Auto Repair 9th & Illinois Sidney NE 1945 GAS - MODERN

Comm Source Ninth and Illinois Sidney NE 1950

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

MODERN

Stores (former Hotel Sidney) 10th & Illinois Sidney NE 1915

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Sagebrush/Dance Steps 

Studio 1103-1119 Illinois Street Sidney NE 1930

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Havorka Motors 1200 Illinois Sidney NE 1955

GAS - EXAGGERATED 

MODERN

Sidney Amoco 911 13th Avenue Sidney NE 1945 GAS - MODERN

Maddox Motors 1403 Illinois Sidney NE 1935/1955

SHOWROOM - EARLY 

AUTO

Filling Station

appears abandoned -- 16th and 

Hickory Sidney NE 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

El Palomino Motel 2220 Illinois Street Sidney NE 1950 LODGING - MODERN

Delux Motel 2201 Illinois Street Sidney NE 1950 LODGING - MODERN

LH Marker Sidney NE 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Krafty Paws Chestnut & Highway 30 Silver Creek NE 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Agro Service Inc. 714 Public Road Silver Creek NE 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Garage US 30 and Oak Street Silver Creek NE 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Residence? (Former Motel) On US 30 Sunol NE 1940 LODGING - MODERN

Cottage gas station Maple Street and US 30 Sutherland NE 1910 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Cottage gas station US 30 west of Poplar Sutherland NE 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Highway Bait and Tackle 104 West Highway 275 Valley NE 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Waterloo Gas Mart Washington St and Third St Waterloo NE 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Canopy gas Road 416 and US 30 Willow Island NE 1920

GAS/FOOD - EARLY 

AUTO

Voss Alignment and Repair 614 East 11 Street Wood River NE 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Heritage Bank (Gloe Brothers 

gas station) 609 East 11th Street Wood River NE 1933 GAS - EARLY AUTO

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Garage West and 9th Streets Wood River NE 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Thienel Builders Inc 902 Main Street Wood River NE 1912 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Union Pacific Bridge NE 1920

BRIDGE - PLATE 

GIRDER

Geist's Garage 2011 Lincoln Hwy Edison NJ 1950 GAS - MODERN

Penn RR Viaduct Elizabeth NJ 1910

BRIDGE - PLATE 

GIRDER

Sergio's Used Car Service, Inc 702 Newark Avenue Elizabeth NJ 1945 GAS - MODERN

Civil War Monument Elizabeth NJ 1900

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Cherry Street Bridge Elizabeth NJ 1920 BRIDGE - TRUSS

Gerometta's Auto Repair 605 Raritan Avenue Highland Park NJ 1955 GAS - MODERN

WW I Memorial Highland Park NJ 1920

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Park Dental Group 515 Raritan Ave Highland Park NJ 1922 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Bargain Auto & Truck Repair 101 Raritan Avenue Highland Park NJ 1950 GAS - MODERN

Raritan River Bridge Highland Park NJ 1915 BRIDGE - ARCH

Pershing Road Remnant Pershing Road Jersey City NJ 1913 ROAD

Pelegrin Auto Repair 3716 Kennedy Blvd Jersey City NJ 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Ramzi Auto Repair 3575 Kennedy Blvd Jersey City NJ 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Holland Tunnel Jersey City NJ 1927 BRIDGE - OTHER

Liberty Auto Radiator 3218 Kennedy Blvd Jersey City NJ 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Seated Lincoln Statue, JE 

Fraser sculptor Jersey City NJ 1929

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Belmont Avenue Jersey City NJ 1890

ROAD - LANDSCAPE 

VISTA

James A. Keady Fountain Jersey City NJ 1915

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

George's Auto Repair 739 Communipaw Ave Jersey City NJ 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Jenson & Mitchell Auto Springs 880 Communipaw Ave Jersey City NJ 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Jenson & Mitchell Garage 881 Communipaw Ave Jersey City NJ 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Hackensack R Vertical Lift 

Bridge Jersey City NJ 1952 BRIDGE - OTHER

Kingston Remnant D&R Canal 

Bridge Kingston NJ 1920 BRIDGE - OTHER

Kingston Remnant Millstone 

Branch Bridge Kingston NJ 1920 BRIDGE - OTHER

Kingston Remnant Millstone 

River Bridge Kingston NJ 1798 BRIDGE - ARCH

Kingston Remnant Kingston NJ 1913

ROAD - LANDSCAPE 

VISTA

William Phillips Tavern US 206 and Fackler Road Lawrence Township NJ 1745

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Road bridge Lawrence Twp./Trenton NJ 1924 BRIDGE - OTHER

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Capitol Car Wash 1617 Princeton Pike Lawrence Twp./Trenton NJ 1955

EXAGGERATED 

MODERN

CJ's Motor Sales 2200 Princeton Avenue Lawrence Twp./Trenton NJ 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Ed's Auto Electric 1401 St. Georges Avenue Linden NJ 1955 GAS - MODERN

St. George Auto Radiator 

Repair 804 West Saint Georges Ave Linden NJ 1935 GAS - MODERNE

Hi Tech Collision 716 St. Georges Avenue Linden NJ 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Edison Memorial Monument Menlo Park, Edison Twp NJ 1925

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Metuchen Inn Metuchen NJ 1875

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Delaware Canal Bridge Morrisville NJ 1938 BRIDGE - ARCH

Pennsylvania Railroad Viaduct New Brunswick NJ 1910 BRIDGE - OTHER

Mack Diner New Brunswick NJ 1940 FOOD - MODERNE

New Brunswick Memorial 

Clock New Brunswick NJ 1930

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Salzano's 242 Raymond Blvd Newark NJ 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Down Neck Diner Newark NJ 1950 FOOD - MODERN

Seated Lincoln statue Newark NJ 1911

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Fernando Auto Repair 

Lafayette between Union and 

Prospect Newark NJ 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Lincoln Park Towers 33 Lincoln Park Newark NJ 1925 LODGING - MODERNE

Parkhurst Hotel 11 Lincoln Park Newark NJ 1880 LODGING - PRE-AUTO

WW I Memorial Newark NJ 1925

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Margarita's Deli and 

Restaurant Newark NJ 1925 FOOD - EARLY AUTO

Sterling American Diesel & 

Gas 185 Poiner Newark NJ 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Cartronics 435 Frelinghuysen Newark NJ 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Ebon Square Mini Mart Meeker/Fenwick/Frelinghuysen Newark NJ 1928 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Stankovich Auto Body Route 27 and School Avenue North Brunswick NJ 1940 GAS - MODERNE

Six Mile Run Bridge North Brunswick NJ 1900 BRIDGE - ARCH

Shipetaukin Masonry Arch

Northeast of 

Lawrenceville NJ 1924 BRIDGE - OTHER

Bellevue-Stratford Hotel Broad and Walnut Streets Philadelphia NJ 1913

LODGING-EARLY 

AUTO

Brook Creek Bridge Princeton NJ 1800 BRIDGE - ARCH

LH Marker Nassau Street Princeton NJ 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Princeton Battle Monument Princeton NJ 1922

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Stony Brook Bridge Princeton NJ 1792/1945 BRIDGE - ARCH

Gulf Station 264 Nassau Street Princeton NJ 1935 GAS-EARLY AUTO

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Railway River Bridge Rahway NJ 1914 BRIDGE - ARCH

Merchants & Drovers Tavern 1632 St. George Avenue Rahway NJ 1790

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Robinson's Branch Bridge Rahway NJ 1900 BRIDGE - ARCH

Walt's Union Line Garage 49 Main Street South Brunswick NJ 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Little Rocky Hill Remnant

,

starting two miles east of 

Kingston South Brunswick NJ 1913 ROAD

South Kearny cloverleaf South Kearny NJ 1938 BRIDGE - OTHER

Passaic River Vertical Lift 

Bridge South Kearny NJ 1941 BRIDGE - OTHER

Bucky's Body and Fender 

Shop 1652 Princeton Avenue Trenton NJ 1935 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Reither Brothers Garage 1570 Princeton Avenue Trenton NJ 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Calhoun Medical Center

1330 Rev. S. Howard Woodson 

Jr Way Street Trenton NJ 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Tom's Auto Sales 910 Calhoun Street Trenton NJ 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Gas station

need better address (returned) --

700 Calhoun Street Trenton NJ 1955 GAS - MODERN

Williford Deli 

need better address (returned) --

Pennington and Calhoun Trenton NJ 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Gas station South Warren and West Front Trenton NJ 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Delaware and Raritan Canal 

Bridge Trenton NJ 1920 BRIDGE - OTHER

Tabernacle Baptist Church 681 Martin Luther King Blvd Trenton NJ 1915 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Trenton Brakes 1242 MLK Jr. Boulevard Trenton NJ 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Aamco Transmissions 4300 JFK Blvd. Union City NJ 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Kennedy & Assoc Used Cars 4112 JFK Blvd Union City NJ 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

King's Tire & Appliance 3800 Kennedy Blvd. Union City NJ 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Towne 2214 JFK Blvd Union City NJ 1925

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Chico Tire Repair 2109 JFK Blvd Union City NJ 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Park Avenue Hotel 60 48th Street Weehauken NJ 1880 LODGING - PRE-AUTO

Park Avenue Garage 60 48th Street Weehauken NJ 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Calhoun Street Bridge Trenton/Morrisville NJ/PA 1882 BRIDGE - TRUSS

Lower Trenton Free Bridge Trenton/Morrisville NJ/PA 1929 BRIDGE - TRUSS

Austin Garage 3 miles south of McGill Austin NV 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Lincoln Motel Cedar and Main Austin NV 1950 LODGING - MODERN

Lincoln Motel 60 Main Street, P.O. Box 152 Austin NV 1863

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

LH Marker Carson City NV 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Fountain Carson City NV 1909

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

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St. Charles Hotel 302-310 South Carson Street Carson City NV 1868 LODGING - PRE-AUTO

Ostermann Grade

,

miles through Kings Cnyn to US 

50 at Spooner Summit Carson City (beginning) NV 1913

ROAD-LANDSCAPE 

VISTA

Cave Rock Cave Rock NV ROAD

Union Hotel 75 Main Street Dayton NV 1870 LODGING - PRE-AUTO

Fox Hotel

need better address (returned) --

Gate & Main Dayton NV 1890 LODGING - PRE-AUTO

Orr's Garage 1247 E Aultman Street East Ely NV 1946 GAS - MODERN

Pete's Drive In 1155 East Aultman Street East Ely NV 1955

EXAGGERATED 

MODERN

Garage

Altman Street and Great Basin 

Blvd. East Ely NV 1940 GAS - MODERN

Eastgate Ranch Eastgate NV 1890

BUILDINGS - ALL 

OTHERS - PRE-AUTO

Buffalo Creek Bridge Eastgate NV 1935 BRIDGE - OTHER

East Ely Motel Aultman & 11th Ely NV 1945 LODGING - MODERN

Great Basin Inn 701 East Avenue F Ely NV 1940/1955

GAS/LODGING - 

MODERN

Plaza Hotel Aultman & 8th Ely NV 1915

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Collins Court Casino Aultman & 6th Ely NV 1925

