Vertical image of the Lincoln Monument is a bust of Abraham Lincoln by Robert Russin, 12 1â„2 feet 3.8 m high and resting on a 30-foot-tall 9.1 m granite pedestal,[1] at the Summit Rest Area on Interstate 80 east of Laramie, Wyoming. Russin originally erected the sculpture in 1959 nearby on Sherman Hill, overlooking the old U.S. Highway 30 Lincoln Highway.[2] In 1969, after Interstate 80 wa