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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]
It enters the state from Wyoming just west of Henry. The eastern terminus of US-26 is in Ogallala at an interchange with Interstate 80 (I-80). The highway largely parallels the North Platte River for the majority of its route in Nebraska and as such, runs at a northwest–southeast angle.
Interstate 80 (I-80) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs from San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey.In Wyoming, the Interstate Highway runs 402.76 miles (648.18 km) from the Utah state line near Evanston east to the Nebraska state line in Pine Bluffs.
I-80 eastbound was open, but an advisory warned motorists of black ice conditions. An extreme blowover risk remained in effect on I-80 and U.S. 30/287 west of Laramie, which was closed to all ...
Eastbound I-80 will be closed — weather permitting — from 10 p.m. Wednesday, April 17 to 4 a.m. Thursday, April 18, between Grand Prairie Parkway and Jordan Creek Parkway, according to the ...
In Wyoming, I-80 reaches its maximum elevation of 8,640 feet (2,630 m) above sea level [4] at Sherman Summit, near Buford, which, at 8,000 feet (2,400 m), is the highest community on I-80. Farther west in Wyoming, the Interstate passes through the dry Red Desert and over the Continental Divide.
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.
US-20 at Wyoming border near Harrison: I-129/US-20/US-75 at Iowa border in South Sioux City: 1926: current Portion between the Wyoming state line and Valentine is known as the Bridges to Buttes Byway [3] US 26: 150.79: 242.67 US-26 at Wyoming border near Torrington, Wyoming: I-80/N-61 in Ogallala: 1926: current US 26N — — US-26 near Bayard