Note: A fully interactive, online interactive Highway Highway and all interesting alignments, markers, monuments, and historic places can be found at the Lincoln Highway Association Official Map website.
Because the Lincoln Highway is one of the earliest transcontinental highways for automobiles across the United States and widely publicized from the start, the Lincoln Highway route is determined not only by civil engineering considerations but also by politics.. In many areas, there is a general consensus among those who have power or interest in influencing routes. But in some areas the choice of routes was a controversial topic during the 1920s. The highway follows the following route:
Video Route of the Lincoln Highway
New York
The very short Lincoln Highway section of New York moves west from Times Square on 42nd Street to the Weehawken Ferry. It was realigned down Broadway from which he turned right and passed the Dutch Tunnel after it opened in 1927.
Maps Route of the Lincoln Highway
New Jersey
The original route of Lincoln Highway came from the New York Central Railroad ferry at Weehawken Terminal and up the Palisades at Pershing Road. At the top it goes west on 5th Street (now 49th Street) to Hudson County Boulevard (now John F. Kennedy Boulevard) where he traveled south to Communipaw Avenue in Jersey City. After the opening of the Dutch Tunnel and part of Extension Route 1, Lincoln Highway traveled along the top level of what is known as State Highway to the Boulevard.
Heading west across the Hackensack River and Kearny Point in what is now Route 1-9 US Truck and where the road is still known as the Lincoln Highway. Several sources show the Highway past the corner of Hudson County Boulevard and Communipaw Avenue by passing Lincoln Park, which is the route of Newark Plank Road.
Crossing the Passaic River, the Highway enters the Ironbound District of Newark along Ferry Street and Market Street, now the east side of the one-way couple with Raymond Boulevard. In downtown Newark at the Four Corners, it turns south on Broad Street, where it is claimed to be "the third busiest traffic hub in the United States". In 1924 it has been passed using Jackson and Lafayette Streets. From Broad Street, Highway cuts to Frelinghuysen Avenue, perhaps on Clinton Avenue or Poinier Street, or through Elizabeth Avenue and Meeker Avenue.
After the construction of the Dutch Tunnel, the ferry section was abandoned and traffic traveled through Bergen Hill to connect with Hudson Boulevard. A route change in 1928 took the Lincoln Highway to Line 1 New Extension (now US Route 1/9) from east downtown Newark to North Avenue in Elizabeth, and west on North Avenue back to the old road. The Highway was also moved to the new Holland Tunnel and is approaching east of Hudson County Boulevard (now Route 139). It was the U.S. Highway System. has been marked, and the Lincoln Highway faded in its interest.
From the corner of Frelinghuysen Avenue and Poinier Street in Newark to Brunswick Circle in Trenton, the Lincoln Highway follows Today's Route 27 and the US Route 206. Many parts are still known as the Lincoln Highway. The only change is as follows:
- The original road might have followed Clinton Avenue to Elizabeth Avenue in Newark and North Broad Street in Elizabeth.
- Route 27 now has a one-way couple in Elizabeth. The north side, on Cherry Street, is the old Lincoln Highway.
- In 1919, the New Jersey State Highway Commission built a new road on the west side of the Pennsylvania Railroad (now Northeast Corridor) from near the northeast of Dow Avenue between Colonia and Iselin to Cedar Street in Menlo Park, to avoid two train crossings fire. The old road now is Middlesex-Essex Turnpike and Thornall Street, on the east side of the track. A 1905 map shows the main road using Thornall Street to its end on Evergreen Road and across the track there, with a road on the north side north to Cedar Street as a stub; this may have changed between then and 1919. However, until 1919, the main road used Colonia Boulevard, New Dover Road and Middlesex Avenue to go from Rahway to Green Street. [1]
- Until 1919, the main road was now called the Old Road, stretching east of the current road north of Kingston.
- The old bridge over the Millstone River in Kingston still exists, just south of the current bridge (built in 1969).
