Evening star., 1922-09-17

! Greensburg, Pa. 1872 miles-Perfect
! road: no detours. Be careful of speed
Division 4, Greensburg, Pa. to Eas,
Liverpool, Ohio. 80 niles-Pittsburgt
/; to East Liverpool, Ohio, So miles.
, Note.-A shorter route than the
l Lincoln way and one which avoids
, the congested communities between
: Pittsburgh and Beaver, can be taker
; by leaving Pittsburgh on the Point
bridge and following well marked
, paved road to Clinton and good dirt
/ road vis Frankford Springs anc
Hookstown to Chester. W. Va, ant
, East Liverpool Dirt section of Lin
| coin way, between Beaver and Ohio
state line, reported in fair condition
South road IL miles shorter.
!. Ohio Drive Excellent.
Division S. East Liverpool, Ohio, Il
Mansfield, Ohio, 118 miles-East Liver
pool to Canton-52 miles-excellent
detour will shortly be announced be
tween E: Liverpool and Lisbon: Can
Ashland to Mansfield detour north OF
Lincoln way via Olivesburg, over
good brick and poor. old macadam
II miles: caution in bad weather.
Division 6, Mansfield, Ohio, to Var
Vert, Ohio. Ill miles-In dry weather
follow Lincoln way. Mansfield to
Crestline; detour Crestline via Gallon
to Bucyrus. In wet weather detouI
from Mansfield via Shelby to Crest
line. thence via Gallon to Bucyrus
somewhat longer but in excellent
condition.; Bucyrus to Osceola.
Sandusky. 10 miles, old macadam
poor condition.: Upper Sandusky to
Van Vert. 56 miles. mostly rough old
macadam. In bad weather inquire
Bucyrus as to the best route to Del
phos.
Division 7, Van Vert. Ohio. to South
Bend. Ind. 116 miles-Van Vert
Ohio. to Fort Wayne, Ind, 35 miles
excellent; Fort Wayne to Ligonier
3S miles. mostly fair to good gravel
Ligonier to South Bend. 43 miles, ex-
cellent.
Division 8. South Bend. Ind. to Chi
cago Heights, ILL.,. SO miies-South
Bend to New Carlisle. IA miles. excel
lent paving: New Carlisle to La Porte
IL miles. rough old brick and ma.
cadam; La Porte to Valparaiso. "a
miles. good gravel; detour between
ed by state via Hobart and Gary
north of Lincoln highway. ideal Sec
ton" Of Lincoln way under construc-
ltion Dyer east; Dyer to Chicago
Heights. rs miles, concrete.
Division 9, Chicago Heights. ILL.,. to
Heights to Lenox, IS miles, IA miles
concrete. miles poor dirt and ma
cadam; New Lenox to Joliet, miles
concrete and macadam: Joliet to Au-
rora. "a miles, 20 miles old macadam
and miles concrete: Aurora to Clin-
ton, 119 miles; all concrete paved.
! Note-ln dry weather the Lincoln
way across Iowa is now in practically
perfect condition entirely across the
state. During or after a rain 1t COR
any other dirt road in the state) is
very slow and slippery. Don't at
tempt to drive dirt sections during
rain. They dry quickly.
Good Concrete Paving.
Division 70. Clinton. Iowa. to Mar
shalltown, Iowa. 164 miles-Clinton
to Dewitt. 20 miles. good concrete
paving: Dewitt to I.owden, 80 miles
detour fair to good dirt road, bad
when wet. Lincoln way under con-
struction. new paving going in: Low
den to Cedar Rapids. As miles, good
ITO excellent graded dirt: Cedar Rapids
to Marshalltown, rs miles, excellent
when dry. bad when wet, several
short concrete stretches.
| Division IL. Marshalltown. Iowa, to
IDennison. Iowa, 40 miles-100 miles
of well drained and graded gravel,
miles of paving: rest of road graded
dirt, fine condition when dry; slow
when wet.
Division IL. Dennison. Iowa. to
Council Bluffs. Iowa. 73 miles-Grad-
ed dirt road in excellent condition
when dry. slow when wet, several
stretches good gravel.
; Note.-In dry weather the Lincoln
! highway is now in boulevard condi-
ton entirely across Nebraska. with
the exception OF but eleven miles be-
tween Cozad and Gothenburg. When
wet the graded dirt sections are slow
and slippery: but dry quickly,
Division 13. Omaha, Neb., to Kear.
q (lFpnl h 70 No I.
ley, 90 miles. paved: detour as
marked; Valley to Fremont, II miles
fair dirt and gravel; Fremont to
kearney. 13S miles. excellent; one
good emile detour marked between
Richland and Columbus.
! Division IA. Kearney. Neb, to Sid
ney. Neb.. 226 miles--Entire section
reported good: kearney to Overton. q
miles. good gravel; detour south be-
tween kearney and Ely creek as
81 miles. good gravel and sand clay
Cozad to Gothenburg., II miles. slow
rough. rutted dirt: Gothenburg tc
North Platte. Sc miles: detour south
of river while repairs are in progress
detour reported in good condition
North Platte to Sidney. 1915 miles
| excellent
| Division Is. Sidney. Neb. to Chey.
enne. "yo.. 1O4 miles-EXcellent
gravel road all the way.
Division 16. Cheyenne. Wyo.. to
Rock Springs. Wyo.. 291 miles-Cbey.
enne to Bosler. 50 miles. perfect: Bos.
Ter to Medicine Bow, Al miles. new
grade under constructions; use ole
trail, fair to poor; Medicine Bow tc
Walcott. 40 miles. generally poor
new work under way west of Hanna
miles i''
Division Il. Rock Springs, wyo.. tc
Echo, Ctah. $50 miles-Rock Springs
TO Green River. Is miles, excellent
+ generally good to Lyman. 81 miles
good; Evanston to Echo. Utah. good
Division 1s, Echo. Utah. to Cole
Hill. Utah, 1874 miles-Echo to Sail
Lake City. so miles. excellent: Sail
Lake CITY to Tooele. 40 miles, excel
Mi1ss Ieht; sTcs,,snt sooele to Bush's Ranch. Is
Bush's Ranch and Orr's Ranch, Ii
miles, good: Goodyear cutoff. IS
miles across desert, good to Black
Point; Black Point to Gold Hill. II
miles. Iair: wet weather means slow
Division 10. Gold Hill. Utah. te
Eureka. New. 1874 miles-Gold Hill to
state line rough: at first sign west OF
Summit take right fork toward camr
ground: at next fork take left road
tom of valley. turn left, south. ia
1bapah; state line to Ely good: Shell.
burne Pass. good; Ely to Eureka, fair
with several rough stretches on fats
Division 20, Eureka, New, to Fal.
lon. New, 194 miles-Flats east and
fairly good.
Division Fl, Fallon. New. to Placer
vile, Calf, via Reno and Carson
City. 1873 miles-The Lincoln highway
branch from Fallon direct to Carson
City. via Lahontan dam, is in bad
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