December 14, 2002
The “billboard” shown above is on E41 on the west side of Boone, but it’s not on the original Lincoln Highway. The very first iteration headed southwest out of town on Ringgold Street and then crossed the Des Moines River between the current Old Highway 30 bridge and four-lane 30, using a smidge of new 30’s westbound lanes and 222nd Drive before returning to E41. The thru route today, which seems so obvious now, didn’t happen until later, with the current Des Moines River crossing built in 1928. A new bridge replaced that one in 2000.
The Lincoln also used 7th Street between Marion and Story streets in Boone, passing by the high school.
UPDATE: The billboard is no longer there.