"The Lincoln Highway Forum", 19 Back Issues, 1995-2013, Transportation History

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This offering consists of 19 back issues of THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY FORUM, the official journal of the Lincoln Highway Association. The dates offered here are: Fall, 1995; Summer,1996; Spring, Summer, 1997; Spring, Fall, 2004; Summer, 2005; Winter, 2008-2009; Winter, 2009-2010; Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, 2010; Spring, Sumer, Fall, 2011; Summer, Winter, 2012; Spring, Winter, 2013. Each issues is generally 40 pages in length and has several photos. All issues are in very god condition.From Wikipedia:The Lincoln Highway was one of the earliest transcontinental highways for automobiles across the United States of America. [1] Conceived in 1912 by Indiana entrepreneur Carl G. Fisher , and formally dedicated October 31, 1913, the Lincoln Highway ran coast-to-coast from Times Square in New York City west to Lincoln Park in San Francisco, originally through 13 states: New York , New Jersey , Pennsylvania , Ohio , Indiana , Illinois , Iowa , Nebraska , Colorado , Wyoming , Utah , Nevada , and California . In 1915, the "Colorado Loop" was removed, and in 1928, a realignment relocated the Lincoln Highway through the northern tip of West Virginia . Thus, there are a total of 14 states, 128 counties, and more than 700 cities, towns and villages through which the highway passed at some time in its history.The first officially recorded length of the entire Lincoln Highway in 1913 was 3,389 miles (5,454 km). [a] Over the years, the road was improved and numerous realignments were made, [3] and by 1924 the highway had been shortened to 3,142 miles (5,057 km). Counting the original route and all of the subsequent realignments , there have been a grand total of 5,872 miles (9,450 km). [4] The Lincoln Highway was gradually replaced with numbered designations after the establishment of the U.S. Numbered Highway System in 1926. Today, Interstate 80 serves as the primary highway from the New York City area to San Francisco.The Lincoln Highway was America's first national memorial to President Abraham Lincoln , predating the 1922 dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., by nine years. As the first automobile road across America, the Lincoln Highway brought great prosperity to the hundreds of cities, towns and villages along the way. The Lincoln Highway became affectionately known as "The Main Street Across America". [citation needed ]The Lincoln Highway was inspired by the Good Roads Movement . In turn, the success of the Lincoln Highway and the resulting economic boost to the governments, businesses and citizens along its route inspired the creation of many other named long-distance roads (known as National Auto Trails ), such as the Yellowstone Trail , National Old Trails Road , Dixie Highway , Jefferson Highway , Bankhead Highway , Jackson Highway , Meridian Highway and Victory Highway . Many of these named highways were supplanted by the United States Numbered Highways system of 1926. Most of the 1928 Lincoln Highway route became U.S. Route 30 (US 30), with portions becoming US 1 in the East and US 40 , US 50 and US 93 in the West. Since 1928, many sections of US 30 have been re-aligned with new bypasses; therefore, today's US 30 aligns with less than 25% of the original 1913–28 Lincoln Highway routes.Most significantly, the Lincoln Highway inspired the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 , also known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act (Public Law 84-627), which was championed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower , influenced by his experiences as a young soldier crossing the country in the 1919 Army Convoy on the Lincoln Highway. Today, Interstate 80 (I-80) is the cross-country highway most closely aligned with the Lincoln Highway. In the West, particularly in Wyoming, Utah and California, sections of I-80 are paved directly over alignments of the Lincoln Highway.The Lincoln Highway Association , originally established in 1913 to plan, promote, and sign the highway, was re-formed in 1992 and is now dedicated to promoting and preserving the road.FRE... read more

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