NRHP: Lincoln Highway Duncan West
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Lincoln Highway - Duncan West
NRHP Reference #: 07000656
NRHP Listing Date: 20070703
Location
N Blvd in Duncan, rural 145th St, Platte County, Nebraska
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Summary
The Lincoln Highway was to be a paved, toll free, cross-country highway. The Lincoln Highway Association and national and community supporters propelled the highway into national significance as the nation's first transcontinental automobile route. As the highway progressed from a road first mapped by the Lincoln Highway Association to a well traveled, cross-country highway, improvements were made. The Lincoln Highway at Duncan West, in Platte County, is an exemplary section of road that exhibits the development of the highway from the original route of the Lincoln Highway, mapped in 1913 to the period when routes began to be relocated to eliminate railroad grade crossings and bypass communities.
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