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Welcome to Lincoln Highway Companion - ILLINOIS - your online guide to help you plan your Lincoln Highway adventure, with listings of restaurants, motels, offbeat attractions, and other don't-miss sites. Listings are not comprehensive, nor are they necessarily endorsements, but rather a sampling to inspire you to hit the road.
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Most prevalent trait of a site: Attraction, Gas, Food, Lodging, Historic, Museum, Scenic.
Location Name Type
INDIANA border Read down to head West
Chicago Heights  LH and Dixie Highway share the road
H
 Hi-Way Bakery
F
 Arche Memorial Fountain
H
Frankfort  Abe Lincoln Motel
L
Joliet  LH and Route 66 cross
H
 Joliet Historical Museum - LH display and authors
M
Plainfield LH and Route 66 share the road
H
Mooseheart First paved road in rural Illinois 1914
H
Geneva B.F. Goodrich store preserved
A
DeKalb Egyptian Theater, deco facade
A
     " Thai Pavilion restaurant
F
     " Mural
A
Malta First LHA Seedling MIle, 1914
H
Creston Mural based on LHA fountain photo
A
east of Rochelle barn and old Cadillac
N, H
Rochelle Visitors Center in 1918 Standard station
A
     " Railroad Park, major crossing, viewing
A
east of Fr Gr railroad crossing on old LH alignment
Franklin Grove LHA Headquarters
A
     " Lincoln Way Cafe
F
Dixon Ronald Reagan Birthplace
A
     " Arch over roadway
A
     " Lincoln statue
A
Fulton Visitors Center and Windmill
A
IOWA border Read up to head East
 
 
For more information, check out my books:
 
  
Greetings from the Lincoln Highway
America's First Coast-to-Coast Road
The first and best guide to places, routings, and the history of the road!

 

 
 
The Lincoln Highway
Pennsylvania Traveler's Guide
 
Completely Revised 2nd Edition

 

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