Route 66 beds with Mr. Lincoln - Plainfield, Illinois
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N 41° 36.492 W 088° 12.131
16T E 399828 N 4606974
A roadbed, that is. This is the crossing of the Route 66 (post 1940) and the Lincoln Highway. These historic highways join for 3 blocks just east of downtown Plainfield.
Waymark Code: WM2TXE
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 12/22/2007
Views: 66
Route 66 was realigned in 1940 to bypass Joliet on what is now Illinois 59. The Lincoln Highway Association was created in 1913 and created a highway between New York and San Francisco, paving the way for the numbered U.S. Routes in the 1920s. This section of the Lincoln Highway is now U.S. 30.
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Milestone or Marker: Progress Marker
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