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Hotel Nevada 501 Aultman Street Ely NV 1929

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

Sammi's Video 309 Aultman Street Ely NV 1940

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

MODERNE

Sports World Aultman & 2nd Ely NV 1920

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Rebaleati Garage U.S. 50 and Gold Street Eureka NV 1917

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

LH Marker Eureka NV 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Jackson House 11 South Main Street Eureka NV 1877 LODGING - PRE-AUTO

Eureka Garage U.S. 50 and Bateman Street Eureka NV 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Eureka Café 90 South Main Street Eureka NV 1873/1907

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Popovich, P.O. Box 228, 

Eureka, 89316 90 North Monroe Street Eureka NV 1880 LODGING - PRE-AUTO

Hogpen Canyon Remnant Eureka (west of) NV 1913 ROAD

Middlegate One Stop 42500 Austin Highway Fallon NV 1863/1950

GAS/FOOD/LODGING - 

PRE-AUTO

Overland Hotel and Saloon 125 Center Street Fallon NV 1908

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Western Hotel 116-126 South Maine Street Fallon NV 1915

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Lariat Motel 850 Williams Street Fallon NV 1950 LODGING - MODERN

Bob's Root Beer 4150 Reno Highway Fallon NV 1955

EXAGGERATED 

MODERN

Farmhouse Dinners 9555 US 50 Fallon (west of) NV 1950

GAS/FOOD/LODGING - 

MODERN

LH Marker Fernley NV 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

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811

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817

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819

820

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Hazen Market US 50 Hazen NV 1920

GAS/FOOD - EARLY 

AUTO

Frosty Stand McGill NV 1955

EXAGGERATED 

MODERN

Club 50 Cafe McGill NV 1935 FOOD - EARLY AUTO

Lincoln Highway Bridge Rails Mogul (west of) NV 1914 BRIDGE - OTHER

Steamboat Villa Hot Springs 16010 South Virginia Street Reno NV 1930

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

Everybodys Inn Motel 1756 East 4th Street Reno NV 1950 LODGING - MODERN

Farris Motel 1752 east 4th Street Reno NV 1945 LODGING - MODERN

Hi-Way 40 Motel 1750 East 4th Street Reno NV 1950 LODGING - MODERN

Sandman Motel 1755 East 4th Street Reno NV 1945 LODGING - MODERN

Sutro Motel 1200 East 4th Street Reno NV 1950 LODGING - MODERN

Lincoln Hotel/Louis Basque 

Corner Restaurant 301 East 4th Street Reno NV 1920

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

California Building 100 Cowan Drive Reno NV 1915

OTHERS - EARLY 

AUTO

El Tavern Motel 1801 West 4th Street Reno NV 1950 LODGING - MODERN

Silver State Lodge 1791 West 4th Street Reno NV 1930

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Dodge Bros. Dealership 600 South Virginia Street Reno NV 1930

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

MODERNE

Riverside Hotel 17 South Virginia Reno NV 1915

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

Virginia Street Bridge Reno NV 1910 BRIDGE - ARCH

Kashmiri's Pony Express 

Lodge Sign Prater Way, East of I-80 Sparks NV 1955

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Truckee River Through Truss Verdi NV 1915 BRIDGE - OTHER

Verdi Remnant Verdi NV 1915 ROAD

Bowers Mansion Franktown Road Washoe City NV 1864

BUILDINGS - ALL 

OTHERS - PRE-AUTO

Zephyr Cove Lodge US 50 Zephyr Cove NV 1920

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

Steptoe Valley Remnant NV 1930

ROAD - LANDSCAPE 

VISTA

Copper Flat Remnant NV 1923 ROAD

Edwards Creek Remnant NV 1913 ROAD

Carroll Summit Segment NV 1925

ROAD - LANDSCAPE 

VISTA

Truckee River Arch Bridge NV 1935 BRIDGE - ARCH

Donner Pass Vista NV 1924/1926

ROAD - LANDSCAPE 

VISTA

Times Square New York NY SITE

Howard Johnsons

need better address (returned) --

46th and Broadway New York NY 1955 FOOD - MODERN

Candler Hotel 220 W. 42nd New York NY 1910

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

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841

842

843

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847

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851

D F G HJ K

Knickerbocker Hotel

need better address (returned) --

West 46th and 7th New York NY 1910

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Hotel 360 W 42nd Street New York NY 1880 LODGING - PRE-AUTO

Baywood Street Section OH 1920

ROAD - LANDSCAPE 

VISTA

Studebaker Monument Ashland OH

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Miller Motors 439 Main Street Ashland OH 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Mail Pouch Tobacco Barn Sign 1880 Windsor Road Ashland OH 1920s

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Parsel Tire and Alignment 558 West Mansfield Street Bucyrus OH 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Tech Auto Repair 321 West Mansfield Street Bucyrus OH 1930

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

MODERNE

Skip's Auto Garage 200 West Mansfield Street Bucyrus OH 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Weaver Hotel Mansfield & Poplar Bucyrus OH 1915

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Economy Auto Sales 300 East Mansfield Street Bucyrus OH 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Bucyrus Railroad Viaduct 

(western) Bucyrus OH 1925

BRIDGE - PLATE 

GIRDER

LH Marker Bucyrus OH 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Bucyrus Railroad Viaduct 

(middle) Bucyrus OH 1925

BRIDGE - PLATE 

GIRDER

Bucyrus Railroad Viaduct 

(eastern) Bucyrus OH 1925

BRIDGE - PLATE 

GIRDER

LH Stone Pillar Bucyrus OH 1929

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Hopley Memorial Bucyrus OH 1929

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Moll Motor Co. 1780 East Mansfield Street Bucyrus OH 1940 GAS - MODERN

Bucyrus Motors 2020 East Mansfield Street Bucyrus OH 1940 GAS - MODERN

Al Smith's Place 1885 East Mansfield Street Bucyrus OH 1950 LODGING - MODERN

LH Brick Pillar Bucyrus OH 1918

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Sinclair Gas Station Hopley Ave and Southern Ave Bucyrus OH 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Steele Service Station 303 Hopley Avenue Bucyrus OH 1935 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Pike Run 3 Bridge Cairo OH 1910 BRIDGE - BEAM

Kountry Corners Store 11327 Lincoln Street SE Canton OH 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Top o the Mark Motel 4135 Lincoln Street E Canton OH 1955 LODGING - MODERN

Used Tire Co. 2625 Tuscarawas Canton OH 1940 GAS - MODERNE

Abandoned garage Schwalm and Tuscarawas St Canton OH 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Nimishillen Creek Bridge Canton OH 1910 BRIDGE - ARCH

Onesto Towers Cleveland & 2nd Canton OH 1910

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Diner 920 W. Tuscarawas Canton OH 1955

EXAGGERATED 

MODERN

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865

866

867

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869

870

871

872

873

874

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877

878

879

880

881

882

D F G HJ K

Upper Prairie Creek Bridge 5561 Lincoln HIghway Convoy OH 1930 BRIDGE - OTHER

Canopy gas station west of Colwel Convoy (one mile east) OH 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

McMahon and Bement LH 

Pillars Crestline OH 1922

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

J&M Trading Post 6867 Leesville Road Crestline OH 1830 OTHER - STORE

LH Marker Dalton OH 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Flanagan's Car Care 816 5th Street Delphos OH 1940 GAS - MODERN

Arrow Motel 718 East 5th Street Delphos OH 1955 LODGING - MODERN

K&M Tire 502 N. Main Delphos OH 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

The Old Lincoln Inn 24249 OH 66 Delphos OH 1940 LODGING - MODERN

Bob's Used Car Center 300 Main Street Dunkirk OH 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Oldaker Mfg. 301 North Main Street Dunkirk OH 1910 GAS - EARLY AUTO

LH Marker East Canton OH 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Brunker's Auto Service Alabama and Lincoln Way East Greenville OH 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Point of Beginning Monument East Liverpool OH 1930

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

LH Marker East Liverpool OH 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Dayco Office Supplies 

need better address (returned) --

129 5th Street East Liverpool OH 1925

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Faith Place 115 5th Street East Liverpool OH 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Malone's Auto Repair

need better address (returned) --

Jefferson and Sixth Streets East Liverpool OH 1945 GAS - MODERN

Garage, Owner: William 

Pethtel 860 Lisbon Street East Liverpool OH 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

College Street East Liverpool OH 1920 ROAD

Lincoln Log Cabin 640 Main Street Elida OH 1920 FOOD - EARLY AUTO

J.J.'s Flea Market and 

Antiques 518 East Harding Galion OH 1920

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Gas station SE Corner of Harding and South Galion OH 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Canopy gas station Lisbon St at Cannonsmill Rd Glenmoor OH 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Hanoverton Hardware 30033 US 30 Hanoverton OH 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Mail Pouch Tobacco Barn Sign

Hanoverton (2 miles 

east of) OH

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Hayesville Garage 4 Main Street Hayesville OH 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Mail Pouch Tobacco Sign Honeytown OH

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Jeromesville Body Shop 122 West Main Street Jeromesville OH 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Former Garage US 30 Kensington OH 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Lowery's Auto Service 15009 State Route 309 Kenton OH 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

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886

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891

892

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895

896

897

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899

900

901

902

903

904

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906

907

908

909

910

911

912

913

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Floral Creations 311 East Franklin Kenton OH 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Golden Graphics 314 West Franklin Street Kenton OH 1915 GAS - EARLY AUTO

LH Marker Leesville OH 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Lima Telephone (garage) Lima OH 1925

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Hotel Kirwan 112 East Main Street Lima OH 1928

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Garage Lisbon Road and Washington St Lisbon OH 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Steel Trolley Diner 140 East Lincoln Way Lisbon OH 1956 FOOD - MODERN

Lisbon Town Square Lisbon OH SITE

Crosser Diner 127 West Lincoln Way Lisbon OH 1945 FOOD - MODERN

Duke Garage 1257 Park Avenue East Mansfield OH 1945 GAS - MODERN

Bertina's Antique's 335 Park Avenue E Mansfield OH

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Universal Motors 320 Park Avenue East Mansfield OH 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Grade Separation Mansfield OH 1910 BRIDGE - OTHER

Forts Industrial Engines 118 Park Avenue East Mansfield OH 1926 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Central Park Mansfield OH SITE

