Lincoln Highway

By far, the most studied highway among the named trails is the Lincoln Highway. Its main association web page is at: The Lincoln Highway Association. The Federal Highway Administration web site has an excellent history page by Richard F. Weingroff.

 U.S. 30

• Pennsylvania Highways US 30: Lincoln Highway
• Lincoln Highway: Pennsylvania
• Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, Ligonier, PA
• Ohio Lincoln Highway League
• Lincoln Highway in Indiana
• The Lincoln Highway in Illinois, National Headquarters, Franklin Grove
• Lincoln Highway Association Illinois State Chapter (Rochelle)
• Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition (Belvidere)
• Iowa Lincoln Highway Association
• Welcome to Main Street Across Nebraska
• The Lincoln Highway in Colorado (Colorado Loop)
• Lincoln Highway Photos from Wyoming Tales & Trails
• Western Wyoming Community College has an interesting Lincoln Highway project in process.
• The Lincoln Highway: Utah Played a Key Role in Taming West for Cars. Salt Lake City Tribune article by Hal Schindler.
• Summit County (Utah) Historical Society: The Lincoln Highway
• The Lincoln Highway in Nevada
• Lincoln Highway Guide for Nevada
• Lincoln Highway and the Victory Highway, from a History of Nevada
• Lincoln Highway Association Eastern Nevada Chapter
• Lincoln Highway Route in California as illustrated by Hamilton Auto Atlas.

Also check out U.S. 50 information for California.

 U.S. 33

A small section of the Lincoln Highway in Indiana runs on US 33.
Goshen’s Lincoln Highway

Odd-numbered US highways.

 The Loneliest Road in America: U.S. 50

In Nevada, U.S. 50 and the Lincoln Highway shared the same route.

From Coast to Coast on Route 50 by Wulf Berg Santa Fe U.S. Highway 50 Western Kansas Transportation Corridor New school highway boosterism. Tom Brokaw Presents American Character Along Highway 50

The Loneliest Road in America Travel Nevada’s clever Official Hwy 50 Survival Guide Historic California U.S. Highways

Suggested reading

Butko, Brian. 2005. Greetings from the Lincoln Highway: Coast to Coast from Times Square to the Golden Gate. New York : W.W. Norton.

Davies, Pete. American Road: The Story of an Epic Transcontinental Journey at the Dawn of the Motor Age. New York : Henry Holt.

Hokanson, Drake. 1988. The Lincoln Highway: Main Street across America. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press.

For the younger reader:
Roza, Greg. 2009. America’s First Highway. New York : Powerkids Press.