Lincoln Highway enters Trenton along Brunswick Avenue, now to the north of US 206 and BUS US 1. Until 1920 the Highway used the Calhoun Street Bridge over the Delaware River to Pennsylvania; The 1920 map shows that it may be used Warren Street (now south US 206 and BUS US 1) and West State Street to reach the bridge. In 1920, the Highway was removed from the Calhoun Street Bridge crammed into the Bridge Bridge Bridge for free. To get there may continue south on Warren Street, turn west on Bridge Street to the bridge. The line is now followed by BUS US 1 south, with a rearrangement from Assunpink Creek to the bridge due to redevelopment.
In 1916, the Lincoln Highway was designated as the following State Highway number:
- Route 1 from Elizabeth to New Brunswick
- Route 13 from New Brunswick to Trenton
The Highway in Trenton, and in and north of Elizabeth, received no numbers.
In 1927, the entire Lincoln Highway in New Jersey was numbered 1 US Route, although the number was immediately transferred to a newer bypass.
The Route 1 Extension, built in the late 1920s, is considered a bypass of the Lincoln Highway, but the old road continues to be known as the Lincoln Highway, except perhaps between Communipaw Avenue and Tonnelle Circle in Jersey City, where its name may have moved into a new street (now TRUCK US 1-9).
Pennsylvania
The Lincoln Highway Road was first laid out in September 1913; it is defined to run through Canton, Ohio, Beaver Falls, Pittsburgh, Greensburg, Ligonier, Bedford, Chambersburg, Gettysburg, York, Lancaster and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Camden, New Jersey. It passes Harrisburg to the south, and thus does not use the older main route through the states between Chambersburg and Lancaster. From Pittsburgh to Philadelphia, it includes a number of old turns, some of which are still collecting tolls.
The original 1913 road from Lincoln Highway continues east from Philadelphia, across the Delaware River to Camden, New Jersey on the Market Street Ferry. In 1915, Camden was dropped from the route, allowing the highway to cross Delaware on a bridge in Trenton (originally the Calhoun Road Bridge, then Bridge Street Bridge).
In 1924, the entire Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania designated Pennsylvania Route 1. In late 1926 the route from West Virginia to Philadelphia (using the new route west of Pittsburgh) commissioned US Route 30, while the rest of Lincoln Highway and PA 1 became part of the US Route 1.
West Virginia
The Lincoln Highway did not enter West Virginia until 1927, when it was diverted between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and East Liverpool, Ohio. The work in West Virginia runs along Route 30 US, splitting the old route in Chester. There turned southwest on Carolina Avenue (West Virginia Route 2) before turning northwest on 3rd Street, southwest on Virginia Avenue and north on 1st Street to cross the Ohio River to East Liverpool at Chester Bridge 1897. The only setup back before the bridge was destroyed in 1970 was in 1938, when the US 30 was moved to take Carolina Avenue directly to 1st Street after the new bridge opened over the railroad tracks. Up to 30 US currently completed in 1977, US 30 continues along Carolina Avenue to Newell Bridge in Newell.
Ohio
The route through Ohio follows the modern US Route 30 to Canton, then west on State Route 172 via Massillon to Dalton (where it rejoins the US Route 30). To the west of Wooster, he veered northwest on Route 250 to Ashland, then to the southwest on Clairmont Avenue which eventually became the 42nd US Route to Mansfield. West Fourth Street to US Route 30 followed by Bucyrus (while leaving US 30 to follow Mansfield Street and Lincoln Highway), then proceed to Upper Sandusky (passing Wyandot Avenue to County Route 330). This is a combination of US Route 30 and local roads (especially former US 30 alignments) to the Indiana state line.
Indiana
Lincoln Highway enters Indiana on the current US Route 30 to Fort Wayne. It turns northwest into Route 33 US to Elkhart. It turns west on Lincoln Way via South Bend to the US. Route 20. It follows the 20 US Route to Rolling Prairie and continues on State Road 2 to Valparaiso where it rejoins the US Route 30 to the Illinois state line.
