The Washington herald., 1922-08-13
LINCOLN HIGHWAY
CONDITION REPORT
SHOWS PROGRESS
Associations Bi-Monthly
Survey Gives Division-by-
Division Road Condition.

This report gives a complete pic.
ture of the present condition of the
Lincoln Highway. The data Is pro-
vided by wire by the consuls of
the association from along the
route between the two coasts and
Is authentic. These reports will be
published twice monthly until No
vember 15 for the convenience of
the travelling public using the Lin
coin Highway. Through them the
press and representatives of the
association and touring bureaus
everywhere are provided with re-
liable Information for tourists.
Division One. New York City to
Philadelphia, Pa. 96 miles. Wee
hawken Ferry to Newark, s miles.
detour, bridge over Hackensack
River beween Jersey City and New
ark closed for repairs; westbound
turn of Hudson Boulevard, Lincoln
Highway, right on Newark avenue.
and follow straight through into
Newark on Harrison avenue. cross
ing Passaic River in Newark and
turning left on North Broad street;
Lincoln Way; eastbound, go straight
through on Broad street. Newark.
to Harrison avenue; turn right at
Park on Harrison, cross bridge and
follow through to Hudson Boule-
ward. Lincoln Highway. Newark to
Princeton. A miles, excellent:
Princeton to Lawrenceville, s miles,
under construction; westbound de-
tour across Carnegie Lake to the
Brunswick pike into Trenton: east
bound. leave Trenton on Brunswick
avenue and follow Brunswick pike
to Penns Neck to Princeton. Tren-
ton to Philadelphia. 80 miles, excel
lent. with exception of s mile
stretch of poor macadam between
Bustleton and Langhorne:
Division Two. Philadelphia to
Chambersburg, Pa. 142 miles. Per-
feet road. No detours.
Division Three. Chambersburg,
Pa, to Greensburg, Pa. 122 miles.
Perfect road. No detours. Be care
full of speed in communities
Division Four. Greensburg. Pa.
to Liverpool, Ohio, SO miles. Green's
burg to Pittsburgh, detour north of
Lincoln Way at Greensburg via
belmont. Parnassus, New Kensing-
ton and East Liberty, excellent con-
dition, Al miles: 16 miles longer
than Lincoln Highway. Pittsburgh
to East Liverpool, Ohio, 81 miles.
Note: A shorter route than the
Lincoln Way, and one which avoids
the congested communities between
Pittsburgh and Beaver, can be
taken by leaving Pittsburgh on the
Point Bridge and following we'll
marked. paved road to Clinton and
good dirt road via Frankfort
Springs and Hookstown to Chester.
w. Va, and East Liverpool. Dirt
section of Lincoln Way between
Beaver and Ohio State line report
ed in fair condition. South road.
IL miles shorter.
Division Five. East Liverpool.
Ohio; Mansfield, Ohio, 11S miles.
East Liverpool to Canton, 81 miles.
excellent. Detour will shorty be
announced between East Liverpool
and Lisbon; Canton to Ashland 81
miles, excellent; Ashland to Mans
field detour north of Lincoln way
via Olivesburg over good brick and
poor old macadam, II miles; eau
tion in bad weather.
Division Six. Mansfield. Ohio. to
Van Vert, Ohio. Ill miles. In dry
weather follow Lincoln Way Mans
field to Crestline; detour Crestline
via Gallon to Bucyrus In wet
weather detour from Mansfield via
Shelby to Crestl ne. thcnca via
Gallon to Bucyrus. somewhat longer
but in excellent condition: Bucyrus
to Osceola, miles. excellent: Os-
ceola to Upper Sandusky, 10 m les,
old macadum, poor condition; Upper
Sandusky to Van Vert. Sc miles.
mostly rough old macadam. In bad
we ather inquire Bucyrus as to best
route to Delphos.
Division Seven. Van Vert, Ohio.
to south Bend, Ind, 116 miles. Van
Vert Ohio TO Fort Wayne. Ind. IS
miles excellent; Fort Wayne to
3s miles. mostly fair to
good gravel; Ligonier to South
Bend. As miles. EXCELLENT.
Division Eight--South Bend, Ind,
to Chicago Heights. ILL.,, SO miles.
South Bend to New Carlisle, II
miles. excellent paving: New Car
Isle to LaPorte, 13 miles. rough old
macadam; LaPorte to Valparaiso. 20
miles, good gravel and 10 miles
rough old brick; rough detour be-
tween Valparaiso and Dyer, IS miles
marked by State over next road
south. Ideal Section" OF Lincoln
Way under construction Dye east,
Dyer to Chicago Heights. co 1crete.
Division Nine-Chicago Heights,
Ill., to Clinton, Iowa. 16s miles. Chi
cago Heights to New Lenox, Is
miles concrete; detour New Lenox
to Joliet, Z miles; Joliet to Aurora.
"a miles good gravel and concrete;
Aurora to Clinton. 11s niles--all
concrete paved.
Division Ten-Clint6n. Ia, to
Ia. 1s4 miles. CIin-
ton TO Dewitt, 20 miles, good con-
crete paving Beware speed trap ON
Fifth avenue and Blur road lead
Ing out of Clintenl; speWitt TO,
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