Lincoln Highway Ohio Historical Marker - Upper Sandusky, Ohio - Lincoln Highway on Waymarking.com

This Ohio Historical Marker gives the history of the Lincoln Highway in Ohio. On the back side of the marker it also shows a map of the original route though Ohio before and after 1928. The marker also stands in a base of brick from the original Lincoln Highway. The road directly behind the marker is also still brick as it was when it was part of the Lincoln Highway. Wyandot Ave eventually bypassed this small section of road just a few feet to the north. A few years ago US 30 was rebuilt to bypass Upper Sandusky all together. Wyandot Ave is still a part of US 30, but it is now an alternate business route.

The marker reads:

"Conceived by leaders of the automobile industry to encourage the building of "good roads," the Lincoln Highway was established in 1913 as the first transcontinental automobile route in the United States. It traversed twelve states and 3,389 miles from New York to San Francisco. The first route across Ohio connected Van Wert, Delphos, Lima, Ada, Upper Sandusky, Bucyrus, Galion, Mansfield, Ashland, Wooster, Massillon, Canton, Minerva, Lisbon, and East Liverpool. By the 1930s much of the original route had become part of the Federal Highway System and U.S. Route 30--many miles of which have, in turn, been bypassed by modern four-lane highways. "

Americana: Other Icon Significant Interest: Other Icon Web Site Address: [Web Link] Address of Icon: 965 E. Wyandot Avenue Upper Sandusky, OH USA 43351

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