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The plans for this road, named the Lincoln Highway, went through Omaha and across the entire state of Nebraska. On December 12, 1914, the first charter meeting of the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO) met in Washington, D.C. to form an association of state highway officials and draft a federal aid road bill. The bill ...
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 ...
Per state law in Nebraska, all communities with a population above 1000 residents are to be connected to the state highway system. Prior to the 1970s, short spur routes that were offshoots of main highways were given route numbers based on the main highway. The spurs were numbered sequentially from west to east or north to south and prefixed to ...
Highway 15 as it heads straight south through the rolling hills of northern Nebraska, June 2012. Nebraska Highway 15 begins at the Kansas border south of Fairbury. This southern terminus for NE 15 is also the northern terminus for K-15. It goes north through farmland towards Fairbury and crosses the Little Blue River.
Created in 1951, extended into Nebraska in 1960 over N-3; known as the Heritage Highway [3] US 138: 11.47: 18.46 US-138 at Colorado border north of Julesburg: US-30 north of Big Springs: 1926: current US 159: 13.86: 22.31 US-73/US-159 at Kansas state line South of Falls City: US-159 at Missouri state line on Missouri River in Rulo: 1934: current
According to 1937 and 1940 state maps, [3] [4] the first N-8 designation began in Omaha on Military Road (which was rerouted at least once in the Omaha area, according to the 1955 state map). [5] It then passed through Irvington and Elk City before terminating in Fremont. The original route designation largely disappeared from state maps by ...
The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) is the state government agency charged with building and maintaining the state highways in the U.S. state of Nebraska, as well as the state's airports. The main headquarters of the agency is located in Lincoln, the capital city. There are currently eight NDOT district offices located across the ...
Continuing east the highway crosses the Little Blue River before entering the city of Fairbury. Fairbury was the home of the Western Division headquarters of the Rock Island Railroad until 1965. The Rock Island Depot was constructed in 1913 at a cost of $40,000 (equivalent to $907,384 in 2023 [ 13 ] ) to accommodate increased passenger and ...