Lincoln Highway

E96013

auto trail historic highway transcontinental highway

The Lincoln Highway was one of the earliest transcontinental automobile roads in the United States, stretching from New York to San Francisco and pioneering long-distance highway travel.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Lincoln Highway canonical	7
Lincoln Highway in Illinois	2
Lincoln Highway (in several segments)	1
Lincoln Highway Association	1
Lincoln Highway in Iowa	1
Lincoln Highway in Nevada	1
Lincoln Highway in New Jersey	1
Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania	1
Lincoln Highway in Utah	1
Lincoln Highway in Wyoming	1
U.S. historic Lincoln Highway route	1
historic Lincoln Highway alignment	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	auto trail ⓘ historic highway ⓘ transcontinental highway ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
direction	east–west ⓘ
endCity	San Francisco ⓘ
endPoint	Lincoln Park ⓘ
endState	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
era	early 20th century ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation	historic byway (various state designations) ⓘ
hasOrganization	Lincoln Highway Association ⓘ
hasSection	Lincoln Highway self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lincoln Highway in Illinois Lincoln Highway self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lincoln Highway in Iowa Lincoln Highway in Nebraska ⓘ Lincoln Highway self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lincoln Highway in Nevada Lincoln Highway self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lincoln Highway in New Jersey Lincoln Highway self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania Lincoln Highway self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lincoln Highway in Utah Lincoln Highway self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lincoln Highway in Wyoming
inception	1913 ⓘ
influenced	United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ surface form: U.S. Numbered Highway System development of roadside services ⓘ
maintainedBy	Lincoln Highway self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lincoln Highway Association
namedAfter	Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
notableFeature	connected Atlantic and Pacific coasts ⓘ first coast-to-coast highway for automobiles in the United States ⓘ
opened	1913 ⓘ
originalLength	approximately 3389 miles ⓘ
passesThrough	Illinois ⓘ Indiana ⓘ Iowa ⓘ Nebraska ⓘ Nevada ⓘ New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: New Jersey Ohio ⓘ Pennsylvania ⓘ Utah ⓘ Wyoming ⓘ
pioneerOf	long-distance automobile travel ⓘ transcontinental highway travel ⓘ
routeType	auto trail ⓘ
startCity	New York City ⓘ
startPoint	Times Square ⓘ
startState	New York ⓘ
status	historic route ⓘ partly replaced by U.S. Highway System ⓘ
terminusCityEast	New York City ⓘ
terminusCityWest	San Francisco ⓘ
usedBy	automobiles ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

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Input

Subject: Lincoln Highway
Description of subject: The Lincoln Highway was one of the earliest transcontinental automobile roads in the United States, stretching from New York to San Francisco and pioneering long-distance highway travel.

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Numbered Highway System → precededBy → Lincoln Highway ⓘ

Lincoln Highway (historic alignment via U.S. 40) → partOf → Lincoln Highway ⓘ

Interstate 80 → followsHistoricRoute → Lincoln Highway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lincoln Highway (in several segments)

U.S. Route 30 → follows → Lincoln Highway ⓘ

this entity surface form: historic Lincoln Highway alignment

Lincoln Highway → maintainedBy → Lincoln Highway self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lincoln Highway Association