In time, the route is shortened, following the US Route 30 to the rest of the state. Many cities along the US 30, including Warsaw, Plymouth, Merrillville, and Schererville contain a stretch of Lincoln Highway (usually marked as "Old Lincoln Highway", "Lincolnway", "Joliet St." or "Joliet Rd") while modern US 30 just runs out of town.
Illinois
A route through Illinois was chosen to deliberately avoid Chicago, instead of providing a "feeder route" to the city. Main feeder routes include Illinois Route 1 at Chicago Heights, Illinois Route 4 (then Route 66 AS) at Joliet, and Illinois Route 38 in Geneva.
Lincoln Highway entered Illinois on Route 30 AS, which followed Aurora where it became Illinois Route 31, which followed to Illinois Route 38 in Geneva where it turned west to Dixon. From Dixon, continue west on Illinois Route 2 to Sterling where he rejoined the US Route 30. This route follows the US Route 30 to the east of the Iowa country line, where it turns slightly northwest of Illinois Route 136.
Iowa
The Lincoln Highway enters Iowa at the Lyons-Fulton bridge, ever since torn down, north of the current 136 Iowa Highway bridge. Then go south on Second Street in Clinton along the route now called Route 67. From there, it's usually the current streets:
- US. Route 30 from Clinton to Lisbon, including several roads known today as "Old Highway 30"
- Local roads and city streets from Lisbon to Marion and then Cedar Rapids, reunited with these 30 days on the southwest side of Cedar Rapids
- US. 30 from there to the northeast of Belle Plaine, where he turns south and follows County Roads V40 and E66 via Chelsea and rejoins with 30 east Tama. The famous bridge is in the west where the 30 and Lincoln Highway are currently separated.
- Local roads on Tama and County Road E49, rejoining 30 near Le Grand
- US. 30 to four miles (6 km) west of Le Grand, where he followed the city streets through Marshalltown and left town on Lincoln Way.
- County Road E41 from West Marshalltown passing State Center. Then walk across west Hwy 65 in Colo and continue on to Nevada. The Nevada Lincoln Highway Committee has been hosting the last 25 years as an annual celebration called Lincoln Highway Days. The route continues into the "Big 30 to Ames, about a mile north of the" New 30 ", along the south and western sides of Iowa State University.
- Gravel road to Iowa Highway 17, where again following County Road E41 via Boone to Ogden
- US. 30 from Ogden to Grand Junction, E53 County Road via Greene County, and north through Scranton, then west to near Ralston
- From there generally follows 30 US to the Missouri Valley, where he turns south to Council Bluffs on County Road L20. It crosses the Missouri River to Omaha, Nebraska via Broadway and Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge
Nebraska
Traveling west from Douglas Street Bridge. West to 18 or 24 Roads depending on the year. South to Farnam Street. West to 40 where it turned North to Dodge Street, Dodge to 78 and North to Cass/West Dodge Road. The Lincoln Highway in Omaha passes several landmarks, including The Blackstone Hotel, the John Sutters Mill (1847) with the oldest billboards on The Lincoln Highway (1913-1930), Highway 30 (1930-1969 to Douglas Street/AK-SAR- BEN Bridge is torn down ) and Highway 6 (who met at Council Bluffs and bid farewell to Saddle Creek and Dodge to go under The Saddle Creek Bridge South to Center Street), The Tower Gas Station, and camped at 78th and Dodge and Peony Park at 78th and Cass St./West Dodge Road. The longest stretch of the original Highway Lincoln Highway in the country in Omaha from around. 174 to about 203. The best way to access is at 180th and Dodge St. and travel north. Leaving the city, the town took a walk through Waterloo where it joined Route 275 from the US to Fremont. From Fremont, continue west on Route 30 US via Central City, Grand Island, River Wood, Kearney, Lexington, Cozad, Gothenburg, North Platte, Sutherland, Ogallala, Chappell, Sidney and Kimball to the Wyoming country line.