Barrington One Hotel 13 Park Avenue West Mansfield OH 1910

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

B & O Railroad Viaduct Mansfield OH 1941

BRIDGE - PLATE 

GIRDER

Sherman Heinman Park Bridge Mansfield OH 1887 BRIDGE - ARCH

School of Dance Performing 

Arts 219 East Center Marion OH 1919

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Harding Hotel 267 Center Street, Suite 210 Marion OH 1924

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Chase Motel 3400 Lincoln Way Massillon OH 1940

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

LH Marker Massillon OH 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Canopy gas station Houston and Lincoln Way Massillon OH 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Hupps Auto Service 1216 Lincoln Way West Massillon OH 1950 GAS - MODERN

Mail Pouch Tobacco Barn Sign Meeker (1 mile east of) OH

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Van Del Drive-In Theater 19986 Lincoln Highway Middle Point OH 1955

BUILDINGS - ALL 

OTHERS - MODERN

Conrad's Truck Stop 18191 Lincoln Highway #A Middle Point OH 1950

GAS/FOOD - EARLY 

AUTO

LH Marker Mifflin OH 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

4 Kids 23011 US 30 Minerva OH 1945 GAS - MODERN

Star Motel 22063 US Route 30 Minerva OH 1950 LODGING - MODERN

Keister Custom Tires 22009 US Route 30 Minerva OH 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

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921

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925

926

927

928

929

930

931

932

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934

935

936

937

938

939

940

941

942

943

944

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Tom Klimko Auto Sales Minerva OH 1925

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

The Coffee Station 228 N. Market Minerva OH 1910 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Mail Pouch Tobacco Sign Minerva OH

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

New Pittsburg Garage Ashland Road and Elyria Road New Pittsburg OH 1920s GAS - EARLY AUTO

New Pittsburg Fitness Center 9808 Ashland Road New Pittsburg OH 1921 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Western Wyandot County 

Lincoln Highway Northwest of Kirby OH

ROAD - LANDSCAPE 

VISTA

LH Brick Pillar Oceola OH 1918/2000

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

LH Brick Pillar 754 US 30 Oceola OH 1915

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Lincoln Motel

Lincoln Way East & Locke 

Avenue Perry Heights OH 1947 LODGING - MODERN

Mail Pouch Tobacco Barn Riceland OH

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

LH Marker Riceland OH 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Garage US 30 and Apple Hill Robertsville OH 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Kentucky Club Barn Sign Robertsville OH

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Certified Gas Station 222 West Wyandot Avenue Upper Sandusky OH 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Uptown Video 212 West Wyandot Avenue Upper Sandusky OH 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

LH Brick Pillar Upper Sandusky OH 1915

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Upper Sandusky Remnant Upper Sandusky OH 1920 ROAD

Lincoln Highway Farm 7230 US Highway 30 Upper Sandusky OH

OTHERS - EARLY 

AUTO

Klosterman's Pizza East Main and Wayne Street Van Wert OH 1910 GAS - EARLY AUTO

R. B. Smith Block 221 East Main Street Van Wert OH 1920

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Balyeat's Coffee Shop 133 East Main Street Van Wert OH 1922 FOOD - EARLY AUTO

Marsh Hotel 130 East Main Street Van Wert OH 1890 LODGING - PRE-AUTO

LH Marker Van Wert OH 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Partee Supply 303 West Main Street Van Wert OH 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Spray's Radiator 735 West Main Street Van Wert OH 1935/1955 GAS - EARLY AUTO

B&K Root Beer Stand 835 West Main Street Van Wert OH 1955

EXAGGERATED 

MODERN

Economy Inn 1135 West Main Street Van Wert OH 1950 LODGING - MODERN

Neinheiser's Apartments 10886 W. Lincoln Highway Van Wert OH 1955 LODGING - MODERN

Ridgeway Drive In Theater Van Wert OH 1955

BUILDINGS - ALL 

OTHERS - MODERN

Converted motel 10041 Lincoln Highway Van Wert OH 1950s LODGING - MODERN

West Fork Little Creek Bridge West Poit OH 1950 BRIDGE - BEAM

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962

963

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966

967

968

969

970

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972

973

974

975

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Windsor Gas Station 1981 Windsor Road Windsor OH 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Sylvan Road Wooster OH 1920 ROAD

Old concrete culvert Wooster OH 1915 BRIDGE - BEAM

Scott Murphy Garage 545 Pittsburgh Avenue Wooster OH 1955 GAS - MODERN

Hopkins & Kip Auto Parts 558 East Liberty Street Wooster OH 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Civil War Monument Wooster OH 1892

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

West Lincoln Way Drive Thru 873 W. Lincoln Way Wooster OH 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Roller Coaster Road OH 1915

ROAD - LANDSCAPE 

VISTA

Cindell Road Segment OH 1920 ROAD

Auglaiz River Bridge OH 1940 BRIDGE - ARCH

Beaver Creek Bridge Abbottstown PA 1935 BRIDGE - OTHER

Abbottstown Square Abbottstown PA SITE

Altland House Inn, c/o Ryan 

Haugh 30 Center Square, P.O. Box 448 Abbottstown PA 1880

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Colonel's Creek Campground US 30 east of Caledonia St Pk Adams County PA 1940

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Big Sewickley Creek Bridge Ambridge PA 1827/1919 BRIDGE - ARCH

Dave Fitzgerald Auto Repair 201 Merchant Street Ambridge PA 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Tick Tock Cafe 1101 Merchant St Ambridge PA 1920 FOOD - EARLY AUTO

Fat Eddie's Bar and Grill 1219 Merchant St Ambridge PA 1919 FOOD - EARLY AUTO

Grubchug 14th Street east of Merchant Ambridge PA 1910

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Major General Anthony Wayne 

Encampment Ambridge PA 1918

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Chung Sing Restaurant 210 East Lancaster Avenue Ardmore PA 1955 FOOD - MODERN

Lancaster Pike Mile Marker Ardmore PA 1820

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Bridge Street Inn Bridge Street & Mulberry Beaver PA 1820

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Property Owner 600 Block 3rd Street Beaver PA 1875 LODGING - PRE-AUTO

Soldiers and Sailors Monument Beaver PA 1900

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Defilbaugh Tavern US Route 30, Box 392 Bedford PA 1787

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Bedford Narrows Bridge Bedford PA 1935 BRIDGE - ARCH

Motel row Pitt at Anderson Bedford PA 1945 LODGING - MODERN

Garage 420 East Pitt Street Bedford PA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Bedford Hotel and Tavern 222 Pitt Street Bedford PA 1850

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Frazer Tavern Pitt Street at Richard Street Bedford PA 1760/1900 GAS - PRE-AUTO

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982

983

984

985

986

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989

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991

992

993

994

995

996

997

998

999

1000

1001

1002

1003

1004

1005

1006

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Fritz Electric 103 S Richard Street Bedford PA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Game and Dance Club 814 Pitt Street Bedford PA 1915 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Anderson House 133 Pitt Street Bedford PA 1814

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Goldern Eagle Inn 131 Pitt Street Bedford PA 1820

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Bedford Garage

need better address (returned) --

126 East Pitt Street Bedford PA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Hotel Pennsylvania 120 E. Pitt Street Bedford PA 1920

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Union Hotel 114 - 116 Pitt Street Bedford PA 1830

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Laurel Sport Shop 229 West Pitt Street Bedford PA 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Dunkle's Gulf 300 W. Pitt St Bedford PA 1930 GAS - MODERNE

Fort Bedford Inn Bedford PA 1915

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

LH Marker Bedford PA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Forbes Road Marker Bedford PA 1930

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Jean Bonnet Tavern 6048 Lincoln Highway Bedford PA 1767

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Spruce Run Hollow Ben Avon PA 1913 ROAD

Roosevelt Memorial Park 

Building (garage) Old LH south of Summerton Bensalem PA 1935 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Jim's Berwyn Auto Repair 576 Lancaster Avenue Berwyn PA 1950 GAS - MODERN

Penn Art Conservatory 636 Lancaster Pike Berwyn PA 1915 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge Berwyn PA 1915

BRIDGE - PLATE 

GIRDER

Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge

Between Columbia & 

Wrightsville PA 1930 BRIDGE - ARCH

30 West Motel & Apartments 3610 Chambersburg Road #B Biglerville PA 1945 LODGING - MODERN

Artistry in Motion 2371 Lincoln Highway Breezewood PA 1925

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Old Mountain House closed Breezewood PA 1780 LODGING - PRE-AUTO

Scenic Acres Cabin Court US Highway 30 Breezewood PA 1925

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Old PA Turnpike Bridge Breezewood PA 1940

BRIDGE - PLATE 

GIRDER

Interstate Emergency Services 

(Breezewood Garage) US 30 west of North Main Breezewood PA 1940 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Maplelawn Inn

appears abandoned -- US 30 

West of North Main Breezewood PA 1820

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Juniata Crossing Segment 

Remnant Breezewood PA 1913 ROAD

Juniata Crossing Inn Juniata Crossing Breezewood PA 1820

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Jaguar Dealer Bryn Mawr PA 1925

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Bryn Mawr Garage Lancaster Ave and Merion Ave Bryn Mawr PA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

LH Marker Buckstown PA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

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1035

1036

1037

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Lancaster Pike Mile marker Cain PA 1820

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Caledonia Furnace Caledonia State Park PA 1927

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Rocky Mountain Creek Bridge Caledonia State Park PA 1948 BRIDGE - OTHER

LH Marker Cashtown PA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Cashtown Hotel 1325 Cashtown Rd Cashtown PA 1797

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Totem Pole and Mail Pouch 

Signs Cashtown PA

OTHERS - EARLY 

AUTO

WW I Memorial Chambersburg PA 1919

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Railroad Viaduct Chambersburg PA 1912 BRIDGE - ARCH

LH Marker Chambersburg PA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

LH Marker Chambersburg PA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Fountain Square Chambersburg PA 1876 SITE

Property Owner 1251 US 30 Clinton PA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

R. Reese Merchantile 1219 Route 30 Clinton PA 1930

GAS/FOOD - EARLY 

AUTO

Coatesville Auto Supply 827 East Lincoln Highway Coatesville PA 1940 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Famous Restaurant 340 East Lincoln Highway Coatesville PA 1910

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

West Branch Brandywine 

Creek Bridge Coatesville PA 1914 BRIDGE - ARCH

Prospect Diner 4030 Minute Drive Columbia PA 1955

EXAGGERATED 

MODERN

West Motel 4040 Columbia Ave Columbia PA 1940

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Columbia Drive-in Theatre Columbia Avenue Columbia PA 1950

BUILDINGS - ALL 

OTHERS - MODERN

The Cycle Den Columbia PA 1925

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Bully Restaurant and Pub 647 Union Street Columbia PA 1880

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

LH Marker Columbia PA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Crouse's Body & Paint 

