The Lincoln Highway, the United States' first transcontinental highway, was constructed from 1913 to 1928 from New York City to San Francisco and dedicated to the memory of Abraham Lincoln. Conceived by Carl G. Fisher to encourage building good roads, it was sponsored by the Lincoln Highway Association and supported by automotive industries. The "Ideal Section," a 1.5-mile stretch of the Lincoln Highway completed in 1923, was designed and built as a model for road construction. Funded by county, state, and U.S. Rubber Co., it featured a 100-foot right-of-way, 40-foot paved width, 10-inch steel-reinforced concrete, underground drainage, lighting, landscaping, a bridge, and pedestrian pathways.