Colorado
The 1913 announcement included a loop through Denver, Colorado, touching major routes in Big Springs, Nebraska and Cheyenne, Wyoming. The circle was included, as Colorado felt betrayed by the decision not to run it after supporting Hoosier Tour earlier that year. The loop quietly fell in 1915, but Colorado continues to promote the loop, including a billboard at the end of Big Springs. The route is now aligned with Interstate 76 and Interstate 25; it became the following in 1926:
- US. Route 138, Big Springs to Sterling, Colorado
- US. Route 38 (now US Route 6), Sterling to Wiggins, Colorado
- not numbered (State Highway 52 and State Highway 79?), Wiggins to Bennett, Colorado
- US. Route 40, Bennett to Denver
- US. Route 287, Denver, Lafayette, Longmont, Loveland, Fort Collins to Cheyenne, Wyoming. US 287 was not made until 1935, so the Lincoln Highway might have been partly used:
- Not divided (State Highway 1), Fort Collins to Cheyenne. Today this highway does not run north of Ft. Collins, but probably in 1915 or so, may have been absorbed in the "new" US 287 (which did not enter Wyoming in Cheyenne, but in Laramie).
Wyoming
Lincoln Highway enters Wyoming east of Pine Bluffs. It follows the county streets through Egbert and Hillsdale to Archer where it joins the US Route 30. It follows the US Route 30 (now mostly Interstate 80) through Cheyenne, Laramie, Medicine Bow, and Rawlins to Granger Junction. From there, he follows the former Routes 30S and Routes U.S. US 530 (now Interstate 80) through Fort Bridger and Evanston to the Utah state line. In places, the street itself is now the I-80 Business in Lyman and follows the path ahead in many places.
Utah
Lincoln Highway entered Utah on the modern Interstate 80 to Echo Junction where he joined I-84 and followed the River Weber to Ogden and turned south to Salt Lake City.
In western Utah, the original chosen alignment heads west from Salt Lake City to Timpie to walk on the north side of the Stansbury Mountains, mostly along Route State 171 and State Route 138. From Timpie, turn south along this State Route. 196, run to Orr's Ranch ( 40.306334 Â ° N 112.734897 Â ° W / 40.306334; -112.734897 ), now just north of the east gate of Dugway Proving Ground).
Between Orr's Ranch and the northern end of the Dugway Range, the original highway ran through the current Dugway Proving Ground around the north side of the Dugway Range ( 40.037 Â ° N 113.223 Â ° W / 40.037; -113.223 ). From there, head south to Black Rock Hills, join the old Pony Express route there ( 39.880 Â ° N 113.254 Â ° W / 39.880; -113.254 ). The Lincoln Highway then goes west past Fish Springs ( 39,848 Â ° N 113,411 Â ° W / 39.848; -113.411 ) and Callao ( 39.898 Â ° N 113.709 Â ° W / 39.898; -113.709 ) and traverse the Deep Creek Range through Overland Canyon ( 40.067 Â ° N 113.829 Â ° W / 40.067; -113.829 ) to Ibapah ( 40.036 Â ° N 113.983 Â ° W / 40.036; -113.983 ), across to Nevada soon after. This route is now known as Simpson Springs-Callao Road, Pony Express Road, Overland Canyon Road, Lower Goldhill Road, Ibapah Road and Willow Road.
Around 1919 a new route, known as Goodyear Cutoff , and named after Goodyear Tire and Rubber, the main donor to the project, was built in the desert which is now largely Dugway Proving Ground. Around the same time, the rearrangement was made further east. Thus the new route split from the old one in Mills Junction and ran south on State Route 36 through Tooele and Stockton to St. Louis. John, where he turned west on State Route 199 and Redding Road, across the Stansbury Mountains at Johnson Pass. At Orr Ranch, he rejoined the old road west to County Well (now the Dog Area in Dugway Proof Area), where Goodyear Cutoff began.
