 The Lincoln Highway is the first road that connected the two coasts, New York to San Francisco. It was dedicated in 1913 at a time when there were very few roads in the country, and the concept was an auto industry pioneer came up with it as a way to encourage people to drive more, as a way to encourage people to buy cars, but it was also a way to encourage people to see more of the country. The original slogan was, See America First. A lot of people on the East Coast would