Today we're taking a look back at one of the most famous roads in the U.S., the Lincoln Highway. Or, as most Pennsylvanians know it, Route 30. | PennLive.com

Bestselling author Amor Towles has written a new novel about a road trip down a mostly forgotten roadway: The Lincoln Highway. He talked to Claire Nichols about the writers who have inspired him, including Faulkner and Steinbeck, and what makes the road such a perfect metaphor. | ABC Arts