Lincoln Highway (historic alignment via U.S. 40)

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historic highway route transcontinental automobile route

The Lincoln Highway (historic alignment via U.S. 40) is an early transcontinental automobile route across the United States whose later path followed much of what became U.S. Route 40, including key mountain crossings like Donner Pass.

Aliases (1)

historic Lincoln Highway corridor ×1

Statements (36)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic highway route → transcontinental automobile route →
alignmentBasis	later U.S. Route 40 corridor →
associatedWith	early road promotion and booster organizations →
category	historic roads in the United States → transcontinental highways in the United States →
connects	Atlantic coast of the United States → Pacific coast of the United States →
country	United States →
follows	U.S. Route 40 → historic wagon routes in some segments →
hasDesignation	historic alignment →
hasSurface	paved roadway (in later improvements) →
heritageStatus	subject of historic preservation and tourism efforts →
historicalPeriod	early 20th century →
influencedBy	growth of automobile travel in the United States →
locatedIn	North America →
namedAfter	Abraham Lincoln →
notableFeature	use of Donner Pass as a Sierra Nevada crossing →
overlapsWith	National Road in some sections →
partOf	Lincoln Highway → early U.S. transcontinental highway network →
passesThrough	Eastern United States → Great Plains → Midwestern United States → Rocky Mountains → Sierra Nevada →
purpose	facilitate long-distance automobile travel →
relatedTo	development of U.S. numbered highway system →
roadType	auto trail → highway →
status	largely superseded by Interstate Highway System →
supersededBy	Interstate 70 in many central and eastern segments → Interstate 80 in many western segments →
transportMode	motor vehicle →
usesMountainPass	Donner Pass →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Donner Pass →	isOnRoute
Merrillville, Indiana ("historic Lincoln Highway corridor") →	locatedOn