Lincoln Highway Association: California Chapter P.O. Box 447
Carmichael, CA 95609

Car Cruise • 1913–27 Central Valley Route


  [Photo of Altamont]
Lincoln Highway in Altamont
Photo by Leon Schegg

  [Photo of Western Terminus]
Western Terminus in San Francisco
Photo by C.N. Plummer

The one-day caravan begins and ends at:

California Automobile Museum
2200 Front Street
Sacramento, CA 95818
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Departure is at 9:00 AM sharp! Please arrive 15 minutes early. Return time is early evening.

On this cruise, you will see:

  • expansive San Joaquin vistas along Highway 99
  • historic town of Woodbridge
  • original highway alignments along Lower Sacramento Road
  • tree-lined Pacific Avenue in Stockton
  • campus and carillon of the University of the Pacific
  • downtown Stockton
  • old steel drawbridge on lower Manthey Road
  • wind-swept railroad town of Banta
  • mission architecture of the Tracy Hotel in Tracy
  • windmill farm on top of Altamont Pass
  • historic Livermore and Livermore’s Lincoln Highway Garage
  • Dublin Canyon Road
  • downtown Hayward
  • Bay Bridge
  • San Francisco’s Market Street, Van Ness Avenue, Chestnut Street, the Presidio, and Lake Avenue
  • westernmost extant 1928 marker
  • Lincoln Highway Terminus Marker at Lincoln Park

[Map of Cruise along Central Valley 1913 route]