Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic Byway
Ohio Scenic Byway 377 mi in Ohio.
About the Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic Byway
The Lincoln Highway represents the first roadway system in support of the car. Beginning in New York and ending in San Francisco, it was conceived in 1913 as the first highway from the Atlantic to the Pacific that would carry motor traffic. The 241-mile section that crosses through Ohio was modified a number of times from 1913 until 1928. Because the Lincoln Highway Association wanted to run the road's Illinois alignment near Chicago, the Lincoln was apt to be rerouted in Ohio and Indiana any time more direct roads between Pittsburgh and Chicago were built or improved. Fully 60 percent of the original Lincoln Highway in Ohio was abandoned in subsequent reroutings. Therefore, for continuity's sake, the Lincoln Highway Historic Byway follows the final alignment adopted in 1928, which connected the cities of Canton, Massillon, Wooster, Mansfield, Bucyrus, Upper Sandusky, Delphos and Van Wert.
Ohio Department of Transportation's own description, in its words. Byway page on transportation.ohio.gov.
Camping along the byway
- on the roadOttawa Metro Park Campground · City, county or regional park · 30 sites
- 0.7 mi offCharles Mill Lake Park Campground · City, county or regional park · 400 sites · reservable
- 2.7 mi offGuilford Lake State Park · State park · 38 sites · reservable
- 3.1 mi offBeaver Creek State Park · State park · 109 sites · reservable
- 4.7 mi offTomlinson Run State Park · State park · reservable
Public campgrounds within 5 miles of the road as the crow flies, nearest the road first (this stretch is in several separate pieces); each one's page has its facts, season and weather by month.
About this page's facts
The line is the Federal Highway Administration's scenic byways layer (HEPGIS, a snapshot of 2022-06-24, a US government work), cut at the state line and simplified for the map; the length is the line's. The designation is the program's own: the national tiers from FHWA's America's Byways roster, the rest from the layer's designation field. Road conditions, closures and seasonal gates change: check the agency's own page and the state's road conditions before you go.