It was conceived in 1912 by Carl Fisher, who owned the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

On the way across the country, the highway went through big cities, small towns and lots of countryside. Two of the cities it went through in the East were Trenton, NJ, and Philadelphia, Pa. I live just off the Lincoln Highway near Phila.

Recently Brian Butko stopped by our house just outside of Philadelphia. Brian literally "wrote the book" on the highway by authoring "Pennsylvania Traveler's Guide: The Lincoln Highway".

Brian, his nephew Rick, and myself explored an old abandoned half-mile long section of the highway right near my house.

Brian and Rick	Abandoned Lincoln Highway Bridge	Right of Way of Lincoln Highway now collapsing into the Poquessing Creek

Lincoln Highway Bridge	Lincoln Highway Bridge	Poquessing Creek (Phila. City Limits)

Lincoln Highway Bridge	Lincoln Highway Bridge	Lincoln Highway Bridge

Old Highway Now Virtually Impassable	Old Lincoln Highway Crosses in the Foreground Rte. 1 in the Background	Brian and Rick Relaxing

Brian and Rick Relaxing	Brian Showing Sharon some Postcards