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Coast to Coast Classics

As Americans are finally getting out and about, 2021 is the year of the Great American Road Trip. One of the finest cross-country journeys is a jaunt on the Lincoln Highway. Conceived by Carl Fisher and dedicated in 1913, it ran from Times Square in New York City to Lincoln Park in San Francisco, California, becoming the first transcontinental automobile roadway in the United States.

Aside from seeing America up close, classic car fans have the added bonus of seeing more than a dozen automobile museums along the Lincoln Highway.

(Note: Although there were several different alignments of the Lincoln Highway with various auxiliary routes, the focus here is on museums that are the most readily accessible, i.e., within a half hour or so of the original route. In later

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