Shop/Used Cars 308 Chestnut Street Columbia PA 1945

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

MODERN

Pennsylvania Railroad Viaduct Daylesford PA 1914 BRIDGE - OTHER

Ed Forde's Service Center Lancaster Ave and Berkeley Rd Devon PA 1955 GAS - MODERN

Lancaster Pike Mile Marker Devon PA 1820

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Don Galbraith Motoring, Inc. 149 Old Lancaster Road Devon PA 1732/1920 GAS - PRE-AUTO

Pennsylvania Railroad Viaduct Devon PA 1917 BRIDGE - BEAM

East Branch Brandywine Creek

Bridge Downington PA 1921 BRIDGE - ARCH

Dairy Barn Drive Through 807 West Lancaster Ave. Downington PA 1955

EXAGGERATED 

MODERN

Downingtown Diner 81 West Lancaster Avenue Downingtown PA 1955 FOOD - MODERN

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1039

1040

1041

1042

1043

1044

1045

1046

1047

1048

1049

1050

1051

1052

1053

1054

1055

1056

1057

1058

1059

1060

1061

1062

1063

1064

1065

1066

1067

1068

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O'Neill's Collision Downington Arms Downingtown PA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Lodging Lincoln Highway & Jacob East McKeesport PA 1940 LODGING - MODERN

Greensburg Pike Bridge East McKeesport PA 1932

BRIDGE - PLATE 

GIRDER

George Westinghouse Bridge East Pittsburgh PA 1931 BRIDGE - ARCH

Barnharts Hospitality Inn 3021 East Market Street East York PA 1950 LODGING - MODERN

Little Sewickley Creek Bridge Edgeworth PA 1841/1918 BRIDGE - ARCH

Yamaha/Suzuki Motorcycle 

Dealer (gas) Ohio River Blvd west of Brighton Emsworth PA 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Traveler's Rest Motel, Owner: 

Karen Bowman 14275 Lincoln Highway Everett PA 1950 LODGING - MODERN

Everett Happy Senior Citizens 

Activity Center (garage) 101 W. Main Street Everett PA 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Ridgeview Sales and Service 314 West Main Street Everett PA 1940 GAS - EARLY AUTO

LH marker 329 W. Main Street Everett PA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Mount Dallas Remnants Everett PA 1913/1921 ROAD

Mount Dallas Remnants Everett PA 1913/1921 ROAD

Ship Inn 693 Lancaster Avenue Exton PA 1796

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Hotel closed Exton PA 1865

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Ball & Ball Antique Hardware 463 W. Lincoln Highway Exton PA 1800

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Ichabod's News/Frolic 521-525 Lancaster Pike

Exton/ West Whiteland 

Township PA 1937

GAS/LODGING - 

EARLY AUTO

Lincoln Garage 664 Lincoln Highway Fairless Hills PA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

New Falls Motel 201 Lincoln Highway Fairless Hills PA 1950 LODGING - MODERN

Pennsylvania Railroad 

Underpass Fallsington PA 1917 BRIDGE - BEAM

Gas Station 116 Main Street Fayetteville PA 1935 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Lincoln Motel 2277 Lincoln Highway Feasterville Trevose PA 1955

EXAGGERATED 

MODERN

LH Marker Forest Hills PA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Kliment Bros. Studebaker 

Garage and Showroom Ardmore Blvd and Marion St Forest Hills PA 1930

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Garage East Main Street Fort Loudon PA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Fort Loudon Memorial Fort Loudon PA 1915

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

White House Motel Main Street Fort Loudon PA 1925

GAS/FOOD/LODGING - 

EARLY AUTO

Rocky Hollow Culvert Fort Loudon PA 1915 BRIDGE - ARCH

Fort Loudon Inn West Main Street Fort Loudon PA 1800/1925

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Cape Horn Remnant Fort Loudon PA 1913 ROAD

Frazer Diner 189 Lancaster Pike Frazer PA 1940 FOOD - MODERNE

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1071

1072

1073

1074

1075

1076

1077

1078

1079

1080

1081

1082

1083

1084

1085

1086

1087

1088

1089

1090

1091

1092

1093

1094

1095

1096

1097

1098

1099

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Illusions (gas)

Lancaster Pike west of 

Planebrook Frazer PA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

LH Marker Ft. Loudon PA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Cabin court

Old Lincoln Highway and US 30 

(1 mile east of Gap) Gap PA 1920

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Waltz Auto Sales 

5298 Lincoln Highway East, 

p P.O. Box 167 Gap PA 1940 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Laundry/Antiques (former 

garage) Lincoln Hwy east of PA 772 Gap PA 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Oh! Shaw Motel 5190 Route 30 Gap PA 1940

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Garage York, Hanover, and Liberty Gettysbsurg PA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Lincoln Logs Restaurant/Motel Lincoln Hwy w of Low Dutch Rd Gettysburg PA 1949

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Rock Creek Bridge Gettysburg PA 1938 BRIDGE - OTHER

Eberhart/Eppley Garage 102 West Chambersburg Street Gettysburg PA 1916 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Ernie's Texas Lunch 58 York Street Gettysburg PA 1931 FOOD - EARLY AUTO

Getty's Tavern 44 East York Street Gettysburg PA 1820

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Lincoln Square Gettysburg PA SITE

Gettysburg Hotel One Lincoln Square Gettysburg PA 1913

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

Plank Garage York and Stratton Gettysburg PA 1924 GAS - EARLY AUTO

26th Pennsylvania Emergency 

Infantry Battalion Memorial Gettysburg PA 1925

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Gettysburg Battlefield Gettysburg PA

1890s - 

1920s SITE

Glenfield Brick Section Glenfield PA 1916 ROAD

Lincoln Highway Garage & 

House 648 Pittsburgh Street Greensburg PA 1920

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Greensburg Transmission 925 Pittsburgh Street Greensburg PA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Road Kings Greensburg PA 1925

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Moore Tire Service

205 West Pittsburgh Street, 

P.O. Box 1012 Greensburg PA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Car Quest Auto Parts 140 East Pittsburgh St. Greensburg PA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Triangle Tech 222 East Pittsburgh St. Greensburg PA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Soxman Rental 239 East Pittsburgh St. Greensburg PA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Gas station Greenwood PA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

LH Marker Hallam PA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Licking Creek Bridge Harrisonville PA 1923 BRIDGE - OTHER

H&H Market/Hollingshead 

Groceries 8764 Lincoln Highway Harrisonville PA 1875

GAS/FOOD - PREAUTO

LH Marker Harrisonville PA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Sipes Funeral Home 414 RR 64 Harrisonville PA 1820

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

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1101

1102

1103

1104

1105

1106

1107

1108

1109

1110

1111

1112

1113

1114

1115

1116

1117

1118

1119

1120

1121

1122

1123

1124

1125

1126

1127

1128

1129

1130

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Lancaster Pike Mile Marker Haverford PA 1820

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Classic Autobody Ltd. 505 West Lancaster Avenue Haverford PA 1950 GAS - MODERN

PETCO 532 West Lancaster Avenue Haverford PA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Frosty Freeze 480 West Market Hellum PA 1955

EXAGGERATED 

MODERN

O'Neils Custom Cabinets 136 Main Circle Imperial PA 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Abandoned gas station 639 Route 30 Imperial PA 1925/1935 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Tax Preference 609 Pennsylvania Street Irwin PA 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Property Owner: Robert D. 

Smith 75 Pennsylvania Avenue Irwin PA 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Stirling Auto 73 West Pennsylvania Irwin PA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Electra Lighting (auto 

showroom) Irwin PA 1935/1950

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

MODERN

Lightning Cycles 10700 US 30 West Irwin PA 1940 GAS - MODERNE

Klanchar's Esso 11380 US 30 West Irwin PA 1949 GAS - MODERNE

Doug's Motel 13930 Route 30 Irwin PA 1950 LODGING - MODERN

Park's Motel 14200 Route 30 Irwin PA

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Hiland Terrace Motel 14390 Route 30 Irwin PA 1935/1950

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Rosegarden Inn 464 Lincoln Highway Jeannnette PA 1920

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Patti's Doll Shop 1652 Pitt Street Jennerstown PA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

White Star Inn 1640 Pitt Street Jennerstown PA 1934

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Turillo's Steakhouse Sign 1620 Pitt Street Jennerstown PA 1950

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Route 30 Auto Detailing Red Maple and Pitt Street Jennerstown PA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Forbes Road Marker Jennerstown PA 1936

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

RT Auto Repair

Lincoln Hwy west of entrance to 

US 30 Lancaster PA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Lincoln Haus Inn 1672 Lincoln Highway East Lancaster PA 1920

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Conestoga River Bridge Lancaster PA 1932 BRIDGE - ARCH

Conestoga Inn 1501 East King Street Lancaster PA 1742

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Lutz Auto Sales 1423 E. King Street Lancaster PA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Custom Bugs Auto Sales 1120 King Lancaster PA 1950 GAS - MODERN

O'Flaherty's Dingeldein House 1105 E. King Street Lancaster PA 1915

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Nevin Memorial Lancaster PA 1898

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Blue Star Tavern 602 King Street Lancaster PA 1880

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

The Wooden Plane 436 King Street Lancaster PA 1910 GAS - EARLY AUTO

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1137

1138

1139

1140

1141

1142

1143

1144

1145

1146

1147

1148

1149

1150

1151

1152

1153

1154

1155

1156

1157

1158

1159

1160

1161

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Civil War Monument Lancaster PA 1874

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

A&W Jewelry 53 W. King Street Lancaster PA 1940 FOOD - MODERN

Conestoga Creek Bridge Lancaster PA 1938 BRIDGE - OTHER

Davis & Son Auto Center 1960 Columbia Avenue Lancaster PA 1955 GAS - MODERN

Midway Hotel 3441 Columbia Ave Lancaster PA 1940

LODGING/FOOD - 

MODERN

Langhorne Hotel and Tavern 100 West Maple Avenue Langhorne PA

1704/c. 

