Lincoln Highway Association

House Republican transportation bill would eliminate National Scenic Byways program

Lincoln Highway Association — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:24:38 +0000

The transportation bill introduced by Republicans in the House of Representatives on January 31 would eliminate the National Scenic Byways program.

Bill would eliminate National Scenic Byways program, Ron Warnick, Route 66 News, February 1, 2012
National Scenic Byway Foundation for more information and how to contact representatives to voice your opinion

California’s Lincoln Highway in Hamilton’s Road Maps

Lincoln Highway Association — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:24:33 +0000

Steve Haughey has uploaded maps of what would become the Lincoln Highway in California from the 1914 Hamilton’s Illustrated Auto Road Map, which you can think of as a combination of AAA TripTik strip maps and Google Street View. You can also buy large-format prints of the maps through Zazzle.

Lincoln Highway Route in California, as illustrated by Hamilton Auto Atlas by Steve Haughey

2012 Lincoln Highway Conference on Facebook

Lincoln Highway Association — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:44:34 +0000

Just a reminder that you can follow the 2012 Lincoln Highway National Conference on Facebook for up-to-date information.

Bob Lichty at the Packard Museum on February 18

Lincoln Highway Association — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:02:44 +0000

Bob Lichty, past president of the Lincoln Highway Association and former board member of the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, will be speaking at the National Packard Museum in Warren, Ohio on February 18, 2012 from 11:00 am to 12:00 noon, on The Lincoln Highway Revisited.

For more information on the National Packard Museum, visit its website at packardmuseum.org.

Lincoln Highway through El Cerrito, CA

Lincoln Highway Association — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:43:20 +0000

Rich Bartke, president of the El Cerrito Historical Society, writes about the Lincoln Highway and its route through El Cerrito, California, north of Oakland. The road has a long history, known as El Camino Real during the Spanish colonial period.

First Trans-U.S. Highway Ran Through El Cerrito, Rich Bartke, El Cerrito (Calif.) Patch, December 28, 2011

Gas and oil boom fills up vintage motor inn

Lincoln Highway Association — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:58:27 +0000

Palmantier’s Motel, a vintage motor inn near Minerva, Ohio on the Lincoln Highway, is experiencing a boom in business because of a renewed interest in oil and natural gas drilling in eastern Ohio.

Gas, oil boom boosts real-estate markets, Edd Pritchard, The Repository (Canton, Ohio), December 19, 2011

Historic Vermillion Institute in Hayesville, OH to be restored

Lincoln Highway Association — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:28:38 +0000

The Vermillion Institute, built in 1846 in Hayesville, Ohio, has been bought by a historic preservation consulting group and will be restored. It originally housed a college and later a high school, but it has been vacant since 1929. The building is at the corner of Main Street (Lincoln Highway) and College Street.

Preserving the past: Consulting firm restoring former Vermillion Institute, Sarah Gordon, Ashland (Ohio) Times-Gazette, December 21, 2011

Lincoln Highway overpass over railroad in Lynwood, IL approved

Lincoln Highway Association — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:29:53 +0000

The Illinois Department of Transportation has approved design plans for highway overpasses spanning Canadian National Railway tracks in two Illinois locations, at Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30) in Lynwood and at Ogden Avenue (U.S. 34) in Aurora. Planners opted for overpasses instead of underpasses because it would save money and take less time. CN must pay for the vast majority of the construction costs.

3 years after rail deal, 2 suburbs heartened by approval of overpasses, Richard Wronski, Chicago Tribune, December 17, 2011

Previous coverage:

CN Railway must fund LH underpass in Lynwood, IL

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

New Lincoln Highway mural in Frankfort, IL

Lincoln Highway Association — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:51:45 +0000

The Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition has unveiled its latest Lincoln Highway mural in the village of Frankfort.

Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition completes mural in Frankfort, Scott Bort, TribLocal (Tinley Park, Ill.), December 14, 2011
Frankfort mural latest salute to Lincoln Highway history, Susan DeMar Lafferty, Southtown Star (Tinley Park, Ill.), December 15, 2011