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Travelers can dial 511, a three-digit telephone number, on landlines and most mobile phones. The number has also extended to be the default name of many state and provincial transportation department road conditions Web sites, such as Wisconsin's site. [1] It is an example of an N11 code, part of the North American Numbering Plan.
The wintry mix will begin in Omaha, Nebraska, later on Friday and expand quickly to the northeast Friday night, along the Interstate 80, 90, 94 and 35 corridors, reaching Des Moines, Iowa ...
In 1860, a project to build a 190-mile-long (310 km) road from Nebraska City to Fort Kearney was initiated by the Nebraska City community and Otoe County Commissioners in what became one of the most traveled roads in the west as part of the Denver Trail. In 1879, the Nebraska Legislature passed a law providing all section lines become public roads.
It shares the first mile (1.6 km) in Nebraska with I-80 Business (I-80 Bus.). After passing through Bushnell, it enters Kimball , where it meets Old Highway 71 near the center of town. On the east side of Kimball, US 30 passes beneath the new Nebraska Highway 71 (N-71) bypass with access provided via Connecting Link 53E .
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]
In 1955, the Nebraska Legislature passed a law requiring all incorporated communities with a population over 100 to be included in the state highway system. The original numbering system required placing a single digit in front of the highway number it was connecting with.
In the U.S. state of Nebraska, the Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) maintains a system of state highways.Every significant section of roadway maintained by the state is assigned a number, officially State Highway No. X [2] but also commonly referred to as Nebraska Highway X, as well as N-X.
After the system was created in 1956, the state department of roads began construction on its Interstates immediately and upon completion of I-80 in 1964 was the first state to complete its mainline Interstate. [3] With the completion of Interstate 129 in 1977, Nebraska completed its contribution to the Interstate Highway System. [4]