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OTHER WESTBOUND ROUTES PRIOR TO 1928 HOW TO USE THESE CHARTS Numbers indicate the mileage westbound from the control station, or zero point, at the east end of the subject section. All mileages are scaled from the quadrangle maps of the United States Geological Survey. The tourist must allow for small mileage corrections within each section because of the inherent accumulating errors of the typical car odometer. Other routes prior to 1928 SECTION 6a--WOOSTER TO MANSFIELD via Ashland SECTION 7a--MANSFIELD TO GALION SECTION 9a--BUCYRUS TO UPPER SANDUSKY via Nevada SECTION 10a--UPPER SANDUSKY TO LIMA SECTION 11a1--LIMA TO DELPHOS via Elida and Scott's Crossing SECTION 11a2--LIMA TO DELPHOS via Ord's Corner and Gomer
SECTION 6a--WOOSTER TO MANSFIELD via Ashland 35.1 MILES 0.0—Continue westerly with Liberty Street/State Route 302 0.6—At traffic signal, angle Left onto Old Lincoln Way, continuing with State Route 302 2.1—Avoid angle right of S.R. 302; continue westerly with Old Lincoln Way/County Road 30-A 3.7—At stop sign and red flasher, cross four-lane U.S. Route 250 and continue westerly with Old Lincoln Way/County Road 30-A 4.4—At JEFFERSON, turn Right onto Jefferson Road 4.8—At stop sign, again cross U.S. 250, continuing north with Jefferson Road 5.0—Curve sharply Left onto Silver Road; curve is locally known as Dead Man's Curve 5.4—At stop sign, turn Right onto U.S. 250 9.6—NEW PITTSBURG 12.9—ROWSBURG 13.4—Old brick road remnant, now part of residential driveway is at Left 16.5—Studebaker Monument at Right 19.9—Enter Ashland on Main Street 21.5—At traffic signal in downtown ASHLAND , turn Left onto Claremont Avenue; Ashland County Court House is one block north of this point; the popular detour route via OLIVESBURG would have continued westerly from here via State Route 96 24.2—Continue southwesterly, merging with U.S. Route 42 26.7—FIVE POINTS 27.2—Angle Ahead Right onto Township Road 1688, which becomes Windsor Road in Richland County; an interesting 2.3-mile diversion from U.S. 42 27.3—Old brick road remnant at Left , was grade for old overpass of interurban 27.9—Old brick road remnant at Right , at outside of present curve in road 29.5—Mail Pouch barn at Left, in community of WINDSOR; L.H.A. member Richard Taylor had the barn painted as an anniversary gift to his wife Mary Lou; painted by Harley Warrick, last of the Mail Pouch barn painters 30.5—At stop sign, turn Right, resuming southwesterly with U.S. 42 32.2—Interchange with four-lane U.S. Route 30 (Mansfield Bypass) 32.8—Lincoln Inn at Right, in local development known as LINCOLN HEIGHTS 34.6—After junction with State Route 430, and underpass of railroad, angle Right onto Park Avenue East 35.0—Richland County Court House at Left
35.05—In median of Park Avenue East is a concrete post replica 35.1—CONTROL STATION at MANSFIELD is at the traffic signal at the west side of Central Park, at the intersection of Main Street; reset odometer to zero (see also, Section 6 chart)
SECTION 7a--MANSFIELD TO GALION 15.3 MILES 0.0—Continue westerly with Park Avenue West/State Route 430 4.9—Continue westerly, merging into State Route 309 at interchange
13.5—Turn Left onto Gelsanliter Road , taking temporary leave from S.R. 309 13.9—At stop sign, turn Right onto State Route 97, entering Galion on Harding Way 14.7—Junction with State Route 309; continue westerly with Harding Way/State Route 309 15.3—CONTROL STATION at GALION is at the traffic signal in the square, at the intersection of Market Street; reset odometer to zero
SECTION 8a--GALION TO BUCYRUS 11.5 MILES 0.0—Continue westerly with Harding Way/State Route 309 0.7—At traffic signal, continue westerly, diverging from S.R. 309 by following State Route 19 0.9—At traffic signal, angle Right, continuing with State Route 19 6.4—Colonel Crawford Battle Monument, and historical marker for Seccaium Indian village, at Right 8.8—Holmes Curve; there once was a brick pillar in front of the brick house at Left 10.0—Original location of brick pillar known as the Songer Marker was at Left; the pillar is now at the Stewart Cemetery east of Bucyrus (see Section 8)
11.15—Angle Right onto Walnut Street for one-half block; the gas station at this corner was the location of the John E. Hopley home; his address was #1 Lincoln Way (renamed Hopley Avenue) 11.2—At traffic signal, turn Left onto Charles Street for one block; diverge from State Route 19 at this point 11.3—At traffic signal, turn Right onto Sandusky Avenue/State Route 4 for three blocks 11.5—CONTROL STATION at BUCYRUS is at Washington Square, at the intersection of Mansfield Street; reset odometer to zero (see also, Section 8 chart)
SECTION 9a--BUCYRUS TO UPPER SANDUSKY via Nevada Original route is 17.9 MILES. Please follow this simplified version which is 16.9 miles and a safer route to Nevada. 0.0—Continue westerly with Mansfield Street 2.3—At traffic signal at Wynford High School, Turn Left onto Nevada-Wynford Road, which will curve to resume westerly 7.3—At county line, Nevada-Wynford Road becomes Township Road 55 8.4—After stop sign in NEVADA, continue one short block westerly, then turn Right onto Morrison Street 8.6—After stop sign, continue northerly onto State Route 231 8.9—Turn Left onto State Route 182 16.1—Turn sharply Right, continuing with State Route 182 16.25—At stop sign, turn Left onto Wyandot Avenue, continuing with State Route 182; note that at Right, an old brick road remnant is still visible behind the grocery store and in front of the radio station; at Left is another part of the same old road remnant; 16.7—Brick pillar replica at left, at southeast corner of Fourth Street 16.9—CONTROL STATION at UPPER SANDUSKY is at the traffic signal at the intersection of Sandusky Avenue (see also, Section 9 chart)
