The Lincoln Highway

Fully revised and updated editionFilled with all-new vintage postcards and photosMaps for travelers following the original route

The Lincoln Highway, established in 1913 as the first roadway to cross the United States, continues to change. This new, updated edition of the successful guidebook to the route in Pennsylvania reflects those changes, focusing on recent trends on the highway, such as the appearance of retro buildings. The book describes what life was like along the old highway-with its stainless-steel diners, mom-and-pop businesses, spectacular scenery, and roadside attractions-and reveals how much of the past is still around.

*Fully revised and updated edition

*Filled with all-new vintage postcards and photos

*Maps for travelers following the original route
The Lincoln Highway, established in 1913 as the first roadway
to cross the United States, continues to change. This new, updated edition of the successful guidebook to the route in Pennsylvania reflects those changes, focusing on recent trends on the highway, such as the appearance of retro buildings. The book describes what life was like along the old highway-with its stainless-steel diners, mom-and-pop businesses, spectacular scenery, and roadside attractions-and reveals how much of the past is still around.
Brian Butko is a founding board member of the Lincoln Highway Association, editor of Western Pennsylvania History, and author of Diners of Pennsylvania (0-8117-2878-1) and Klondikes, Chipped Ham, and Skyscraper Cones: The Story of Isaly's (0-8117-2844-7).

Brian Butko is the nation's leading authority on the Lincoln Highway and author of Greetings from the Lincoln Highway (978-0-8117-0128-0) and The Lincoln Highway: Pennsylvania Traveler's Guide (978-0-8117-2497-5). He resides in Pittsburgh and is a founding director of the new Lincoln Highway Association.