1870

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Magic Scissors and Bertland 

Auto 1351 East Lincoln Highway Langhorne PA 1945 GAS - MODERN

The Hollow Tavern US Route 30, Loyalhanna GorgeLatrobe PA 1940

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

The Furnace (Washington 

Furnace Inn) Route 30 East Laughlintown PA 1931

GAS/FOOD/LODGING - 

EARLY AUTO

Laughlintown Mobil Gas 

Station Laughlintown PA 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Ligonier Country Inn US Route 30 Laughlintown PA 1900

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

Compass Inn US Route 30, P.O. Box 167 Laughlintown PA 1799/1829

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Ligonier Valley Cottages PO Box E Ligonier PA 1940

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Ligonier Beach Ligonier PA 1925

OTHERS - EARLY 

AUTO

LH Marker Ligonier PA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Ligonier Diamond Ligonier PA SITE

Cabins

Old Lincoln Highway at Mill 

Bank Ligonier PA 1925

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Idlewild Park Ligonier PA 1870

BUILDINGS - ALL 

OTHERS - PRE-AUTO

Clark Hollow Bridge Ligonier PA 1930 BRIDGE - OTHER

Carman's Ice Cream West Market Street Loganville PA 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Lancaster Pike Mile Marker Lower Merion PA 1820

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

LH Marker Malvern PA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Herzak and Herzak Auto Truck 

Repair

Old Lincoln Highway and Bridge 

Street Malvern PA 1935 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Culvert Malvern PA 1930 BRIDGE - OTHER

General Warren Inne On Old Lincoln Highway Malvern PA 1745

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Pennsylvania Railroad 

Overpass Malvern PA 1920 BRIDGE - BEAM

Malvern Meeting House 

Restaurant ) 536 Lancaster Avenue Malvern PA 1920

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

Lincoln Motor Court 5104 Lincoln Highway Manns Choice PA 1944

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Lincoln Outlet and Market 5093 Lincoln Highway Manns Choice PA 1926

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

Mountain House (Summit Inn) On US 30 McConnellsburg PA 1935

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

Leon's Deli 416 Lincoln Highway E McConnellsburg PA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

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1169

1170

1171

1172

1173

1174

1175

1176

1177

1178

1179

1180

1181

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1185

1186

1187

1188

1189

1190

1191

1192

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LH Marker McConnellsburg PA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Fulton House 112-116 Loncoln Way East McConnellsburg PA 1793

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Fleming's Garage West Lincoln Way McConnellsburg PA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Big Cove Creek Bridge McConnellsburg PA 1930 BRIDGE - OTHER

Scrub Ridge Inn

Tuscarosa Summit, Little Scrub 

Ridge McConnellsburg PA 1920

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

Tuscarora Inn Tuscarora Summit Lincoln Hwy McConnelsburg PA 1915

GAS/FOOD/LODGING - 

EARLY AUTO

Shamrock Inn (Eagle's Eyre) Tuscarora Summit Lincoln Hwy McConnelsburg PA 1930

GAS/FOOD/LODGING - 

EARLY AUTO

Twin Hi-Way Drive-in Theater Moon Run PA 1950

BUILDINGS - ALL 

OTHERS - MODERN

Lincoln Highway State Line 

Sign Morrisville PA 1917

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Amoco 108 West Trenton Avenue Morrisville PA 1940 GAS - MODERNE

Jules Tires and Automotive 535 West Bridge Street Morrisville PA 1945 GAS - EARLY AUTO

West Bridge Street Canal 

Bridge Morrisville PA 1941 BRIDGE - OTHER

H-L's Bait and Tackle Shop 78 East Bridge Street Morrisville PA 1945 FOOD - MODERNE

West Branch Little Conestoga 

Creek Mountville PA 1938 BRIDGE - OTHER

Cozee Court Lodging 3833 Columbia avenue Mountville PA 1940

GAS/LODGING - 

MODERN

Reading Railroad Bridge Mountville PA 1930 BRIDGE - OTHER

Mountville Inn 59 Main Street Mountville PA 1835

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Aero Oil Company 230 Lincolnway East New Oxford PA 1955 GAS - MODERN

LH Marker New Oxford PA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Noble Metals, Inc. 4942 York Road New Oxford PA 1950 GAS - MODERN

LH Marker New Oxford PA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

South Branch Conewago 

Creek Bridge New Oxford PA 1930 BRIDGE - ARCH

Pennsylvania Railroad Viaduct North of Strafford PA 1917 BRIDGE - BEAM

Ft. Pitt Inn 7750 Steubenville Pike Oakdale PA 1930 FOOD - EARLY AUTO

Bedford Coffee Pot West Pitt Street

One mile west of 

Bedford PA 1921 FOOD - EARLY AUTO

Marsh Creek Culvert

One mile west of 

Cashtown PA 1917 BRIDGE - OTHER

Shawnee Cabins Lincoln Highway

One mile west of 

Schellsburg PA 1925

GAS/LODGING - 

EARLY AUTO

Cashtown Garage 1080 Old Route 30 Ortanna PA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Glen Mitchell Culvert Osborne PA 1900 BRIDGE - OTHER

Matthew's Ford 100 West Lancaster Avenue Paoli PA 1930

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

LH Marker Paradise PA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

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1200

1201

1202

1203

1204

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1206

1207

1208

1209

1210

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1212

1213

1214

1215

1216

1217

1218

1219

1220

1221

1222

1223

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Pequea Creek Bridge Paradise PA 1930 BRIDGE - BEAM

Revere Tavern/Best Western 3063 Lincoln Highway East Paradise PA 1740

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Fisher Motors 3047 Lincoln Hwy East Paradise PA 1935 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Keystone Motel/Keystone 

Family Restaurant 4880 West Lincoln Highway Parkesburg PA 1955

GAS/FOOD/LODGING - 

MODERN

Adult Gift Store (formerly gas) Bus Route 1 east of Bellevue Penndel PA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Bellevue - Stratford Hotel Broad and Walnut Streets Philadelphia PA 1913

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Draft Sports Store 4010 North Broad Street Philadelphia PA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Pennsylvania Railroad Viaduct Philadelphia PA 1916 BRIDGE - BEAM

Wine and Spirits Shoppe 2532 North Broad Street Philadelphia PA 1915

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Mount Cavalry Church 2524 North Broad Street Philadelphia PA 1915 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Broad Street Electronics 2520-22 North Broad Street Philadelphia PA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Penn Auto Parts 921-923 Broad Street Philadelphia PA 1915 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Artscape 808 North Broad Street Philadelphia PA 1915 GAS - EARLY AUTO

China King 806 Broad Street Philadelphia PA 1915

OTHERS - EARLY 

AUTO

Michelin Tires 802 North Broad Street Philadelphia PA 1915

OTHERS - EARLY 

AUTO

Property Owner 800 North Broad Street Philadelphia PA 1915

OTHERS - EARLY 

AUTO

Divine Lorraine Hotel 699 North Broad Street Philadelphia PA 1910

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Diving Bell and Scuba Shop 681 North Broad Street Philadelphia PA 1916 GAS - EARLY AUTO

United Building 631 North Broad Street Philadelphia PA 1880 GAS - PRE-AUTO

Wilkie Auto Body 449 North Broad Street Philadelphia PA 1945

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

MODERNE

Property Owner 331 North Broad Street Philadelphia PA 1920

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Packard Motor Car Building 317 North Broad Street Philadelphia PA 1910

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Former Garage 2126-2130 Market Street Philadelphia PA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Market Street Bridge Philadelphia PA 1932 BRIDGE - ARCH

DL Used Tires (H.H.B.) 42nd and Lancaster Philadelphia PA 1935 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Gas station Lancaster and Belmont Philadelphia PA 1945 GAS - MODERN

Gas station (Pure Oil) Lancaster and Westminster Philadelphia PA 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Union Tabernacle Baptist 

Church 4856 Lancaster Avenue Philadelphia PA 1915 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Westside Auto Clinic 5432 Lancaster Avenue Philadelphia PA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Eastern Casket 2215-17 Hunting Park Avenue Philadelphia PA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Pure Oil gas station Erie & 22nd Street Philadelphia PA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

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1230

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1233

1234

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1236

1237

1238

1239

1240

1241

1242

1243

1244

1245

1246

1247

1248

1249

1250

1251

1252

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J & S Auto collision/Gregg's 

Top Secret Banquet Hall 1638-42 Hunting Park Avenue Philadelphia PA GAS - EARLY AUTO

RAPCO Automotive Center 1640 Hunting Park Avenue Philadelphia PA 1935 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Charlie's Diner 7619 1/2 Penn Avenue Pittsburgh PA 1940 FOOD - MODERNE

Evergreen Cafe/Covenant of 

Truth Ministries 7332 Penn Avenue Pittsburgh PA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Motor Square Garden Pittsburgh PA 1898

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Auto showroom Baum and Friendship Pittsburgh PA 1925

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

MODERNE

Baum Blvd. Dodge Pittsburgh PA 1940

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

MODERNE

8th Ward Monument Pittsburgh PA 1945

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Ford Motor Company Baum and Morewood Pittsburgh PA 1915

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

William Pitt Union 

University of Pittsburgh, 1 

William Penn Union Pittsburgh PA 1900

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

Boulevard of the Allies Forbes 

St. Interchange Pittsburgh PA 1928

BRIDGE - PLATE 

GIRDER

Faleder Monuments 2414 5th Avenue Pittsburgh PA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Boulevard of the Allies West 

Terminus Bridge Pittsburgh PA 1921

BRIDGE - PLATE 

GIRDER

William Penn Hotel 530 William Penn Place Pittsburgh PA 1913/1929

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

Modern Cafe 862 Western Avenue Pittsburgh PA 1935 FOOD - MODERNE

McAfee Bridge Pittsburgh PA 1927 BRIDGE - ARCH

Pittsburgh Flowers and 

Limousine California and Rankin Pittsburgh PA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Laverne's Diner 113 South Main Street Pittsburgh PA 1959 FOOD - MODERN

Jack's Run Bridge Pittsburgh/Bellevue PA 1924 BRIDGE - ARCH

Penn Beaver Hotel 200 Brighton Avenue Rochester PA 1920

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

Civil War Monument Rochester PA 1900

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Bridgewater-Rochester Bridge Rochester/Bridgewater PA 1935 BRIDGE - TRUSS

Ronks Road Auto Sales 

2790 Lincoln Highway East, 

P.O. Box 204 Ronks PA 1935 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Harry's

y ,,

Lincoln Highway P.O. Box 55, 

Sadsburyville, PA 19369 Sadsburyville PA 1799

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Drake's Spanish Court BR 30 east of US 30 bypass Sadsburyville PA 1940 LODGING - MODERN

Saluvia Toll House Saluvia PA 1838

BUILDINGS - ALL 

OTHERS - PRE-AUTO

DeShang's Cabins 5993 Lincoln Highway Saluvia PA 1925

GAS/LODGING - 

EARLY AUTO

Sinclair Gas Pump Schellsburg PA 1940

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Sleepy Hollow Road Remnant Schellsburg PA 1913 ROAD

Shawnee Tavern Sleepy Hollow Road Schellsburg PA 1775

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Lincoln Highway Garage 3758 Pitt Street Schellsburg PA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

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1262

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1264

1265

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1267

1268

1269

1270

1271

1272

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1277

1278

1279

1280

1281

1282

1283

1284

1285

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May Brothers Garage 3201 Pitts Street Schellsburg PA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Forbes Road Marker Schellsburg PA 1930

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Pied Piper Schellsburg PA 1960

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Lincoln Highway Farm Lincoln Highway Schellsburg PA 1918

