Evening star., 1921-06-19
lincoln HIGHWAY
CONDITIONS GIVEN
Reports From States Tell
Present State of Road
for T0urinu.

Road conditions on the Lincoln
highway in the various states are
| given as follows by the Lincoln
| Highway Forum:
New Jersey.
| The road open to travel. Excellent
Princeton to Trenton.
Pennsylvania.
| Detour Langhorne to Philadelphia
city limits. Long detour Gettysburg
| to Chambersburg. Short detour at
| Seven Stars. Balance of route as far
! west as Pittsburgh open and in good
| condition.
| From Pittsburgh west to East Liver
pool, Ohio. follow route south of river,
! through West Virginia via Frankfort
| as Lincoln way is closed TO state line.
Construction will be started at sew
eral points in Ohio during the year.
The location of the construction work
under way is constantly changing
1t is impossible to make a statement
in print concerning detours. which
may be depended upon by the time the
article reaches the public. Bad wea-
ther will be responsible for several
short stretches of poor going upon the
route in this state. Make inquiry at
Ashland. weslbound. and Delphos. east
bound. as to conditions and detourS be-
tween these points.
Considerable construction work will
be undertaken upon the Lincoln
highway in this state during the
year. particularly in the extreme east
ern and western sections. Adequate
detours will be provided. Deep River
to Schererville section now closed.
Make inquiry at Valparaiso west
bound and Chicago Heights east
bound concerning route and detours
between these points.
The completion Of the hard surfac-
ing of the Lincoln highway in Illinois
will be undertaken in 1871. In the
main. the tourist this year will travel
the new concrete road completed last
year. Four short detours at Geneva.
Rochelle. Ashton and Sterling, will
be necessary where the work is being
finished.
With the continuance of fine wealth
er the route across this state will be
found in excellent condition. In the
main. road work under way will not
make detours necessary. Much i'm
provement will be noted in the west
ern part of the state and the begin
ming of hard surfaced contraction
will be in evidence in Clinton county
and again in the central part of the
state.
Nebraaka.
Conditions generally the same as
those prevailing in Iowa. Very great
improvements made on the Lincoln
highway in 1920 in Nebraska will
greatly benefit the travelling public
of 1921. Daily road reports available
to tourist at each point between
Omaha and North Platte.
Wyoming.
The latest reports from Wyoming
indicate fine weather and excellent
road conditions entirely across the
state.
Road rough fropn Evanston. Wyo..
across Utah state line. Excellent
road from Main Forks into Salt Lake
City and beyond through Fisher pass.
This will carry the tourist to Orr's
ranch. Rough road from Orrs ranch
to county we'll.
Westbound tourists should make
inquiry at Orr's ranch as to the con-
dition of the Goodyear cutoff and
the advisa bility of taking that route
or the old Lincoln highway route.
by way of Fish Springs and Callao.
Eastbound tourists should make
similar inquiries at Gold Hill.
The relatively short distance from
Gold Hill to the Nevada state line
is in fairly good condition.
Considerable road work has been
done. which makes the highway in
| this state much better than it has