The
Lincoln Highway was one of the earliest transcontinental highways for automobiles across the United States of America. Conceived in 1912 by
Indiana entrepreneur
Carl G. Fisher, and formally dedicated October 31, 1913, the Lincoln Highway ran coast-to-coast from
Times Square in New York City west to
Lincoln Park in San Francisco, originally through 13 states:
New York,
New Jersey,
Pennsylvania,
Ohio,
Indiana,
Illinois,
Iowa,
Nebraska,
Colorado,
Wyoming,
Utah,
Nevada, and
California. In 1915, the "Colorado Loop" was removed, and in 1928, a realignment relocated the Lincoln Highway through the northern tip of
West Virginia. Thus, there are a total of 14 states, 128 counties, and more than 700 cities, towns and villages through which the highway passed at some time in its history.