Roadways

Today, most people travel on roadways. Roadways include city streets, highways and interstates.

Lincoln Highway

The Lincoln Highway was the first hard-surface highway. Drivers could travel on the road from New York to California (and across Iowa). 

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An old painted pole with the symbol for the Lincoln Highway painted on it.

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What role do you think the Lincoln Highway played when people started traveling by car?

The Great White Way

A 26-mile-long road with white-painted telephone poles connects five towns from Adair to Dexter. Let's learn why it's a historically important part of Iowa's highway system.

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A two-lane highway telephone poles along one side, all with a white-painted section of the pole.

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How has travel on roadways changed over time?