Cutoff Goodyear cuts most of the Great Salt Lake Desert, crashing into high areas in Granite Mountain ( 40.174 Â ° N 113,296 Â ° W / 40.174; -113.296 ) and Black Point ( 40.085 Â ° N 113.668Ã, Â ° W / 40.085; -113.668 ), and then through the Deep Creek Mountains via Gold Hill ( 40.166 Â ° N 113.831 Â ° W / 40.166; -113.831 ) and rejoin the old route about half way from Gold Hill to Ibapah ( 40.105 Â ° N 113.864 Â ° W / 40.105; -113.864 ).
However, Utah does not really care about the Lincoln Highway, instead preferring Victory Highway via Wendover (now Interstate 80). Nevada and northern California also like the route, northern California as it will ensure that travelers do not take the Midland Trail to Los Angeles, and thus the federal aid route chosen under the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1921 (Phipps Act) is a Victory Highway, Lincoln Highway between Mills Junction, Utah and Wadsworth, Nevada.
Thus Goodyear Cutoff was never paved, and was closed to the public in 1940 when the Ground Proving Dugway was formed. At the end of 1926, the US Named Highway system was established, and Route 40 AS was assigned to Victory Avenue through western Utah. The following year the Lincoln Highway was diverted to use the Wendover route, turning south with countless routes (numbered US Route 50 approximately 1929 and now US Route 93 Alternative and Route US 93) in West Wendover, Nevada and rejoined the old route at Schellbourne before turning west on US Route 50 in Ely.
Nevada
In Nevada, the highway enters the county road west of Ibapah, Utah. On the US Alternate Route 93, Lincoln Highway turns south, passing McGill to Ely. From Ely to Fallon, following Route 50 USA. The current shortcut is the Nevada 722 Route Route between Austin and Middlegate.
West of Fallon, The northern route of Sierra Nevada follows Alternate US Route 50 to Fernley, then US 40 (parallel I-80) through Reno to Verdi, Nevada on the California state line.
To get to Carson City from Reno, the current route US 395 is used.
The Southern Route Sierra Nevada continues down the 50 US Route from Fallon via Carson City up the King's Canyon Grade, past the Spooner Summit, or to Genoa following the old Pony Express route and then ride Kingsbury Grade and around the southern end of Lake Tahoe Stateline, Nevada in the state line of California.
California
In California, Lincoln Highway follows two different routes over the Sierra Nevada.
The northern route of Sierra Nevada from Verdi, Nevada to Sacramento follows the old Dog Valley/Henness Pass route from Verdi to Truckee, then west on Donner Pass Road (long AS 40) to the Donner Pass, then west on Donner Pass Rd, Hampshire Rocks Rd and other mountain roads that rival the I-80 through Emigrant Gap, Magra, Colfax, Weimar, Applegate and Auburn. The route then proceeds southwest on what gets old US 40 through the eastern Sacramento outreach of Newcastle, Loomis, Rocklin, and Roseville, then turn south at Auburn Blvd to Citrus Heights, then turn southwest, following Auburn Blvd, Del Paso Blvd, and 12 Road to downtown Sacramento to California State Capitol.
Southern Routes of Sierra Nevada from Stateline, Nevada and Lake Tahoe to Sacramento follow the trail of the Pioneer Trail and Meyers Grade Road to the summit of the Echo Summit, then west on Johnson Pass Rd to US 50, then west at 50 (with many adjacent parallel jogs on the mountain road) via Twin Bridges, Strawberry, Kyburz, Whitehall, Riverton, and Pacific House. At Pollock Pines, the route follows the Pony Express Trail and Carson Road to Broadway and Main Street in Placerville. West of Placerville route followed by Forni Rd, Pleasant Valley Rd, Mother Lode Dr, Durock Rd, Country Club Dr, Old Bass Lake Rd, White Rock Rd, Placerville Rd, and East Bidwell St to Folsom. It turns west through downtown Folsom, then southwest on Folsom Blvd that follows it downtown Sacramento, arrives at California State Capitol on M St (now Capitol Mall).
