Work involving the West Dodge Road project in Omaha enters the final stages... At stake is the upgrading of U.S. 6 (West Dodge Road) to a full freeway from Interstate 680 west to 132nd Street in west Omaha by replacing the surface expressway alignment with a pair of three-lane viaducts above and parallel to the original roadway. Before construction, West Dodge Road existed as a six-lane expressway complete with east [...]
A while back there was an interesting story http://www.hoosiergazette.com/News/Nov2004/news003.htm in the Hoosier Gazette about a congressman in Indiana who was convinced by religious leaders to change the number of I-69 to something more "moral sounding". The story noted that the congressman wanted to change the number to I-63 past Indianapolis. The article was fictitious satire, but I'm in a mood for a new interstate number. I-69's extension is sometimes called [...]
