U.S. Route 30 in Nebraska

Infobox road
state=NE
type=US
route=30
alternate_name=Lincoln Highway Scenic and Historic Byway


length_mi=451.72
length_round=2
length_ref= [ [http://www.nebraskatransportation.org/docs/logbook.pdf Nebraska Highway Reference Log Book] ]
established=1926 [ [http://nebraskaroads.com/roads/usroutes/6-38.html#30 Nebraska Roads: US 6-38] ]
direction_a=West
terminus_a=Jct|state=WY|US|30 at Wyoming state line
junction=Jct|state=NE|NE|71 in Kimball
Jct|state=NE|US|385 in Sidney
Jct|state=NE|US|26 in Ogallala
Jct|state=NE|US|83 in North Platte
Jct|state=NE|US|281 in Grand Island
Jct|state=NE|US|81 in Columbus
Jct|state=NE|US|77 in Fremont
Jct|state=NE|US|75 in Blair
direction_b=East
terminus_b=Jct|state=IA|US|30 at Iowa state line
cities=Kimball, Sidney, Ogallala, North Platte, Lexington, Kearney, Grand Island, Columbus, Schuyler, Fremont, Blair
previous_type=NE
previous_route=29
next_type=NE
next_route=31In the U.S. state of Nebraska, U.S. Highway 30 is a highway which goes between the Wyoming border west of Bushnell to the Iowa border east of Blair. Much of the highway in Nebraska is a former route of the Lincoln Highway and has been given the designation of Lincoln Highway Scenic and Historic Byway by the state of Nebraska. From the Wyoming border to Grand Island, U.S. 30 has been replaced by Interstate 80 as a high-speed corridor and mostly serves local traffic. On this portion of the highway, U.S. 30 is continuously north of Interstate 80. East of Grand Island, U.S. 30 veers northeast away from I-80 and serves the cities of Columbus, Fremont and Blair. Much of the route lies on an alignment next to the South Platte and Platte Rivers.

Route description

U.S. Highway 30 enters Nebraska just east of Pine Bluffs, Wyoming. It shares the first mile in Nebraska with Business Loop 80. After passing through Bushnell, it enters Kimball, where it meets Nebraska Highway 71. It then continues east through Dix and Potter before meeting Nebraska Highway 19 west of Sidney. It then passes through Sidney concurrent with Business Loop 80. At the east end of Sidney, it meets U.S. Highway 385, and it remains concurrent with that highway through Lodgepole to Chappell. U.S. 30 then runs straight east towards Ogallala, briefly running concurrent with Nebraska Highway 27, intersecting U.S. Highway 138 north of Big Springs, and passing through Brule. After Brule, the highway is closely paralleled by the South Platte River to the south. East of Ogallala, U.S. 30 passes through Paxton before meeting Nebraska Highway 25 in Sutherland. After going through Hershey, it enters North Platte, where it meets 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.

After leaving North Platte, U.S. 30 turns in a southeasterly direction on an alignment north of the Platte River. It passes through Maxwell and Brady before entering Gothenburg, where it meets Nebraska Highway 47. It continues southeast into Cozad, where it meets Nebraska Highway 21. U.S. 30 and Highway 21 run concurrent into Lexington, where Highway 21 separates and U.S. 30 meets the north end of U.S. Highway 283. U.S. 30 continues southeast through Odessa and meets 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 Nebraska Highway 10, and Highway 10 goes northeast out of Kearney with U.S. 30, leaving before entering 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.

In Grand Island, U.S. Highway 30 intersects U.S. Highway 281 and Nebraska Highway 2 on the west side of Grand Island. It goes through downtown Grand Island on a pair of one way streets, then goes northeast towards Columbus through Chapman before entering Central City. In Central City, U.S. 30 intersects Nebraska Highway 14. The highway continues northeast towards Clarks, but meets Nebraska Highway 92 southwest of Clarks. After Clarks, U.S. 30 meets Nebraska Highway 39 in Silver Creek. After going through Duncan, U.S. 30 turns east and 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.

U.S. 30 east of Columbus is a divided highway. It goes east through Richland before changing into a freeway in the Schuyler area. North of Schuyler, U.S. 30 has an interchange with Nebraska Highway 15. U.S. 30 then becomes a two-lane highway east of Schuyler through Rogers and meets Nebraska Highway 79 in North Bend. It continues east and becomes a divided highway in the Fremont area, serving as the Fremont bypass. North of Fremont, U.S. 30 intersects U.S. Highway 77 and U.S. Highway 275, with U.S. 275 running concurrent around Fremont with U.S. 30. East of Fremont, U.S. 30 continues east again, passing through Arlington before meeting Nebraska Highway 31. U.S. 30 turns northeast, meeting Nebraska Highway 133 in a roundabout southwest of Blair. In Blair, U.S. 30 then meets Nebraska Highway 91 and U.S. Highway 75, which runs concurrent with U.S. 30 in Blair. U.S. 30 then leaves Blair, and then leaves Nebraska to enter Iowa via the Abraham Lincoln Bridge.

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 Missouri Valley, Iowa, US 30S was created to replace the old US 30 between Fremont and Omaha. That route was decommissioned when US 275 was extended northwest from Council Bluffs, Iowa. Part of that route is today's Nebraska Highway 64. Later on, 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.

ee also

*U.S. Route 30
*Interstate 80 in Nebraska

References

External links

* [http://www.dm.net/~chris-g/ne1-30.html#US-30 The Nebraska Highways Page: Highways 1 to 30]