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LINCOLN HIGH WA r - <br /> 9 • <br /> Sag K sfeld <br /> L ` : k •'`! Cedar; rraNdm Sailh 'r Fad- I.aaasM: <br /> �.. 9:w3c: -- - L!rse_n A Raaic, Ciro+e ?en_ _'.1.'rerw:M yf7reNOa. <br /> Sa- a-,nN; Reny S' `��:s -�L Phdade:nNa <br /> /�'�+ ..cev .d ::1::•a� t ::S . v XJ <br /> Austin • Itsli <rainvy Canaria. - -_ .Cluca; re:l • As1d; : °CSt <br /> San r Ely ,, AF •4s. :,ad-e - ... '' 1 <br /> I:aaPSC•v i1 1 11 I <br /> ir• <br /> LIIHCOLN rHIlC3IK r�'�Ii RAY DRIIVIING MAPS <br /> FOR CALlFOR1f1'IlA <br /> "Why does the Lincoln Highway have so many alignments ?" <br /> In 1913, the primary means of travel from town to town was by railroad. <br /> Country roads were used for local traffic and to access farms and ranches. <br /> It was the goal of the founding fathers of the Lincoln Highway to create the first <br /> road across America; a transcontinental highway that would provide the most <br /> direct route between New York City and San Francisco. • <br /> At first, this was accomplished by mapping a route using existing roads, <br /> wagon trails, historic pioneer routes, and even the Pony Express Trail. <br /> As funding became available for road construction in America, <br /> the Lincoln Highway was continually improved, with hard pavement, <br /> more direct alignments, smoothed out curves, and new bridges. <br /> In 1928, with the advent of the Federal numbered highway system, <br /> the Lincoln Highway became US 30 across most of the country, <br /> with portions becoming US 1 in the East and US 40 & US 50 in the West. <br /> Today, Interstate 80 is the newest descendent of the Lincoln Highway. <br /> "Why does California have two Lincoln Highway routes across the state ?" <br /> From Nevada to Sacramento, the Lincoln Highway Association decided to have <br /> two routes over the Sierra Nevadas so that travelers could visit either Donner <br /> Pass or Lake Tahoe, and to provide an alternate route in case of snow. <br /> From Sacramento to San Francisco, the Lincoln Highway was originally routed <br /> south through Stockton, then west across the Altamont Pass. <br /> But in 1928, with the completion of the Carquinez Strait Bridge at Vallejo, the <br /> Lincoln Highway was relocated to this much shorter route to San Francisco. <br /> 111N© LI�I HII HWAY <br /> THE FIRST ROAD ACROSS AMERICA <br />