Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway
Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway is a State Scenic Byway in Nebraska. Within Nebraska it covers roughly 470 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 Scenic & Historic Byway with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
This byway follows the route of the Lincoln Highway — America's first transcontinental auto road — across central Nebraska along the Platte River valley. The corridor traces the same broad path used by the Oregon and Mormon trails and the transcontinental railroad before it. At Kearney, the Great Platte River Road Archway arches over Interstate 80 to tell the story of westward travel.
- first transcontinental highway
- Platte River valley
- Archway Monument at Kearney
- westward-trail corridor
- central Nebraska
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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.