Lincoln Highway
Lincoln Highway is a State Scenic Byway in Illinois. Within Illinois it covers roughly 210 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Lincoln Highway with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
The Illinois segment of the Lincoln Highway follows the route of America's first transcontinental automobile road, dedicated in 1913 to link New York with San Francisco. Across northern Illinois it passes through small farm towns that celebrate the heritage with murals and interpretive gazebos. It traces an early chapter of American road-trip history.
- first transcontinental highway
- 1913 auto route
- heritage murals
- northern Illinois farm towns
- road-trip history
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What is a State Scenic Byway?
State Scenic Byways are roads a state has formally recognized for their scenic, natural, historic or cultural value — each state's own curated collection of drives worth taking slowly.