OTHERS - EARLY 

AUTO

Shawnee Branch Bridge Schellsburg PA 1925 BRIDGE - ARCH

Myers Garage 817 Lincoln Hwy Schellsburg PA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Dutch Haven 2857A Lincoln Avenue East Soudersburg PA 1946 FOOD - EARLY AUTO

Jennie's Diner Soudersburg PA 1955

LODGING/FOOD - 

MODERN

Stoystown Bypass South of Stoystown PA 1937

ROAD - LANDSCAPE 

VISTA

Maxheimer Bridge St. Thomas PA 1930 BRIDGE - BEAM

Oak Forest Restaurant & 

Cabin Court 6097 Lincoln Way St. Thomas PA 1925

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

St. Thomas History Memorial St. Thomas PA 1934

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Campbell Creek Bridge St. Thomas PA 1935 BRIDGE - BEAM

Toll House St. Thomas PA 1820

BUILDINGS - ALL 

OTHERS - PRE-AUTO

LH Marker Stoufferstown PA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Stoystown Remnant Stoystown PA 1913

ROAD - LANDSCAPE 

VISTA

American Garage

appears abandoned -- US 30 

east of Stoystown Stoystown PA 1940 GAS - EARLY AUTO

LH Marker Stoystown PA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Hite House 121 West Main Street Stoystown PA 1915

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Railroad Bridge Stoystown PA 1937 BRIDGE - OTHER

Stony Creek Bridge Stoystown PA 1937 BRIDGE - OTHER

Somerset Street Overpass Stoystown PA 1937 BRIDGE - OTHER

Lincoln Highway Garage US 30 west of Stoystown Stoystown PA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Canopy gas station US 30 west of Stoystown Stoystown PA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Pure Oil gas station

Lancaster Ave and Old 

Lancaster Ave Strafford PA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Roadside Inn 3361 Lincoln Highway Thomasville PA 1800

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

LH Marker Thomasville PA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Kohler Autobody 5400 Lincoln Highway Thomasville PA 1945 GAS - MODERN

Rambler Inn 6600 Lincoln Highway West Thomasville PA 1933

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

Ingleside Diner 3025 Lincoln Highway Thorndale PA 1957

EXAGGERATED 

MODERN

Turtle Creek Bridge Turtle Creek PA 1930 BRIDGE - TRUSS

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Upper Dry Run Bridge

Two miles outh of 

Ohioville PA 1895 BRIDGE - OTHER

Septa Norristown Line Bridge Villanova PA 1911

BRIDGE - PLATE 

GIRDER

Wayne Hotel 139 East Lancaster Avenue Wayne PA 1900

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Citgo

Columbia Ave West of 

Schoolhouse Rd. West Lancaster PA 1955 GAS - MODERN

Lancaster Pike Mile Marker 3977 Lincoln Highway West Sadsbury Twp. PA 1820

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Gulf Station West Market and Diamond West York PA 1955 GAS - MODERN

Lee's Diner 4320 West Market West York PA 1952 FOOD - MODERN

Penn Lincoln Parkway 

Arches/Interchange Wilkinsburg PA 1948 BRIDGE - ARCH

Penn Lincoln Parkway 

Arches/Interchange Wilkinsburg PA 1948 BRIDGE - ARCH

Penn Lincoln Parkway 

Arches/Interchange Wilkinsburg PA 1948 BRIDGE - ARCH

Lincoln Statue Wilkinsburg PA 1916

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Demsie Auto Body 1123 Penn Avenue Wilkinsburg PA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Specialty Car Service Penn. Ave. and Coal Street Wilkinsburg PA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Starlite Classics 811 Penn Avenue Wilkinsburg PA 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Penn-Lincoln Hotel Penn Avenue and Center Street Wilkinsburg PA 1927

LODGING/FOOD - 

MODERNE

Juniata River Bridge Wolfsburg PA 1930

BRIDGE - PLATE 

GIRDER

Shopf's Motel PA 462 Wrightsville PA 1925

GAS/LODGING - 

EARLY AUTO

Snyder's Motel 5776 Lincoln Highway York PA 1955 LODGING - MODERN

Jim Mack's Ice Cream 5745 Lincoln Highway York PA 1955

EXAGGERATED 

MODERN

Cabin Court east of Ducktown Road York PA 1925

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Mom's Diner 3854 East Market York PA 1945 FOOD - MODERN

Garage 3701 East Market York PA 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

The Road House 3691 East Market Street York PA 1910

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

Paddock Restaurant 3406 East Market York PA 1920 FOOD - EARLY AUTO

Flamingo Motel 3600 East Market York PA 1950 LODGING - MODERN

Maple Donuts 3455 East Market Street York PA 1955

EXAGGERATED 

MODERN

LH Marker York PA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Lincoln Highway Garage 1242 East Market Street York PA 1921

GAS/FOOD - EARLY 

AUTO

Spring GardenTavern/Hotel 701 East Market York PA 1900

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Hotel Lincoln 466 East Market Street York PA 1900

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Yorktowne Hotel 48 East Market Street York PA 1925

LODGING/FOOD - 

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Police Traffic Control Station York PA 1920

OTHERS - EARLY 

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Legg Mason 1 Market Way South York PA 1910

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

Property Owner 57 West Market Street York PA 1865 LODGING - PRE-AUTO

Golden Plough Tavern 157 West Market Street York PA 1745

LODGING/FOOD - PREAUTO

Codorus Hotel

need better address (returned) --

West Market Street York PA 1870 LODGING - PRE-AUTO

Modernaire 3311 Market Street York PA 1945 LODGING - MODERNE

Diamond in New Oxford York PA SITE

LH Marker Youngstown PA 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Poquessing Creek Bridge PA 1805/1917 BRIDGE - ARCH

Cashtown Gap Remnant PA

ROAD - LANDSCAPE 

VISTA

Garage

US 30 east of Tuscarora 

Summit PA 1955 GAS - MODERN

Patterson Run Bridge PA 1922 BRIDGE - OTHER

Fulton County Lincoln Highway

Landscape PA

ROAD - LANDSCAPE 

VISTA

Tulls Hill Remnant PA 1913 ROAD

Shawnee-Schellsburg East 

Remnant PA 1913 ROAD

Shawnee-Schellsburg East 

Remnant PA 1913 ROAD

Allegheny Mountains Lincoln 

Highway Landscape PA 1913

ROAD - LANDSCAPE 

VISTA

PA 281 Interchange PA 1937 BRIDGE - OTHER

Gas station 168 Main Street Coalville UT 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Moore Motor Co. 1305 South Main Street Coalville UT 1918

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Bristow's Garage

need better address (returned) --

107 Main Street Coalville UT 1935 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Government Creek Bridge Ditto UT 1913 BRIDGE - OTHER

Echo Cafe One Stop Echo Canyon Road Echo UT

1935/1950

/1955

GAS/FOOD/LODGING - 

MODERN

LH Marker Fish Springs UT 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

LH Marker Magna UT 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Things Forgotten Antiques 

(gas) 8900 W and 2700 S Magna UT 1935 GAS - MODERN

Buzzy's Grill 145 Commercial Street Morgan UT 1923 FOOD - EARLY AUTO

Hotel Volus Commercial Street Morgan UT 1886 LODGING - PRE-AUTO

Felt Auto Supply Co. 2581 Lincoln Avenue Ogden UT 1925

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Willow Springs Lodge HCR 31 Rush Valley UT 1922

GAS/FOOD/LODGING - 

EARLY AUTO

The Inn at Temple Square 71 West South Temple Street Salt Lake City UT 1925

LODGING - EARLY 

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Hotel Pludane 376-380 South State Street Salt Lake City UT 1903

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Miller's Auto Center 622-630 South State Street Salt Lake City UT 1920

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

BNA, Owner: Mark Bryant 635 South State Street Salt Lake City UT 1915

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

EARLY AUTO

Penney's (gas) 7766 South Highway 36 South of Stockton UT 1950 GAS/FOOD - MODERN

Charlie's Shop (gas) 29 South Connor Street Stockton UT 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Main Street Garage 397 Main Street Tooele UT 1945 GAS - EARLY AUTO

"R" Auto Shop 10 East Wanship Road Wanship UT 1940 GAS - MODERN

Echo Canyon Remnant UT 1913 ROAD

Lamb Canyon Bridge UT 1914 BRIDGE - OTHER

Orr's Ranch UT

BUILDINGS - ALL 

OTHERS - PRE-AUTO

LH Marker UT 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Skull Valley Remnant UT 1913/1919

ROAD - LANDSCAPE 

VISTA

Timpie Remnant UT 1913

ROAD - LANDSCAPE 

VISTA

Great Salt Lake Desert 

Remnant UT 1927 ROAD

Pony Express Canyon 

Remnant UT 1913 ROAD

Goodyear Cut-off UT 1919

ROAD - LANDSCAPE 

VISTA

Chester Teapot Chester WV 1938

OTHERS - EARLY 

AUTO

Arner Funeral Parlor (hotel) 607 Carolina Avenue Chester WV 1910

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

LH Marker Chester WV 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

LH Marker Chester WV 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

LH Marker Chester WV 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Garage First and VA Chester WV 1940 GAS - MODERNE

Lincoln Highway Bridge 

Remnant Chester WV 1913 ROAD

West Hannah Intersection 6 miles west of Hannah WY ROAD

West Hannah Intersection 6 miles west of Hannah WY ROAD

North Platte River Bridge 9 miles east of Sinclair WY 1931 BRIDGE - TRUSS

Twin Chimneys Motel 2405 East Lincoln Way Cheyenne WY 1955

EXAGGERATED 

MODERN

Plains Hotel 1600 Central Avenue Cheyenne WY 1911

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Lincoln Theater 1615 Central Avenue Cheyenne WY 1955

OTHERS - 

EXAGGERATED 

LH Marker Cheyenne WY 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Dinneen Motors 400 West 16th Street Cheyenne WY 1927

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

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Ruttlidge Radiator Welding 621 East Lincoln Way Cheyenne WY 1940 GAS - MODERN

Advantage 821 Lincoln Way Cheyenne WY 1950 GAS - MODERN

Wyoming Motel

need better address (returned) --

1401 Lincoln Way Cheyenne WY 1950 LODGING - MODERN

Granite Canyon Remnants 12-17 miles west of Cheyenne Cheyenne WY 1913 ROAD

Granite Canyon Remnants 12-17 miles west of Cheyenne Cheyenne WY 1913 ROAD

Hamblin Park East of Evanston WY 1898 SITE

Concrete Tepee US 30/I 80 1 mile S of Egbert Egbert WY 1940

OTHERS - EARLY 

AUTO

Union Pacific Subway Evanston WY 1930 BRIDGE - BEAM

Garage

Bear River Drive and Front 

Street Evanston WY 1940 GAS - MODERNE

Hotel Evanston (owned by City 

of Evanston)

