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Travelers can dial 511, a three-digit telephone number, on landlines and most mobile phones. The number has also extended to be the default name of many state and provincial transportation department road conditions Web sites, such as Wisconsin's site. [1] It is an example of an N11 code, part of the North American Numbering Plan.
Every significant section of roadway maintained by the state is assigned a number, officially State Highway No. X [2] but also commonly referred to as Nebraska Highway X, as well as N-X. State highways are signed with a white trapezoidal field on a black background with the state, route number and oxen pulled covered wagon displayed in black ...
A traffic camera is a video camera which observes vehicular traffic on a road. Typically, traffic cameras are put along major roads such as highways, freeways, expressways and arterial roads, and are connected by optical fibers buried alongside or under the road, with electricity provided either by mains power in urban areas, by solar panels or other alternative power sources which provide ...
In addition to the road condition reports, the 511 system allows drivers to look at the state’s traffic camera system and report accidents. You can find the 511 website online and find the app ...
The department's first Interstate project was a 6.4-mile (10.3 km) section of I-80 near Gretna that began in June 1957 and opened to traffic in November 1959, ushering in the era of Interstate Highway travel in Nebraska.
Construction of the stretch of I-80 spanning the state was completed on October 19, 1974. Nebraska was the first state in the nation to complete its mainline Interstate Highway System. [3] I-80 has over 80 exits in Nebraska; [4] according to The New York Times there are several notable tourist attractions along Nebraska's section of I-80. [5]
At Haigler, it meets Nebraska Highway 27, which connects with K-27 in Kansas. It continues east to Benkelman, where it intersects and overlaps with Nebraska Highway 61 and briefly turns north. After leaving Benkelman, the overlap ends, and U.S. 34 continues northeast through Max and Stratton before meeting Nebraska Highway 25 in Trenton.
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