SECTION 10a--UPPER SANDUSKY TO LIMA 49.7 MILES 0.0—Continue westerly with Wyandot Avenue/State Route 53 (note: Sandusky Avenue and Crawford Street may have been on original route) 0.2—At traffic signal, turn Left onto Eighth Street, continuing with S.R. 53 0.8—At traffic signal, turn Right onto Spring Street, continuing with State Route 53 2.9—Turn Left thru sharp curve with State Route 53, bearing southerly for one mile 3.9—Turn Right, resuming westerly and continuing with State Route 53 12.7—Begin reverse curve; original route would have jogged at county line; an old road remnant is at Right, now a dead-end road marked "TH 57X" 13.8—Opposite the old railroad depot in FOREST , turn Left onto Madriver Street, continuing with State Route 53 (note: Patterson Street and Zimmerman Street may have been on original route) 15.4—At stop sign in PATTERSON, turn Right onto State Route 81 21.5—At traffic signal in DUNKIRK , U.S. Route 68 X's 22.0—At stop sign, turn Left, continuing with State Route 81 22.2—Historical marker for Hull's Trail at Right 22.3—Turn Right, resuming westerly and continuing with State Route 81 24.4—Turn Right thru sharp curve 24.6—At stop sign in DOLA, turn Left onto Franklin Street, continuing with State Route 81 26.4—Historical marker for Hog Creek Marsh at Left 28.6—At stop sign, turn Right across railroad tracks, then immediately turn Left, continuing with State Route 81 31.7—At traffic signal in Ada , turn Left onto Main Street/State Route 235 32.1—Old Pennsylvania Railroad caboose and station at Left 32.2—At traffic signal in ADA , Lincoln Street X's E-W; Post Office is at northwest corner 34.7—At stop sign, turn Right onto State Route 309 37.7—MAYSVILLE; State Route 309 is also marked as Harding Highway in Allen County east of Lima 48.1—At first stop light beyond Interstate 75 underpass, angle Right onto Bellefontaine Avenue, continuing with State Route 309 and also with State Route 117 48.9—At traffic signal at Elm Street, continue northwesterly with Bellefontaine Avenue; avoid S.R. 309 and 117, which diverge
49.2—At bridge over Ottawa River, angle Left onto Market Street 49.65—Lima's Lincoln Highway Garage was in the brick building with "Parking" sign at Left 49.7—CONTROL STATION at LIMA is at the center of Town Square; in 1915, this was the original intersection point of the Lincoln Highway and Dixie Highway; reset odometer to zero
SECTION 11a1--LIMA TO DELPHOS via Elida and Scott's Crossing. Original route is16.6 MILES. Please follow this simplified version which is 15.0 miles. It is generally the 1940's version of U. S. Route 30-S. It is more direct and eliminates over a dozen turns. 0.0—From CONTROL STATION at Lima, bear northwesterly at Main Street 0.2—At traffic signal, turn Left onto North Street/State Route 309; Allen County Court House is at northwest corner 1.2—At traffic signal, turn Right onto Jameson Avenue, continuing with State Route 309 1.7—Road curves Left at railroad overpass and leaves Lima on Elida Road/State Route 309; old road remnants survive below as adjacent surface streets 6.0—At fork in road, avoid curve Left of S. R. 309 and continue straight onto Main Street 6.7—At stop sign in downtown ELIDA, continue westerly with Main Street 6.9—At stop sign, turn Right, resuming westerly with Elida Road/State Route 309 10.8—SCOTT'S CROSSING 12.0—Where State Route 309 diverges Right, continue westerly with Elida Road 13.8—Where Elida Road curves Right, turn Left onto Elida Avenue, putting shopping plaza at Right 14.4—Elida Avenue merges into Second Street in Delphos 14.8—At traffic signal, turn Right onto Main Street 15.0—CONTROL STATION at DELPHOS is at the traffic signal at the intersection of Fifth Street; Miami and Erie Canal parallels Main Street at one-half block to the west; there is a historical marker on the west bank of the canal at the north side of the street; former Lincoln Highway Garage is at northeast corner; concrete post replica is at the near southwest corner; reset odometer to zero (go to section 12)
SECTION 11a2--LIMA TO DELPHOS via Ord's Corner and Gomer 18.1 MILES 0.0—From CONTROL STATION at Lima, bear northerly at Main Street 0.45—At Second Street beyond railroad crossing, turn Left onto McKibben Street toward church 0.6—At traffic signal at church, turn Right onto West Street 0.9—At traffic signal at Grand Avenue, junction with State Route 65; continue northerly with West Street/State Route 65 4.1—At fork in road where State Route 65 diverges Right, continue northerly onto State Route 115 6.8—Interchange with four-lane U. S. Route 30; continue northerly with State Route 115 for 0.3 miles 7.1—ORD'S CORNER; turn Left onto Lincoln Highway For charted course (from Ord's Corner to Delphos), refer to Section 11 above ; mileages for Section 11a2 will be in parentheses |
