The Lincoln Highway was the first coast-to-coast transcontinental highway in the United States, constructed from 1913 to 1928 from Times Square in New York City to Lincoln Park in San Francisco. Spanning almost 3,400 miles through 13 states—New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and California—the route was re-aligned in 1928 to pass through the northern tip of West Virginia. Inspired by the Good Roads Movement, it became one of America’s best known roads and was affectionately known as The Main Street America.