Owner address: 1200 Main 

Street Evanston WY 1912

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

City Service Garage 1043 North Front Street Evanston WY 1915 GAS - EARLY AUTO

LH Marker Evanston WY 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Old West Repair 189 Bear River Drive Evanston WY 1945 GAS - MODERN

TNT Auto Fort Bridger WY 1940 GAS - MODERN

Granite Remnant 2 miles west of Granite Granite WY 1917 ROAD

Garage Owner 392 East Flaming Gorge Green River WY 1950 GAS - MODERN

Darren's Towing 321 East Flaming Gorge Way Green River WY 1940 GAS - MODERN

Hotel Tomahawk First & Flaming Gorge Way Green River WY 1920

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Neldon's Custom Trim 421 West Flaming Gorge Green River WY 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Gas station

on WY 374 4 1/4 miles west of 

Green River Green River WY 1930/1935 GAS - MODERN

Hannah Garage 2nd and Front Streets Hannah WY 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Coyote Canyon Remnant 16 miles west of Hannah Hannah WY ROAD

Coyote Canyon Remnant 17 miles west of Hannah Hannah WY ROAD

Coyote Canyon Remnant 18 miles west of Hannah Hannah WY ROAD

Coyote Canyon Remnant 19 miles west of Hannah Hannah WY ROAD

Coyote Springs Garage US 30 west of Hannah Hannah WY 1935 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Ames Monument 10 miles east of Hermosa Hermosa WY 1882

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Garage Main Street and Markley Ave Hillsdale WY 1915 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Suntan USA 420 East Grand Avenue Laramie WY 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Connor Apartments 215 South 3rd Street Laramie WY 1890 LODGING - PRE-AUTO

Alley Family Fun Center 2nd & Custer Laramie WY 1930

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

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Napa 606 South 2nd Street Laramie WY 1925

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

MODERNE

Shorty's Body Shop 1020 South 2nd Street Laramie WY 1940 GAS - MODERN

Motel (Residence?) 2nd and Russell Laramie WY 1940 LODGING - MODERN

Gas station US 287 and Graham Road Laramie WY 1950 GAS - MODERN

TnT Motorsports 269 North 3rd Street Laramie WY 1930 GAS - EARLY AUTO

McClure Home Decorating 651 North 3rd Street Laramie WY 1930

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

MODERNE

Little America I-80 Exit 68 Little America WY 1950

GAS/FOOD/LODGING - 

MODERN

Longhorn Restaurant East Clark and East Street N Lyman WY 1930

LODGING/FOOD - 

MODERN

Como Bluff Fossil Cabin 

Museum US 30 Medicine Bow WY 1935

OTHERS - EARLY 

AUTO

The Historic Virginian Hotel 404 Lincoln Highway Medicine Bow WY 1909

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

LH Marker Medicine Bow WY 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Cooper Motors

Walnut Street bet. Colorado and 

Cedar Medicine Bow WY 1945 GAS - MODERN

Motel (Residence?) Cedar & Maple Medicine Bow WY 1935

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

West Medicine Bow Remnant 2-7 miles west of Medicine Bow Medicine Bow WY 1931 ROAD

Home Ranch One Stop

US 30 20 miles west of 

Medicine Bow Medicine Bow WY 1940

GAS/FOOD/LODGING - 

MODERN

Property Owner (former 

garage) Main and US 30 Pine Bluff WY 1920 GAS - MODERN

Property Owner (former 

garage) Third and US 30 Pine Bluff WY 1940 GAS - MODERN

Property Owner (former 

garage) 2nd Ave. and Elm St. Pine Bluffs WY 1928 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Texaco 1825 East Cedar Street Rawlins WY 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Consumers Gasoline Co. 221 East Cedar Street Rawlins WY 1925 GAS - MODERNE

Superior Motors 204 East Cedar Street Rawlins WY 1930 GAS - MODERNE

Antiques 209 Wyoming Rawlins WY 1924 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Kilburn Tires 116 West Cedar Street Rawlins WY 1945 GAS - MODERN

Gas and garage Second and Cedar Streets Rawlins WY 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Property Owner 520 West Spruce Street Rawlins WY 1940 GAS - MODERN

Art's Plumbing and Heating 602 West Spruce Street Rawlins WY 1930 GAS - MODERNE

Fremont Motor Co. 622 West Spruce Street Rawlins WY 1950

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

MODERN

Buckaroo Motel 8th & Spruce Rawlins WY 1945 LODGING - MODERN

Motel 905 West Spruce Street Rawlins WY 1940 LODGING - MODERNE

Domestic gas station Rawlins WY 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Lubrication Garage West of 12th on Spruce Rawlins WY 1940 GAS - MODERN

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Rock River Lumber North 3rd and Avenue C Rock River WY 1920 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Gas Station Schultz and US 30 Rock River WY 1945 GAS - MODERN

Garage US 30 and Thompson Rock River WY 1925 GAS - EARLY AUTO

Longhorn Lodge 362 North Fourth Street Rock River WY 1945

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

Lincoln Hotel 115 Avenue C Rock River WY 1915

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

LH Marker 115 C Avenue Rock River WY 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Cabin court

US 30 1/2 miles north of Rock 

River Rock River WY 1925

GAS/LODGING - 

EARLY AUTO

Machine and Auto Parts 

Garage 1305 9th Street Rock Springs WY 1950 GAS - MODERN

B and L Service 1029 Pilot Butte Avenue Rock Springs WY 1945 GAS - MODERN

AMC Showroom Elk and Grant Streets Rock Springs WY 1940

AUTO SHOWROOM - 

MODERN

Rightman Construction 110 Elk Street Rock Springs WY 1945 GAS - MODERN

Park Hotel 19 Elk Street Rock Springs WY 1905

LODGING - EARLY 

AUTO

Rock Springs Arch Rock Springs WY 1929

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Allied Glass 230 C Street Rock Springs WY 1910 GAS - EARLY AUTO

LH Marker Rock Springs WY 1928 OBJECT - MARKER

Henry Joy Monument Sherman Hill WY 1938

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Lincoln Monument Sherman Hill WY 1959

OBJECT - ALL 

OTHERS

Sinclair Dry Gulch Bridge 10 miles east of Sinclair Sinclair WY ? BRIDGE - OTHER

Parco Inn Sinclair WY 1922

LODGING/FOOD - 

EARLY AUTO

Sagebrush Motel Sheridan and McCormick Wamsutter WY 1945

GAS/FOOD/LODGING - 

MODERN

Granite Remnant WY 1917 ROAD

Ames-Hermosa Remnant WY 1915 ROAD

Hadsell Remnant WY 1913/1920 ROAD

Hadsell Remnants WY 1913/1920 ROAD

Bitter Creek Remnants WY 1920/1940 ROAD

Bitter Creek Remnants WY 1920/1940 ROAD

Baster Remnant WY 1913 ROAD

Peru Remnant WY 1915

ROAD - LANDSCAPE 

VISTA

Little America Remnant WY 1913

ROAD - LANDSCAPE 

VISTA

Ragan Remnants WY

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Appendix D Summary of Reconnaissance Survey Results
Appendix E Detailed Explanation of Cost Benefit Analysis

Project State County TE or NSB Year Amount

Ferry Building Central Concourse Renovation CA San FranciscoTE 1997 $1,000,000

Interpretive Development of the Historic US 50 

Corridor CA El Dorado TE 1996 $212,000

South Platte River Trail Travel Guides CO Sedgewick NSB 1993 $8,000

Marsh Rainbow Arch Bridge Rehabilitation IA Boone TE 1996 $112,000

Lincoln Highway State Entry Point Interpretive 

Center (Woodbine) IA Harrison TE 1998 $336,000

Lincoln Highway Restoration from 2nd to 3rd 

Street (Woodbine) IA Harrison TE 1996 $300,000 

Gas Station Renovation, Reed/Niland Corner 

Phase I IA Story TE 2000 $252,028

Guide to Bridges of the LH Corridor in Iowa IA Greene TE 1999 $68,385

Reed/Niland Corner "One Stop" Gas Station 

Restoration, Phase 2 IA Story TE 2001 $279,139

Youngville Café (Hist. Gas Station) Rehab IA Benton TE 1996 $80,000

Eureka Bridge on E-53 over the Raccoon River 

(west of Jefferson) IA Greene TE 1995 $75,002

Geneva's Historic Third Street Landscape IL Kane TE 2000 $400,000

Lincoln Hwy in IL, First Year Marketing IL entire length NSB 2001 $60,000

IL Lincoln Hwy, Corridor Mgmt Grant, Year 2 

Administrative Funds IL entire length NSB 2002 $25,000

IL Lincoln Hwy Interpretive Plan IL entire length NSB 2002 $92,800

IL Lincoln Hwy CMP Implementation IL entire length NSB 2003 $25,000

US Route 20 Beautification (in New Carlisle) IN St. Joseph TE 1996 $210,000

Fremont and Dodge County Visitors Center NE Dodge TE 1999 $109,150

Ogallala Spruce Street Interpretive Center NE Keith TE 1999 $132,905

Elkhorn Lincoln Highway Preservation NE Douglas TE 2001 $500,000

Shelton Lincoln Highway Visitor Center NE Buffalo TE 2001 $45,805

Lincoln Highway Resurfacing NE Douglas TE 2003 $443,097

Merchants and Drovers Tavern NJ Union TE 2000 $170,000

Cave Rock Vista Turnout NV Douglas NSB 1999 $32,800

Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor 

Transportation Museum PA Franklin TE 1999 $999,000

Lincoln Highway Welcome Center PA Multi TE 2000 $350,000

Lincoln Highway Welcome and Interpretive 

Center PA WestmorelandTE 2002 $224,000

Total Funding $6,542,111

Average Annual Funding 1993-2003 $654,211

This appendix is in three parts. The Part I lists current federal funding for Lincoln Highway commemoration, 

preservation, and interpretation projects through the U.S. Department of Transportation's Transportation Enhancements 

(TE) and National Scenic Byway (NSB) Programs. Part II is a chart providing more detail on the benefits points 

assigned each alternative through the choosing by advantages process. Part III pulls both of these two charts together, 

comparing the total costs and benefits of all four alternatives.