From Sacramento to San Francisco, the original Central Valley route 1913-1927 departs from Sacramento to south on Stockton Blvd to Rt 99, then south at 99 to Galt, then south on Lower Sacramento Rd to Pacific Ave and El Dorado Go to downtown Stockton. From Stockton, route depart south on Center St to French Camp Turnpike, Manthey Rd and French Camp Rd to French Camp town, then Harlan Rd and Manthey Rd (again) southwest to 11th St to Banta, jog through Banta, then west on 11 (again) to Tracy (US 50). From Tracy, follow Byron Rd, Grant Line Rd, and Altamont Pass Rd to the top of Altamont Pass. It continues west on Altamont Pass Rd arriving in Livermore via Northfront Rd, Vasco Rd, First St and Junction Ave. From Livermore, this route follows I-580 west to Dublin, then Dublin Canyon Rd, East Castro Valley Rd, Grove Way, and A Street to downtown Hayward. From Hayward to downtown Oakland it followed Foothill Blvd, I-580 (again), MacArthur Blvd, Foothill Blvd (again), First Ave, St 13th, Harrison St, 9th St and Broadway to the ferry dock at Oakland estuary (now Jack London Square) for the car ferry to Slip Ferry at the southern end of the Ferry Building, at the foot of Market Street, in San Francisco.
After the completion of the first Carquinez Strait Bridge in Vallejo in 1927, Lincoln Road from Sacramento to San Francisco was diverted towards this much shorter alignment. The 1928 Central Valley Route departs from California State Capitol in Sacramento to the west on Capitol Mall, West Capitol Avenue, and across Yolo Causeway to Davis on Olive Drive. To the west of Davis, the route follows the old US 40 as "stairs" through the town of Dixon from I 80, starting from CA 113 south to Vacaville, Fairfield, Rockville and Cordelia. From Cordelia route follow Rt 12 (Jameson Canyon Rd) to Napa Valley base to the area covering the city of American Canyon, then turn south to follow Rt 29 and Broadway to Vallejo where he follows Alameda St and Fifth St to the Carquinez Strait Bridge. South of the bridge, it follows San Pablo Avenue all the way through Rodeo, Pinole, San Pablo, Richmond, El Cerrito and Albany to Berkeley, where he turns west on University Ave to end at Berkeley Pier for a ferry to Hyde Street Pier in San Francisco.
Arriving in San Francisco from 1913 to 1921 , you leave the ferry from Oakland at Slip Ferry at the southern end of the Ferry Building, drove west on Market St, right on Van Ness Ave, left on Chestnut St (past Exhibition Panama-Pacific in 1915), entering the Presidio through the Lombard Gate, leaving the Presidio through Arguello Gates, right on Lake St., left at El Camino del Mar, into Lincoln Park from the northwest.
Arriving in San Francisco from 1922 to 1927 , you leave the ferry from Oakland at Slip Ferry at the southern end of the Ferry Building, drove west on Market St, right on Post St (an unlikely traffic movement today , as Post goes one way to the east), left on Presidio Ave, right on Geary Boulevard, right on 36th Ave, into Lincoln Park from the south (now entering through 34).
Arriving in San Francisco in 1928, you left the ferry from Berkeley at Hyde Street Pier, driving south on Hyde, right on North Point St, left on Van Ness Ave, right on California St, right on 32nd Avenue, left at El Camino del Mar, into Lincoln Park from the northwest.
The Lincoln Highway Western Terminus is the square and fountain in front of the Honorary Legion Palace in Lincoln Park. The Western Terminus Marker and Plasa Interpretatif are located in the southeast corner of the square, next to the bus stop, adjacent to the entrance that leads from 34th Ave.
References
- The Lincoln Highway Association, Highway Complete Guide from Lincoln Highway . Tucson, Arizona: Patrice Press, 1993. Reprinted edition 1924. ISBNÃ, 1-880397-05-6.
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