U.S. Route 30 in Nebraska

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This article is about the section of U.S. Route 30 in Nebraska. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 30.

U.S. Highway 30 marker

U.S. Highway 30

Map
US 30 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NDOT
Length451.74 mi[1] (727.01 km)
Existed1926[2]–present
Tourist
routes		 Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway
Major junctions
West end US 30 at Wyoming state line
Major intersections
East end US 30 at Iowa state line
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNebraska
CountiesKimball, Cheyenne, Deuel, Keith, Lincoln, Dawson, Buffalo, Hall, Merrick, Platte, Colfax, Dodge, Washington
Highway system
← N-29→ N-31

U.S. Highway 30 (US 30) is part of the

Transcontinental Railroad.[3] The landscape is dominated by vast agricultural fields within the fertile Platte River valley across the center of the state, while the western portion passes through higher plains and the eastern portion through the rolling hills adjacent to the Missouri River valley.[4]

While US 30 has been mostly superseded by I-80 for long-haul travel across the state, it has been a major thoroughfare across Nebraska since the early twentieth century, most notably as a central portion of the historic

San Francisco, California that passed through Nebraska along the corridor that became US 30 once the route designations of the federal highway system were assigned in 1926. To showcase the historic importance of this early route across the state, the entire length of US 30 across Nebraska has been designated as the Lincoln Highway Scenic and Historic Byway, one of nine scenic byways designated by the Nebraska Department of Roads throughout the state.[5]

Route description

U.S. Highway 30 enters Nebraska just east of

U.S. Highway 83. It then crosses over the North Platte River above where the North and South Platte Rivers meet to form the Platte River.[1][6]

After leaving North Platte, U.S. 30 turns in a southeasterly direction on an alignment north of the Platte River. It passes through

U.S. Highway 183 at Elm Creek. The highway turns east there and passes through Odessa before entering Kearney. In Kearney, U.S. 30 meets Nebraska Highway 44, and east of the city passes under the new East Kearney Bypass which is the new alignment of Nebraska Highway 10. From there it continues on to Gibbon. U.S. 30 passes through Gibbon, Shelton, Wood River (where it meets Nebraska Highway 11) and Alda before entering Grand Island, all of these on an alignment which generally goes northeasterly.[1][6]

In Grand Island, U.S. Highway 30 intersects

U.S. Highway 81 south of Columbus. The highway turns north with U.S. 81 to go into Columbus on a divided highway. They separate in Columbus and U.S. 30 turns east.[1][6]

U.S. 30 east of Columbus is a divided highway. It goes east through

U.S. Highway 75, which runs concurrently with U.S. 30 in Blair. U.S. 30 then leaves Blair, and then leaves Nebraska to enter Iowa via the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Bridge.[1][6]

History

There were two previous alternate routes of US 30 in Nebraska. U.S. Route 30S was the original route of US 30 in Nebraska. When US 30 was realigned to go between Fremont and

US 275 was extended northwest from Council Bluffs, Iowa. Part of that route is today's Nebraska Highway 64
. Later, U.S. Route 30A was created, which followed today's Nebraska Highway 92 east from Clarks to Omaha. Both of these alternate routes went into Iowa at Omaha.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
I-80 BL west / Lincoln Highway
Continuation into Pine Bluffs, Wyoming
0.400.64
L-53B south to I-80
9.0714.60
L-53C south to I-80
L-53E to I-80 / N-71
L-53A south (Spruce Street) to I-80
L-17B south to I-80
L-17C south to I-80
Access to Road 17A – Industrial Park
Sidney 4–Sidney 2 precinct line55.5689.42

 N-19 south to I-80
L-17J south to I-80
Serves Sidney Municipal Airport and Sidney Regional Medical Center
60.3897.17
 US 385 north – Bridgeport		Western end of US 385 overlap
L-17E south to I-80
L-17F south to I-80
DeuelChappell86.12138.60

 US 385 south (Babcock Avenue) to I-80		Eastern end of US 385 overlap
Swan Precinct92.85149.43
 N-27 north – Oshkosh		Western end of N-27 overlap
94.84152.63

