Article: LINCOLN HIGHWAY INSPIRES ROAD TRIP, MEMOIR

Brian Butko started taking the scenic route to work when he was the editor of the Western Pennsylvania History magazine.

The route later sparked an idea for a book: "Greetings from the Lincoln Highway: America's First Coast-to-Coast Road."

The Lincoln Highway started on the East Coast in Times Square and ended in San Francisco. It paralleled the original western route Transcontinental Railroad in 1913 and was the first designated state road in Wyoming.

"The road is near where I live in Pittsburgh, which is an alternative to the Pennsylvania Turnpike," Butko said. "The turnpike is flatter, but it's a toll road. The Lincoln Highway is a scenic alternative."

He started researching the ...

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