The Lincoln Highway Across Illinois
The Lincoln Highway Across Illinois

Author: David A. Belden

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2013-12-09

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1439644438

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From southern Cook County to the Mississippi River, the Lincoln Highway meanders through many of Chicago's suburbs before heading west through Illinois's fertile farmland. America's first transcontinental highway once stretched nearly 3,400 miles from New York City to San Francisco. The story of the highway's role in shaping the contemporary American highway system is one that examines the interaction of technology and human spirit. Conceived by entrepreneur Carl G. Fischer in 1912 and endorsed by businessman Henry B. Joy, the idea of creating an automobile-friendly roadway spanning America would soon change the nature of travel in the 20th century. Lincoln Highway in Illinois defines and describes the role of the highway as it zigzags its way across the "Land of Lincoln" and highlights the cities, towns, and rural communities along its route.

Improvement of Illinois Highways
Improvement of Illinois Highways

Author: Lewis Vinton Manspeaker Jr

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-26

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9780266757481

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Excerpt from Improvement of Illinois Highways: Thesis In the past few years, the citizens of the State of Illtnois have begun to recognize the growing importance of our highways. Not many years ago, the conditions were such that the roads did not demand attention other than the cleaning of the side ditches once a year. Now on account of the increase in traffic and a general desire on the part of the farmers for advancement, nearly every one seems to be Wide awake to the necessity of improving the roads. Therefore in this thesis, the writer will present the conditions which he finds in Champaign County, a good representative of the state, and Will suggest and explain some advised methods of eonstructing ard maintain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.