Lincoln Highway Scenic & History Byway

Three classic cars driving on the historic brick section of the original 1913 Lincoln Highway alignment near Elkhorn Nebraska with sunshine lighting a grove of trees in the background.

An example of turn by turn signage at an intersection of the original 1913 alignment of the Lincoln Highway between Gothenburg and North Platte with a freshly mown field of hay in the background.

The only remaining original intact section of a Lincoln Highway Seedling Mile is located at Grand Island Nebraska and is commemorated with a historical marker placed by History Nebraska.

Early paving techniques of many sections of the Lincoln Highway across America included locally produced bricks, as in this section of the original 1913 route of the Lincoln Highway near Elkhorn Nebraska.

Examples of highway beautification of the Lincoln Highway included tree plantings adjacent to the roadway, and highway signage commissioned in 1928 consisted of concrete markers placed by the Boy Scouts.

On October 8, 1913 a large group of local leaders gathered in the steps of the Merrick County Courthouse to celebrate the ratification of the Lincoln Highway Proclamation.

Since the Kensinger service station at 1810 E. Highway 30 in Grand Island was built in 1937, it has always been a full-service station and is an important piece of America’s transportation history.

The boyhood home of Robert Henri Cozad, the founder of the Ash Can School artistic movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

A delicious ice cream treat, a Tin Roof Sunday invented at the Potter Sundry in Potter Nebraska consists of vanilla ice cream topped with chocolate sauce and a scattering of red-skinned Spanish peanuts.