Evening star., 1922-08-13
HIGHWAY IS IN
GOOD CONDITION
Few Detours Reported Au-
, aust ! on Lincoln
Road.

The following report si
mary-.of the present condition OF the
eastern half Of the Lincoln highway.
The data is provided by consuis OF the
association along the route ana Is
aathentI9 ~-
Division New York city to Phila-
delphia, Pa, ninety-six miles; wee
hawken Ferry to Newark, eight miles,
detour. bridge over Hackensack river
between Jersey City and New
ark closed for repairs: westbound
turn off Hudson boulevard UA H.)
right on Newark avenue and follow
straight through into Newark on
Harrison avenue. crossing Passaic
river In Newark and turning left on
North Broad street. follow North
Broad street south to Lincoln way;
eastbound. go straight through on
Broad street, Newark, to Harrison
avenue: turn right at park on Harri-
son, cross bridge and follow through
TO Hudson boulevard u HD. Newark
TO Princeton. forty-four miles. ex-
cellent: Princeton to Lawrenceville
five miles. under construction: west
bound, detour across Carnegie lake
TO the Brunswick pike into Trenton;
eastbound. leave Trenton on Bruns-
wick avenue and follow Brunswick
pike to Penn's Neck to Princeton.
Trenton to Philadelphia. thirty-two
miles. excellent, with exception OF
fire-mile stretch of poor macadam be-
tween Bust!eton and Langhorne.
Division 2-Philadelphia to Cham
bersburE. Pa. 142 miles. perfect road;
no detourS
Division 3-Chambersburg. Pa. to
Greensburg. Pa, 122 miles. perfect
road; no detourS. Be careful of speed
in communities.
COnEiffou in OhiO.
Division 4-GreensbucG.. Pa, to East
Liverpool. Ohio. eightytwo miles.
Greensburg to Pittsburgh. detour
north OF Lincoln way at Greensburg
via belmont, Parnassus. New Ken
sington and East Liberty. excellent
condition. forty-seven miles: sixteen
miles longer than l. II. Pittsburgh
to East Liverpool. Ohio. ffty-two
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 well-marked
paved road to Clinton and good dirt
road via Frankfort Springs and
Fast Liverpoo!l Dirt section of Lin
coin way. between Beaver and Ohio
state line, reported in fair condition.
South road eleven miles shorter.
Division 5-East Liverpool, Ohio,
to Mansfield. Ohio. lis miles East
liverpool 70 Canton. fifty-two miles.
excellent: detour will shortly be an
nounced between East Liverpool and
Lisbon. Canton to Ashland. ffty-one
miles, excellent. Ashland to Mans
field, detour north of Lincoln way via
Olivesburg, over good brick and poor
old rnacadam, seventeen miles; eau
tion in bad weather.
Division 6-Mansfield. Ohio, to Van
Vert, Ohio. III miles. In dry weather.
follow Lincoln way. Mansfield to
to Bucyrus. In wet weather, detour
from Mansfield, via Shelby. to Crest
line. thence via Gallon to Bucyrus:
somewhat longer, but in excellent
condition: Bucyrus to Osceola. seven
miles. excellent osceola to Upper
poor condition. Upper Sandusky to
Van Vert, fifty-six miles, mostly
rough old macadam. In bad weather,
inquire Bucyrus as to best route to
Delphos.
Division Yam Vert. Ohio, to
South Bend. Ind.:I1s-miles; Van
Vert, Ohio. to Fort Wayne, Ind,
thir;y-five miles: excellent: Fort
Wayne TO Ligonier, thirty-eig
miles; mostly fair to good gravel:
miles; excellent.
Detour Mt Valparaiso.
Division S-South Bend, Ind, to
Chicago Heights, ILL.,, eighty three
miles; South Bend to New Carlisle.
fourteen miles; excellent paving;
New Carlisle to La Porte, thirteen
miles: rough. old macadam; La Porte
to Valparaiso. twenty-three miles:
good gravel, and ten miles rough. old
brick; rough detour between VAL
paraiso and Dyer. twenty-five miles;
marked by state over next road
south. ideal section" of Lincoln
way under construction. Dyer east;
Dyer to Chicago Heights: concrete
Division 9-Chicago Heights, ILL.,. to
Clinton. Iowa. 166 miles; Chicago
Heights to New Lenox. eighteen
miles: concrete; detour, New Lenox
rora, twenty-four miles; good gravel
and concrete: Aurora to Clinton, 1l9
miles; all concrete paved.
Division t10-Clinton. Iowa, to Mar
shalltowntE Iowa. 1S4 miles: Clinton
TO De witt, twenty miles; good con-
6th avenue and Bluff road leading
out of Clinton); De Witt to Clarence,
thirty miles; detour fair to poor dirt
road, bad when wet; Lincoln way
under construction. new paving going
in: Clarence to Cedar Rapids. thirty
eight miles: fair condition: Cedar
Rapids to- LIE Grand. sixty-six miles;
good: lie Grand to Marshalltown, ten
miles; detour, good when dry, bad
when wet.
Division 11-Marshalltown. Iowa, to
Dennison, Iowa. 142 miles: 83.S miles
of well drained and graded gravel.
b.5 miles Of paving in Green county;
rest of road dirt; reported in good
condition: no detours.
Division 12-Dennison. Iowa, to
Council Bluffs. Iowa, seventy-siX
miles; dirt roads in good condition,
depending upon weather, several
stretches good gravel: no detouns;
going east from Grand Junction keep
straight east on south side of rail-
way to Ogden; going west continue
out of Ogden on south side of rail-
road.
Division 13-Omaha. Neb.. to Kear-
ney. Neb., 204 miles; detour as
marked between Omaha and Elkhorn,
sixteen miles Elkhorn to Fremont,
twenty-five miles; paved: Fremont
TO Kearney: good when dry, one good
eix-mile detour marked between
Richland~and Columbus.
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