 N-27 south to I-80 – Julesburg		Eastern end of N-27 overlap
US 138 west to I-80 – Big Springs
L-51A south to I-80
Brule Precinct123.82199.27

 US 26 west / N-61 north		Western end of US 26/N-61 overlap
Ogallala125.81202.47


 East A Street / US 26 east / N-61 south to I-80		Eastern end of US 26/N-61 overlap; East A St. serves Ogallala Community Hospital
L-51B south to I-80
L-51C south to I-80
LincolnSutherland Precinct156.52251.89

 N-25 south to I-80 – Wallace
L-56C south to I-80
R-56E east)
Access to Buffalo Bill Ranch
US 83 (Jeffers Street) to I-80 – Downtown
Serves Great Plains Health
179.00288.07
L-56G south to I-80
S-56A south (Pine Street) to I-80 – Fort McPherson National Cemetery
L-56D south to I-80
L-24D) to I-80 / N-47
Cozad222.91358.74

 N-21 south (F Street) to I-80		Western end of N-21 overlap
L-24A south to I-80
 – Darr Bridge
US 283
south		Eastern end of N-21 overlap; access to Adams Street
236.94–
237.09		381.32–
381.56
US 283 south (Grant Street) to I-80
Northern terminus of US 283
L-24B south to I-80
US 183
Odessa262.95423.18

 L-10B south (Odessa Road) to I-80 – Odessa
Kearney272.01437.76
 2nd Avenue to I-80		Former N-44 south; former N-10 north
275.08442.70
L-10F to N-10 / I-80
Precinct 22–Precinct 29 line
 Keystone Road to I-80		Former N-10 south
L-10C south (Center Street) to I-80
 – Business District
L-10D south (Shelton Road) to I-80
L-40G north (Cottonwood Street) to N-11
L-40C south to I-80
US 281 south / N-2 east to I-80 – Hastings, St. Paul
Interchange
MerrickCentral City336.72541.90 N-14 (17th Avenue)
L-61D
; N-92 east is former US 30A
Silver Creek358.95577.67 N-39
US 81 south – York
Western end of US 81 overlap
Loup River377.73607.90Concrete bridge {eastbound}
Columbus Loup River Bridge (westbound)
US 30 Alt. east (23rd Street west)
Eastern end of US 81 overlap; western terminus of US 30 Alt.; serves Columbus Community Hospital
US 81
north		Eastern terminus of US 30 Alt.; serves Columbus Community Hospital
ColfaxSchuyler Precinct393.27632.91County Road 9 – SchuylerInterchange
Schuyler395.37636.29 N-15 (Road 11) – SchuylerInterchange
DodgeCotterell Township410.00659.83 N-79
US 275 west – Norfolk, South Sioux City
Interchange; western end of US 77/US 275 overlap
429.20690.73
US 275 east / US 77
south (West Dodge Expressway)		Interchange, eastern end of US 275/US 77 overlap
Elkhorn
S-89A north – Kennard
Blair447.48720.15
 N-133 south		Roundabout
449.26723.01
Lewis and Clark Trail north (Nineteenth Street north) / N-91
west (Washington Street west)		Western end of US 75/LCT overlap
449.77723.83
Lewis and Clark Trail
south		Eastern end of US 75/LCT overlap
Missouri River451.74727.01Blair Bridge; Nebraska–Iowa line
Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway – Missouri Valley
Continuation into Iowa
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Nebraska Highway Reference Log Book" (PDF). Nebraska Department of Roads. 2015. pp. 94–107. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2017. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  2. ^ "US 6-38". Nebraska Roads. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  3. ^ Nebraska State Historical Society; Nebraska Department of Roads (August 2002). "Nebraska Historic Highway Survey" (PDF). Nebraska Department of Roads. p. 49. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  4. ^ Topographic Regions Map (Map). University of Nebraska–Lincoln. 1973.
  5. ^ Nebraska Department of Roads (January 2012). Nebraska Scenic Byways (PDF) (Map). Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  6. ^ a b c d Google (2010-11-17). "overview of U.S. Route 30 in Nebraska" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2010-11-17.

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