Western Nebraska Observer - Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First

The Lincoln Highway has a special place in Kimball history. Now two crosswalks have been painted on Chestnut Street at the corner with 2nd Street to commemorate the highway's original route through town.

The Lincoln Highway was the first transcontinental highway across the United States. It officially opened in 1913, even though it wasn't completely paved until years later. Initially, it went through the downtown area of most of the towns it intersected, but it has since changed course slightly to the Highway 30 we know today.

Jessica Rocha began planning the crosswalk project while she was...