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New Jersey honors cops who died on the Lincoln Highway Bridge

Lincoln Highway Association — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:45:21 +0000

For the sixth year, the Jersey City Police Department held a ceremony to remember police officers Shawn Carson and Robert Nguyen, who died on Christmas night 2005 in a tragic accident on the Lincoln Highway Bridge, which was renamed in their honor.

Ceremony at bridge honors memory of Police Officers Carson and Nguyen, The Jersey Journal (Jersey City, N.J.), December 27, 2011

A history of New Jersey highways

Lincoln Highway Association — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:04:04 +0000

Eric Model of New Jersey Newsroom writes about the history and evolution of New Jersey highways. The Lincoln Highway is barely mentioned, but this topic is interesting in its own right.

N.J. highways as history and archeology, Eric Model, New Jersey Newsroom (Montclair, New Jersey), October 27, 2011

NJ-PA Lincoln Highway bridge turns 150

Lincoln Highway Association — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 01:00:05 +0000

The Calhoun Street Bridge, linking Morrisville, Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey, turns 150 years old this year. The Lincoln Highway went over this bridge.

Bridge route connecting Morrisville and Trenton turns 150, Gema Maria Duarte, Bucks County Courier Times (Levittown, Pa.), July 11, 2011
Calhoun Street route between NJ – PA turns 150, Brian Butko, Lincoln Highway News, July 14, 2011

Jersey City cops honor fallen colleagues

James Lin — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:48:11 +0000

The Jersey City Police Department held a minute of silence in honor of police officers Robert Nguyen and Shawn Carson, who died in 2005 when they drove off the Lincoln Highway Bridge when the center section was raised. The bridge was renamed after the officers in 2007.

Cops to honor Carson, Nguyen, The Jersey Journal (Jersey City, N.J.), December 24, 2008

Motor scooter riders finish their Lincoln Highway trek in Times Square

James Lin — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:56:53 +0000

Bob Chase and Bernard "Buddy" Rosenbaum have finished their cross-country trip across the Lincoln Highway on their Piaggio MP3 scooters. One of their goals was to raise awareness for the Lincoln Highway.

2 pals in their 70s chase adventure while atop scooters, The Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.), July 15, 2008
Road Trip! A Scoot Along the Lincoln Highway, City Room blog of The New York Times, July 14, 2008