Lincoln Highway Photo Gallery J. Morrison 12/19/02

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bridge1.jpg Vehicles drive across the Lincoln Highway bridge in Tama on Nov. 27, 2002. The bridge was built in 1915, two years after the Lincoln was dedicated, and restored in 1987. The bridge is the only one of its kind on the entire route. (J. Morrison/Final)	bridge2.jpg The morning sun spells out "Lincoln Highway" in the shadow of the Lincoln bridge in Tama, Nov. 27, 2002. Around 1930, the Lincoln, by then officially US 30, was rerouted away from the bridge. (J. Morrison/Final)	chelsea.jpg Chelsea emphasizes its Czech heritage and place on the Lincoln Highway in this welcome sign on V18. The original Lincoln came in to Chelsea; US 30, then IA 212, and now E66 bypass it to the northeast. (J. Morrison)	colomural.jpg This mural in downtown Colo was an Iowa Sesquicentennial project in 1996. Photo taken Dec. 5, 2002. (J. Morrison)
linccafe.jpg The Lincoln lives on at this cafe in Belle Plaine along the route, now old Iowa 131, a couple blocks east of where 21 goes south and about half a mile east of the Preston station. (J. Morrison)	lodge.jpg Perry and Nancy Upchurch stand on the balcony of the second floor of the Lincoln Lodge Motel, Dec. 10, 2002. The Upchurches own the lodge and also the Ames Motor Lodge to the east, which is the oldest working motel in Iowa. (J. Morrison/Final)	marker.jpg This bust of Abraham Lincoln is on a marker at Niland's Cafe in Colo, Dec. 5, 2002. In 1928 markers with a bust like this were placed across the entire route. Many other markers can be found in Iowa towns. (J. Morrison/Final)	montour.jpg A set of old-fashioned "Burma-Shave" signs stand along E49 east of Montour, Nov. 29, 2002. Roger and Nancy Green placed the signs, an earlier generation of which stood in the same location when this route was the Lincoln Highway. (J. Morrison/Final)