
ROCHELLE (WREX) - A ribbon cutting for the newly constructed Lincoln Highway Interpretive Gazebo was held Rochelle.
The gazebo is placed at the Rochelle Railroad Park, 124 N. 9th Street. It's one of 16 going up along the Lincoln Highway across Illinois.
The fourteen foot wide gazebo will provide visitors an opportunity to learn more about the history of the Lincoln Highway and the connection that Rochelle has to the Lincoln Highway through interpretive panels.
The Lincoln Highway was created in 1913 and stretched 3,400 miles from New York to San Francisco, becoming the first transcontinental highway in the United States.
"ILHC continues to come up with excellent ways to enhance the highway as a destination. The sixteen gazebos, peppered along the Lincoln Highway, give visitors another reason to stop in interesting places and garner more great information about the story of this historic road in Illinois", said Sue Vos, Chair ILHC Board and President of the Aurora Area Convention & Visitors Bureau.
For more information on the Illinois Lincoln Highway, places to see and things to do, as well as stories of the highway's significance and history, visit www.drivelincolnhighway.com
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