The Lincoln Highway was America's first coast-to-coast highway. "Founded" by the Lincoln Highway Association in 1913, it was comprised of extant roads that were marked to show automobilists the way. In the early years, when the Lincoln Highway was being built, if any part of the road was paved at all, it was paved with gravel or macadam. The Portland Cement Association members and Lincoln Highway Association provided states with enough paving material to build one mile of concrete demonstration highway, out in the country, to demonstrate to motorists what a good road could be like. Called "Seedling Miles," the demonstration sections were built out in the country, so if anyone wanted to see what the paved highway of the future would be like, they were forced to drive across lousy roads in order to experience the concrete Seedling Mile. Illinois had two Seedling Miles, this one near Morrison, and another one in the eastern part of the state, near the Indiana state line. Illinois was the first Lincoln Highway state to sign the historic highway. You can follow the historic route from Indiana to the Mississippi River by following the signs. As much as this section of highway is historic in nature, I only gave it four stars because there really isn't much to see and you (thankfully) aren't driving on the original concrete from 100 years ago, but you are crossing a section of the most historic highway in the United States, celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. read more

Lincoln Highway Seedling Mile - There isn't much to see except for the signs on either end of the Seedling Mile and a mile of modern US 30. - Landmarks & Historical Buildings Near Me - Morrison, Illinois

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