America’s first coast-to-coast road still runs through western Pennsylvania

Though gas prices are a bit high right now, you may still be planning a summer road trip. And if you have the time, why not take a spin on the old Lincoln Highway, America’s first coast-to-coast road that still runs right through the heart of the Pittsburgh region.

In the five years after the first Model T Ford rolled off the assembly line in Detroit in 1908, Americans became obsessed with the automobile.

But while cars were becoming more common in cities and towns across the country, decent roads were not…

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