There is a MUNI bus stop (for the 36 and the 43) at the edge of the parking lot in front of the Legion of Honor Museum in Lincoln Park. To the side of the the bus stop one finds a marker and a plaque designating the Western Terminus of the Lincoln Highway.
The plaque reads:
You are standing at the western terminus of the Lincoln Highway, the first direct coast-to-coast highway from Times Square in New York City to Lincoln Park in San Francisco. It was conceived in 1912 by Carl Fisher(founder of the Indianapolis Speedway and pioneer developer of Miami Beach) who encouraged manufacturers of autos, tires, and cement to contribute funds to establish a direct motor-vehicle route, traversing some 3300 miles through twelve states, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Thus, the Lincoln Highway Association was founded in 1913 with headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. It’s first president was Henry Joy, president of the Packard Motor Company. In July-September 1919, a two-mile long U.S.Army Transcontinental Convoy of 56 military vehicles and 209 men “conquered” the Lincoln Highway after a journey of 62 days. Accompanying the convoy was then Lt. Col. Dwight D. Eisenhower who perceived the need for improved highways for both military and commercial purposes. Thirty-seven years later, President Eisenhower signed the Interstate Highway act of 1956, giving birth to the Interstate Highway system which serves our nation so well today. Interstate 80 follows much of the old Lincoln Highway.
For more on the Lincoln Highway see:
http://www.lincolnhighwayassoc.org/
http://www.lincoln-highway-museum.org/
http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~jlin/lincoln/history/part1.html
Home | Gallery | About Me | Links | Contact me
Copyright 2007 All rights reserved
The images are not in the public domain. They are the sole property of the artist and may not be reproduced on the internet, sold, altered, enhanced, modified by artificial, digital or computer imaging or in any other form without the express written permission of the artist.
Non-watermarked copies of photographs on this site can be purchased by contacting Ron.