In honor of the Lincoln Highway’s centennial, Mike Konz, the managing editor of the Kearney Hub, has written a book called The Lincoln Highway: Nebraska’s Longest Main Street Celebrates 100 Years. You can find out more information, including where to buy the book, below.
Ronnie O’Brien, Nebraska state director of the LHA and Director of Cultural Education at the Great Platte River Road Archway, is traveling across Nebraska to bring the Lincoln Highway to life to students throughout the state.
The American Bus Association, a trade association of motorcoach operators and tour companies in the U.S. and Canada, has named next year’s Lincoln Highway centennial as one of its Top 100 events of 2013 in North America.
Here is a great video of a historic Union Pacific steam locomotive traveling along the Lincoln Highway in Nebraska, via the Lincoln Highway Nebraska Scenic and Historic Byway.
Shelton, Nebraska will hold its 15th annual Lincoln Highway Festival and Car Show tomorrow, July 29.
A 1930s-era gas station along US 30 in Sutherland, Nebraska is being restored. Closed for decades, restorers aim to re-open it in time for the Lincoln Highway’s centennial next year.
The 23rd Street Viaduct project in Fremont, Nebraska would raise West 23rd Street (near an original Lincoln Highway alignment) over BNSF railroad tracks. An environmental assessment has determined that several historic properties would be affected by the viaduct, including a car wash building that is the only building of its kind along the Lincoln Highway.
Another story on preparations across Nebraska for the centennial of the Lincoln Highway:
As the Lincoln Highway prepares to celebrate its centennial in Kearney, Nebraska next year, residents across the state are starting projects to beautify the highway.
Communities along U.S. 30 in Nebraska are working on various projects to prepare for celebrating the Lincoln Highway’s centennial in 2013.