I-480/U.S. 6 West - Council Bluffs

West Broadway (old U.S. 6) previously transitioned into Interstate 480 beyond the retail strip west of 35th Street in Council Bluffs. The freeway beginning was rebuilt as an at-grade boulevard below I-29.

03/28/16

The former entrance ramp linking Avenue A west of N 35th Street with Interstate 480. This ramp was removed during the 2020-23 West Broadway Interchange project.

03/28/16

I-480 was unmarked at the entrance ramp from Avenue A westbound.

03/28/16

Interstate 480 began with two westbound lanes passing below flyover ramps and the I-29 mainline. This stretch of freeway was replaced with at-grade frontage streets.

03/28/16

The first shield for Interstate 480 west stood along the connection from West Broadway.

03/28/16

U.S. 6 joins the Gerald R. Ford Freeway from I-29 north.

06/18/15

Departing I-29 south for Interstate 480 west along the original at-grade ramp.

09/05/05

Confirming markers for I-480/U.S. 6 west that were posted ahead of old 41st Street underpass.

06/18/15

09/05/05

I-480/U.S. 6 ascend onto the Civil War General Grenville Dodge Memorial Bridge across the Missouri River. Carter Lake, Iowa lies north of the river along Abbott Drive via Exit 4.

06/18/15

Opened on November 1, 1966, the Grenville Dodge Memorial Bridge is a steel plate girder span.¹

06/18/15

Traffic partitions at the west end of the Missouri River Bridge with two lanes continuing along I-480 (Gerald R. Ford Freeway) and two taking U.S. 6 onto Dodge Street through Downtown Omaha.

06/18/15

Replaced sign bridge for the I-480/U.S. 6 westbound split at Exit 4.

09/05/05