Part I: Current Federal Funding for Lincoln Highway Commemoration, Preservation, and 

Interpretation Projects through the U.S. Department of Transportation's Transportation 

Enhancements (TE) and National Scenic Byway (NSB) Programs. 
Part II. Choosing By Advantages Evaluation of Alternatives

Alt. 1 Natl 

Lincoln Hwy 

Program 

(preferred)

Alt. 2 Lincoln 

Hwy Touring 

and 

Discovery

Alt 3 Lincoln 

Hwy Natl 

Heritage 

Corridor

Alt 4 No 

New 

Federal 

Action

1. Commemorate and Interpret the National 

Significance of both the Lincoln Highway and its 

related resources 75 40 70 0

2. Provide for a Diversity of Lincoln Highway 

Experiences 40 65 40 0

3. Preserve Significant Lincoln Highway 

Resources 75 45 75 0

4. Continue to Identify and Evaluate Significant 

Lincoln Highway Resources 20 5 5 0

5. Provide for Private Sector Efforts to 

Commemorate, Preserve and Interpret Lincoln 

Highway Resources 80 65 85 40

6. Provide for State and Local Government 

Efforts to Commemorate, Preserve and 

Interpret Lincoln Highway Resources 25 50 30 10

7. Provide for National Coordination Efforts to 

Commemorate, Preserve, and Interpret the 

Lincoln Highway 100 65 70 0

Total 415 335 375 50

*To interpret these point scores, consider that a higher advantage point score means more advantage 

in achieving the goal of the evaluation factor. For example, the preferred alternative would 

commemorate and interpret the national significance of the Lincoln Highway and its related resources 

(factor #1) a little better than alternative #3, much better than alternative #2 and tremendously better 

than alternative #4. 

Evaluation Factor Advantage Points*
Part III. Comparison of Costs and Benefits Across Alternatives

Cost Alt. 1 Natl 

Lincoln Hwy 

Program 

(preferred)

Alt. 2 Lincoln 

Hwy Touring 

and 

Discovery

Alt 3 Lincoln 

Hwy Natl 

Heritage 

Corridor

Initial costs (signage; planning; setting up 

clearinghouse; designing website; 

construction/rehabilitation costs; exhibit 

fabrication and design) 782,250 5,377,500 0

Annual costs over ten years (maintenance of 

clearinghouse, website, signage, and exhibits; 

staffing costs, eg. management, technical 

assistance, and operations; grants) 8,533,460 1,201,292 8,580,654

Subtotal 9,315,710 6,578,792 8,580,654

Average annual funding currently, continued 

over ten years (costs from Part I above would 

continue with implemention of new action) 5,755,045 5,755,045 5,755,045

Total Cost 15,070,755 12,333,837 14,335,699

Total Benefit (from Part II) 415 335 375

Cost/Benefit Ratio 36,315 36,817 38,229

*a discount rate of 7% is applied to all future costs for fair comparison. Costs were estimated by 

comparing program elements to current cost of similar efforts for alternatives 1 and 2. Because the 

program elements of alternative 3 are unknown and would depend on decisions of the management 

entity, that cost estimate is based simply on typical National Heritage Area costs of $1 million a year for

10 years (discounted at 7%). The no new federal action alternative (alternative 4) is not included in 

this chart because it provides no substantial benefit in meeting the goals of this study. As mentioned in

the management alternatives section of this study, while the projects listed in part I of this study do 

serve to commemorate, preserve and interpret features of the Lincoln Highway, they were not 

conceived as a collective effort towards this goal. Rather, each project had its own independent goal 

(improving tourism, downtown revitalization, etc.). 
Appendix F: Summary of Public Involvement

Initial Scoping

In fall 2001, letters announcing that the National Park Service had begun work on this study

were sent to members of Congress and the Senate in each Congressional district crossed by the

Lincoln Highway, State Historic Preservation Offices and Departments of Transportation in

the 14 states through which the highway passes, tribes with traditional connections to land in

the Lincoln Highway corridor and to representatives of the Certified Local Governments overseeing historic preservation efforts in towns and counties along the highway. In winter 2001,

the first study newsletter requesting comments on the scope of this study was sent to roughly

3000 people. The mailing list for this newsletter included the groups mentioned above, members of the Lincoln Highway Association, and others who had indicated their interest in historic roads. Scoping comments were due in February 2002. 125 comments were received. 

In general, of the 125 comments received, all but 6 were pleased to hear of this study. Of those

6, 2 were opposed to spending time and money on this study given all of the other work that

the National Park Service needs to do, and 4 (all from state and local DOTs in NE, WY, and IL)

expressed support but cautioned that they need flexibility to maintain efficient and safe roads. 

Comments relevant to the goals of interpreting and preserving the Lincoln Highway included

emphasis on the elements of local highway history that need preservation attention, suggesting

that while the national story was interesting, perhaps the local history surrounding the Lincoln

Highway is of greater interest. Additionally, comments on the interpretative goals of this study

suggested that it was important to increase understanding of what life was like in the early part

of the Lincoln Highway's period of significance, before cars and good roads were common,

and how those two developments changed life in America. These commenters felt that the

Lincoln Highway is an excellent venue through which to tell that story - two commenters used

the term "a true picture of Americana." Lastly, some of the scoping comments noted that the

Lincoln Highway and its resources should be preserved in order to bring attention to the

national significance of the highway in terms of how this "feat of ingenuity" influenced a new

and enduring direction in American transportation and commercial development. 

A number of scoping comments focused on the type of visitor experiences that would be

appropriate to achieving interpretation and preservation goals for the Lincoln Highway. Some

of the experiences mentioned were: 

• utilize existing exit locations for interpretive sites

• mark the route

• provide "interesting spots" as destination points for "Sunday drives" 

• boy scouting activity - scavenger hunt for markers

• retain enough original resources to enable historical research

• classic car road trips

• "virtual" visitor experience - documentary possibilities

Lastly, the scoping comments offered some recommendations on management alternatives.

There was some discussion over the management of a functioning road as a National Historic

Trail. While some commenters thought this would be unworkable, others suggested that the

National Trail System would be a good fit for the Lincoln Highway. Commenters noted the

importance of working with a broad spectrum of groups in managing the highway, such as the

US and State Departments of Transportation, local transportation planners, tourism bureaus

(especially in smaller towns where they are particularly interested in the connection to a

nationally significant resource), main street advocates, and existing advocates for historic

roads, in particular the Lincoln Highway Association. Some of the scoping comments advised

the study team to take advantage of existing preservation programs such as National Scenic

Byways, National Register listing, museums along the road and those with transportation

themes, and National Heritage Areas. A specific suggestion was offered to create a "Lincoln

Highway Corridor Parkway" in a key segment of the road.
Public Response to Preliminary Alternatives

After this initial scoping process, a reconnaissance-level field study was conducted in the summer of 2002 as part of this Special Resource Study. This survey aided the study team in developing five preliminary management alternatives in fall 2002. Those preliminary management

alternatives were summarized in a newsletter sent out the winter of 2002/2003 and presented

at 14 public meetings held across the country at 300-500 mile intervals along the highway.

Local community organizations - chapters of the Lincoln Highway Association, State Historic

Preservation Offices, Local Historical Societies, Chambers of Commerce, and Tourism

Promotion Agencies - reserved spaces for these meetings and announced them locally. The

meetings were attended by 500 people. 900 comments on the preliminary alternatives were

recorded. 

General comments received as part of the comment period on preliminary alternatives could

be summarized in the following points:

• While project level activities should be initiated and implemented on a local level ("locals

know the road best and care about it the most"), there needs to be national program coordination by a single organization for consistency and continuity.

• National program coordination is key. Some commenters thought that a clearinghousetype of coordination isn't enough, but rather NPS should develop a management plan

• Uniform signage is necessary in any alternative

• National maps easy for tourists to follow are necessary

• There was disagreement over the level of standardization necessary for interpretation.

While some commenters felt that uniform, standardized set of interpretive sites are needed,

others stressed that NPS needs to "respect the diversity of the road and let locals take the

lead and apply their creativity."

• There was also disagreement over treatment of the integrity of the road itself (roadway surface, alignment, etc). While some commenters stressed that preserving the road itself is

key, even if it means shutting the road to traffic, others said that the road needs to be

improved enough to facilitate easy driving for tourism

• Almost universally, commenters were concerned about any alternative that treats certain

segments of the road differently from others. The sentiment expressed along these lines

was "the Lincoln Highway is a national resource that needs to be preserved and interpreted

nationally." 

Taking these comments into consideration, the 5 preliminary alternatives were then revised by

the study team. Public comments and the decision-making model Choosing by Advantages

(CBA) led the team to develop the 4 alternatives described in this draft. This CBA process as

well as cost estimates for the alternatives are described in chapter six. This Environmental

Assessment estimates the potential consequences of each alternative with respect to the

impacts outlined in the next section. 

Directed Response to Significance Statement

After the study team had written a draft of the statement of national significance of the

Lincoln Highway (Chapter 3 of this report) in the summer of 2003, the opinions of experts in

highway history, geography, and roadside landscapes were solicited on the text. The following

individuals reviewed the statement of significance:

1. Chester Liebs, Professor Emeritus, History and Historic Preservation, University of

Vermont

2. Peirce Lewis, Professor Emeritus, Geography, Penn State University

3. Bruce Seely, Department Chair, Social Sciences, Michigan Tech University

4. Bruce Weingroff, Historian, US Federal Highway Administration

Each of the above reviewers agreed that the Lincoln Highway is of national significance,

although the reasons for their agreement varied. The text of the significance statement was

improved and strengthened as the study team agreed was appropriate to reflect recommendations of these reviewers. 
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Appendix G: Study team Members

Team Members

Ruth Heikkinen, Team Captain

Outdoor Recreation Planner

National Park Service

Midwest Regional Office

Beth Savage

Architectural Historian 

National Park Service

National Register Program 

Carol Ahlgren

Architectural Historian

National Park Service

Midwest Regional Office

Dr. Kevin Patrick

Professor, Geography 

and Planning Department

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Jere Krakow

Superintendent

National Park Service

Long Distance Trails Office

Tom Keohan

Historical Architect

National Park Service

Intermountain Support Office 

Kathleen Fitzgerald

Historical Landscape Architect

National Park Service

Pacific Great Basin Support Office

Lisa Kolakowsky Smith

Architectural Historian

National Park Service

Northeast Regional Office

MaryAnn Naber

Environmental Protection Specialist

Federal Highway Administration

Consultants

S ndra Washington

Division Chief, Planning and Compliance

National Park Service

Midwest Regional Office

John Knoerl

Archeologist

National Park Service

National Register Program 

Rodd Wheaton

Assistant Regional Director, 

Cultural Resources

National Park Service

Intermountain Regional Office

Steve Elkinton

Program Leader, National Trails System

National Park Service

Long Distance Trails Office

Peter Samuel 

Outdoor Recreation Planner

National Park Service

Northeast Regional Office

Michael Crowe

Architectural Historian

National Park Service

Pacific-Great Basin Support Office 

Tim Davis

Historian

National Park Service

Historic American Building Survey/

Historic American Engineering Record

Gary Munsterman

Outdoor Recreation Planner

Pacific-Great Basin Support Office

Bonnie Halda

Manager, Preservation Assistance Group

Northeast Regional Office