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The construction of Camp Clarke Bridge over the North Platte River in 1876, three miles west of modern-day Bridgeport also boosted its appeal. This allowed prospectors and freight to arrive via rail and continue north into the Black Hills with relative ease. [6] The bridge contained sixty-one wooden trusses and spanned nearly 2,000 feet (610 m).
[citation needed] Woodhead finished as Nebraska's Class A leading rusher, as well as Nebraska's Class A all-time leading rusher with 4,891 yards (2000–2003). [4] North Platte High's quarterback that year, Derek Enderle, also finished as the state's leading passer. [citation needed] This marked the first time in North Platte's history that the ...
University of Nebraska North Platte Experimental Station: US 83 south of North Platte: Lincoln: 1971: 2004 Now State Farm Road S-57A: 2.25: 3.62 US 83 / N-92 west of Gandy: Gandy Logan: 1971: current Former Spur 583 S-59A — — Business US 275 in Norfolk: Norfolk Regional Center Madison: 1971: 2001
Chadron also is the United States Forest Service headquarters of the Nebraska and Samuel R. McKelvie National Forests, and the Buffalo Gap, Fort Pierre, and Oglala National Grasslands. The Museum of the Fur Trade is located near Chadron, at the site of the American Fur Company's former Bordeaux Trading Post.
Construction of the stretch of I-80 spanning the state was completed on October 19, 1974. Nebraska was the first state in the nation to complete its mainline Interstate Highway System. [3] I-80 has over 80 exits in Nebraska; [4] according to The New York Times there are several notable tourist attractions along Nebraska's section of I-80. [5]
Nebraska Highway 97 begins to the north of North Platte branching off US 83. It heads to the northwest through prairies where it meets NE 92 east of Tryon. The highway runs concurrently with NE 92 to the west through Tryon, before splitting off and continuing northward. In Mullen, the highway intersects NE 2.
Dawes County lies on the north border of Nebraska. Its north boundary line abuts the south boundary line of the state of South Dakota.According to the US Census Bureau, the county has an area of 1,401 square miles (3,630 km 2), of which 1,396 square miles (3,620 km 2) is land and 4.6 square miles (12 km 2) (0.3%) is water.
At Grant, Highway 61 goes north and continues north until Interstate 80 at Ogallala. At I-80, an overlap with U.S. Highway 26 begins and they go north across the South Platte River and intersect U.S. Highway 30. [1] [3] Nebraska Highway 61, U.S. 26 and U.S. 30 then go west out of Ogallala, then Highway 61 and U.S. 26 turn north.