A replica of the Hammer Motel sign in Kearney, Nebraska, an icon along the Lincoln Highway, is now on display at the Great Platte River Road Archway.
- Hammer brings Lincoln Highway history to arch, Kevin Hervert, Kearney (Neb.) Hub, October 3, 2011
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From herds to highways
Earl Swift, author of The Big Roads: The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways, prominently mentions the Lincoln Highway in a BBC News video on the history of roads in the U.S., from trails to the Interstates.
- From herds to highways: the story of the US interstate, BBC News Magazine, October 5, 2011
A book of photos along the Lincoln Highway
Eric and Kass Mencher are currently working on a book of photographs along the Lincoln Highway, “the contemporary face of life along a historic road.” They are raising funds to help them complete the book. If you would like to support their effort, follow the first link below.
- Along the Lincoln Highway, Eric Mencher, Spot.us.
- New Lincoln Highway photo book underway, Brian Butko, Lincoln Highway News, October 5, 2011
Norman Root
Norman Root, long-time member of the Lincoln Highway Association, president of the California chapter and past California state director, has passed away. He was also a retired bridge engineer for the California Department of Transportation. Norm will be sorely missed.
- Long-time LH fan and researcher Norm Root, Brian Butko, Lincoln Highway News, September 29, 2011.
Lincoln Highway mural in Oswego, IL honors Boy Scouts
The Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition’s latest mural installation, in the Illinois town of Oswego, pays tribute to the Boy Scouts and their installation of thousands of concrete markers along the Lincoln Highway in 1928.
- Oswego Lincoln Highway mural honors Boy Scout traditions, Judy Pochel, The Beacon News (Aurora, Ill.), September 29, 2011
Midwest art exhibit includes Lincoln Highway roadside
An art exhibit by William Scarlato, art instructor at Benedictine University in Lisle, Illinois, includes a painting of a blue Quonset-hut bar along the Lincoln Highway in DeKalb, Illinois.
- Art exhibit details rural Midwest, Tamara Browning, The State Journal-Register (Springfield, Ill.), September 28, 2011
Beautifying the Lincoln Highway in South Bend, Indiana
Lincoln Highway Association member Joyce Chambers writes about the beautification project of a railroad viaduct near the Lincoln Highway in South Bend, Indiana.
- Beautifying an historic highway, Joyce Chambers (letter to the editor), South Bend (Ind.) Tribune, September 26, 2011
A look back at the first cars in Mansfield, Ohio
Bob Carter of the Mansfield News Journal looks back at some of the first cars driven in the Lincoln Highway town of Mansfield, Ohio.
- Mansfield’s early cruisers, Bob Carter, Mansfield (Ohio) News Journal, September 26, 2011
Woman walks from San Francisco to New York because she feels like it
Catherine Li is walking across the country from Daly City, just outside San Francisco, to New York, because she “just felt like walking” and wants to live in the moment. Not surprisingly, her journey has taken her down the Lincoln Highway.
- Cross-country quest on foot leads traveler through Bucks, Christian Menno, Bucks County Courier Times (Levittown, Pa.), September 23, 2011
Proposed interchange would spare Youngville Cafe
As part of the widening of US 30, the Iowa Department of Transportation is proposing a new interchange where it intersects US 218. The design spares the Youngville Cafe, a Lincoln Highway landmark, but changes its access from US 30 to a driveway off of US 218.
- Odd interchange design would spare iconic cafe, David DeWitte, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), September 21, 2011