Category Archives: Indiana
Kickoff celebration for the Lincoln Highway Centennial in Indianapolis
September 21–22, 2012 Sponsored by the Indiana Lincoln Highway Association Experience the place where it all began, inspired by Hoosier visionary Carl G. Fisher. Friday, September 21 Carl Fisher and James Allison Estates at Marian University Auto industrialist gravesites at … Continue reading
2012 Lincoln Highway Buy-Way: August 9-11
The eighth annual Lincoln Highway Buy-Way takes place from Thursday, August 9 to Saturday, August 11. The yard sales will take place along the Lincoln Highway in Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa. Buy-Way Yard Sale in Ohio home … Continue reading
Lincoln Highway kiosk in La Porte, IN to be dedicated on May 5
The Indiana Lincoln Highway Association invites the general public to a dedication of Indiana’s newest Lincoln Highway Byway interpretive kiosk on Saturday, May 5 at 9:00 a.m. Central Time (dedication ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. Central Time) in La … Continue reading
IMAX movie on historic Indiana roads being filmed
Lori Cravens and Candy Yurcak are creating an IMAX film exploring historic roads in Indiana, including the Lincoln Highway, and why they are worth preserving. The film will be shown at this year’s Preserving the Historic Road conference in September. … Continue reading
1937: Lincoln Highway supplanted by new 4-lane highway in Indiana
On January 15, 1937, a contract was awarded to replace seven miles of the old Lincoln Highway, U.S. 30, in western Indiana with a new 4-lane highway. The contract price was $380,428, which is almost $6,000,000 in 2011 dollars. Almanac: … Continue reading
Indiana LHA pleased with byway designation
LHA member Jim Bevins talks about the work to get the Indiana portion of the Lincoln Highway designated as a state byway. Group pleased by designation honoring Lincoln Way, Matt Fritz, The Herald Argus (LaPorte, Ind.), November 2, 2011
Fort Wayne, IN looks forward to Lincoln Highway’s new “byway” designation
The Fort Wayne/Allen County Convention and Visitors Bureau is looking into how to draw more visitors to their area by taking advantage of the Lincoln Highway’s new designation as an official Indiana state byway. City’s future gets a boost from … Continue reading
What happened to Fort Wayne, IN’s Lincoln Highway arches?
Fort Wayne, Indiana erected two arches over the Lincoln Highway around 1914. Indiana LHA president Jan Shupert-Arick asks whatever happened to them. Community Voice: What happened to the Lincoln Highway arch, Jan Shupert-Arick, The News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Ind.), October 20, … Continue reading
Lincoln Highway now an official byway in Indiana
The Indiana portion of the Lincoln Highway is now officially part of the Indiana Byway Program. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Association and a new Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway Council will develop a corridor management plan, including guidelines for road signage … Continue reading
Indiana LHA meeting this Saturday at 10:30 am
The Indiana Lincoln Highway Association is holding its fall meeting this Saturday, October 15, 10:30 a.m., at the old Carnegie Library in Goshen. Highway group plans fall meeting, South Bend (Ind.) Tribune, October 14, 2011