Douglas County, Nebraska


The Lincoln Highway is perhaps the most famous of the transcontinental named highways in the United States. Before the bridge over the Missouri River was built at Blair, north of Omaha, the Lincoln highway (now U. S. 30) took a significant dogleg turn south to cross the river at Omaha. It followed Dodge Street westward out of Omaha for a few miles before turning back north at this location. Today, Route 6 follows Dodge Street and Dodge Road westward out of Omaha. (July 1998 photo)
Just west of a Mutual of Omaha office building on Dodge ST, we found the only Route 6 sign on its entire route to retain a state identifier. Modern signs across the country have shed state names. (July 1998 photo)


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