FreightWaves Classics: First Transcontinental Motor Convoy crosses Nebraska

One of many mishaps along the route of the convoy. (Photo: Lincoln Highway Association)

Background

In an earlier FreightWaves Classics article, information about the U.S. Army’s First Transcontinental Motor Convoy was provided, and then-U.S. Army Lt. Col. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s participation was highlighted. 

Lt. Col. Dwight D. Eisenhower posed for a photograph during the convoy. (Photo: National Archives)Lt. Col. Dwight D. Eisenhower posed for a photograph during the convoy. (Photo: National Archives)

Decades later, the U.S. Interstate Highway System would be named the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways because of his advocacy for the...

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