A man talks on his phone on the Weehakwen/Port Imperial Ferry from mid town Manhattan to New Jersey. In 1913 the Lincoln Highway followed a similar ferry route from Manhattan to New Jersey.
The Wilson’s Carpet Muffler Man under the Pulaski Skyway in Jersey City.
Independence Hall in downtown Philadelphia, PA.
The Lincoln Highway meanders through the countryside in central Pennsylvania.
An Amish buggy passes by in the night near Strasbourg, PA.
A classic car is reflected in a window in western Pennsylvania with a Lincoln Highway marker behind it.
An original 1920s Lincoln Highway marker near Wrightsville, PA.
The Haines Shoe House in Hellam, PA on the Lincoln Highway.
Tom Pesta walks his dog on Riverview in Cuyahoga National Park, OH, at sunset during a summer rainstorm.
A rusted Cadillac sits parked in front of a barn off the Lincoln Highway in Western Illinois.
A LumberKings Minor League baseball Class A affiliate game in Clinton, IA, on the banks of the Mississippi River.
A stone bust of Abraham Lincoln in rural Iowa, on an original alignment.
The State Line truck stop, now abandoned, on the state line between Nebraska and Wyoming.
Randy Kimball of Pete's Service in Pine Bluffs, Wyoming. Kimball works at Pete's Service, which is on the Lincoln Highway near the Wyoming/Nebraska Border. The shop has dozens of vintage gas pumps.
Lincoln Highway from Omaha to San Francisco on it's 100th anniversary. The Lincoln Highway opened in 1913 and stretched from New York to California, the nation's first transcontinental highway that was partially paved. Today the route is covered by modern roads like US Route 30 and 50, and in some cases runs parallel to Interstate 80, where old alignments can be seen.
A vintage coupe sits rusting in a field on the Wyoming Highway 287 alignment of the Lincoln Highway in central Wyoming. The original alignment is remote with little traffic, affording vast views of empty sky and abandoned cars and buildings.
The Wasatch mountains off of Interstate 80 looking west towards Salt Lake City. The Lincoln Highway followed two historical alignments between Echo and Salt Lake City.
Lincoln Highway from Omaha to San Francisco on it's 100th anniversary. The Lincoln Highway opened in 1913 and stretched from New York to California, the nation's first transcontinental highway that was partially paved. Today the route is covered by modern roads like US Route 30 and 50, and in some cases runs parallel to Interstate 80, where old alignments can be seen.
A sign on US highway 93A informs motorists of the next gas station in Nevada. The route follows the old Lincoln Highway route down and allows travelers to detour to Skull Valley and take the original route into Ely.
Vic Antic, proprietor of the International Cafe and Bar in Austin, Nevada. Vic stands behind a bar that is over 150 years old and one he says was brought over from England by ship in the 19th century.
An original alignment of the Lincoln Highway looking eastward in the Nevada desert between Austin and Fallon. The stretch of pavement is visible and accessible from modern day US Route 50. Travelers can pull over and walk out to the pavement, which shows the narrower lane width of roads past.