Lincoln Highway Lane Restrictions for Tree Trimming Starting Monday

Lincoln Highway lane restrictions for tree trimming starting Monday

Tree trimming on Lincoln Highway (Route 30) will require lane restrictions during daytime hours starting Monday, weather permitting.

Lincoln Highway: First Transcontinental Automobile Highway

The Transcontinental Railroad opened up the West to the rest of the United States. However, by 1913 the increasing popularity of travel by automobile made it apparent that America needed to have a continuous improved highway from the Atlantic to the Pacific that was open to all and had no toll charges. At this time the nation had no monuments yet to President Abraham Lincoln. It was thought to be a good selling point in favor of building the hig…