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zachary_amaryllis:
--- Quote from: triplemultiplex on November 30, 2022, 12:33:06 PM ---Just like to say good job Nebraska on the new configuration of the I-80/I-76 junction. Very smooth. First time thru since it's been done and I approve.
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Haven't been through the new one. Google Earth shows it from the air, (or the other way around, can't recall) but if you go to the street view you get the old configuration.
Without looking at actual numbers, I'd almost guess more traffic goes to Denver than to Cheyenne there, which might have been why the original configuration sort of 'defaulted' you onto 76. Looks like they fixed the short part of 80 EB that actually went to one lane for a second, before rejoining ... itself. Also noticed that the exit is now signed "Exit 3" on 76, instead of 102 like it used to be.
Does look pretty spiffy, though. Agree on "good job".
Stephane Dumas:
--- Quote from: zachary_amaryllis on December 04, 2022, 06:36:36 AM ---
Without looking at actual numbers, I'd almost guess more traffic goes to Denver than to Cheyenne there, which might have been why the original configuration sort of 'defaulted' you onto 76. Looks like they fixed the short part of 80 EB that actually went to one lane for a second, before rejoining ... itself. Also noticed that the exit is now signed "Exit 3" on 76, instead of 102 like it used to be.
Does look pretty spiffy, though. Agree on "good job".
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I could be interesting to see the traffic numbers in the previous decades and these photos showing I-76 eastern end are now historic. https://www.interstate-guide.com/i-076-west/
It would be fun to find older historic photos back when I-76 was known as I-80S.
zachary_amaryllis:
--- Quote from: Stephane Dumas on December 04, 2022, 05:42:57 PM ---
--- Quote from: zachary_amaryllis on December 04, 2022, 06:36:36 AM ---
Without looking at actual numbers, I'd almost guess more traffic goes to Denver than to Cheyenne there, which might have been why the original configuration sort of 'defaulted' you onto 76. Looks like they fixed the short part of 80 EB that actually went to one lane for a second, before rejoining ... itself. Also noticed that the exit is now signed "Exit 3" on 76, instead of 102 like it used to be.
Does look pretty spiffy, though. Agree on "good job".
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I could be interesting to see the traffic numbers in the previous decades and these photos showing I-76 eastern end are now historic. https://www.interstate-guide.com/i-076-west/
It would be fun to find older historic photos back when I-76 was known as I-80S.
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I have very, very faint memories of that from being a kid. It was a common route when we took road trips - CO 14 east to 80s at Sterling, then NE into, .. well, NE. Really liked the old Denver area pictures - the old button copy, the 76/36 sign from back in the day. The ramp from SB 25 to EB 76 was this like 20mph thing.
mvak36:
https://nebraska.tv/amp/news/local/ndot-announces-opening-of-lincoln-south-beltway-highway-2-four-lane-freeway-construction-2024-road-closures-nebraska-parkway
It’s open!!!
mvak36:
https://www.wowt.com/2023/02/15/new-i-80-access-point-planning-process-western-sarpy-county/
--- Quote ---OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - For several years, the Metropolitan Area Planning Agency (MAPA) has been studying western Sarpy County, looking for the best place to add a new access point for Interstate 80.
“The two options are really right around 192nd Street and the interstate and 168th Street and the interstate,” says Mike Helgerson, the Executive Director at MAPA.
Helgerson says a major factor in the project is the continued growth of Sarpy County.
“When you think about the rise of things like warehousing and distribution in the Omaha metro area and the way that the growth of that industry in the western Sarpy County area has really taken off in the last few years, you project that out ten years and there’s going to be a lot of new enterprises, new residents, rooftops out in this corridor.”
Right now, the major access points to I-80 in the area are Highway 370 and Highway 31.
The MAPA study shows that a new interchange between the two will help with traffic congestion, future development, and regional freight traffic.
“We did evaluate just making improvements to those interchanges at Highway 370 and Highway 31 and whether or not improvements at those locations would manage and satisfy the traffic volume we’re anticipating in the future, and we were really able to say that no those wouldn’t,” Helgerson adds.
The study has been submitted to the Nebraska Department of Transportation and Nebraska’s Highway Administration. Once approved, the preliminary engineering and design phase, along with environmental decision making will be drawn up.
However, before they start digging, they also need federal approval.
All in all, the project could take up to 10 years.
“We’re hoping to accelerate this project and implement this project as quickly as possible so we don’t have this messy part where all this growth is happening and there isn’t this new access and interchanges that we have out there today are more strained than we even see presently.”
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