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Brighton was founded as a stage/railroad depot and farming community named Hughes. The Hughes, Colorado Territory, post office opened on April 13, 1871, [8] Colorado became a state on August 1, 1876, [9] and the Hughes post office was renamed Brighton on August 4, 1879.
The number 76 is a reverence to the then-forthcoming United States Bicentennial as well as 1876, the year Colorado was admitted as a state. [8] Nebraska renumbered its existing Nebraska Highway 76 (N-76) to N-53 as a result. [9] I-76 was conceived in August 1958. The Colorado portion was planned and built first.
Adams County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 519,572. [2] The county seat is Brighton, and the largest city is Thornton. [3] The county is named for Alva Adams, an early Governor of the State of Colorado in 1887–1889. [1]
Nebraska has 93 counties.They are listed below by name, FIPS code and license plate prefix. Nebraska's postal abbreviation is NE and its FIPS state code is 31.. When many counties were formed, the bills establishing them did not state the honoree's full name; thus the namesakes of several counties, including Brown, Deuel, Dixon, and possibly Harlan, are known only by their surnames.
The Adams County Courthouse in Brighton, Colorado, located at 22 S 4th Ave., was built in 1906, and housed the judicial functions of Adams County until the 1970s when the legislation moved out and the building became the Brighton City Hall.
East of Greeley, it turns eastward, flowing across the Colorado Eastern Plains, past Fort Morgan and Brush, where it turns northeastward. It continues past Sterling, and runs into Nebraska between Julesburg, Colorado, and Big Springs, Nebraska. In Nebraska, it passes south of Ogallala and joins the North Platte River near the city of North Platte.
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Widen US 385 to four lanes with median from L62A to Nebraska Highway 2 (NE 2) in Alliance, Nebraska Improve US 385 into a super-2 facility to include 12-foot (3.7 m) lanes, 10-foot (3.0 m) shoulders, auxiliary turn lanes, and passing lanes from NE 2 to US 20 in Chadron, Nebraska .