U.S. 30
U.S. 30 travels 452.10 miles across the width of Nebraska from the Wyoming state line at Pine Bluffs to the Blair Bridge spanning the Missouri River from Blair into Iowa. U.S. 30 parallels the Interstate 80 corridor east from the Equality State to Sidney, Ogallala, North Platte, Lexington and Grand Island. The rest of the highway in the Cornhusker State travels well north of I-80 to Columbus, Fremont and Blair.
Nationally, U.S. 30 runs from U.S. 101 in Astoria, Oregon, east to Atlantic Avenue in Atlantic City, New Jersey. U.S. 30 is the only true transcontinental U.S. route left, as all the others (6, 10, 40, 50, 60, 70 and 80) have been retracted (mostly out of California) and U.S. 20 has a gap through Yellowstone National Park.
East
Confirming marker for U.S. 30 posted east of N-19 south in Cheyenne County. N-19 and U.S. 30 were formerly part of Business Loop I-80 leading to the city of Sidney.
06/23/12
U.S. 30 (Lincoln Highway) runs east alongside a Union Pacific Railroad line to the Sidney city limits.
06/23/12
U.S. 30 shifts south at the Cheyenne County Fairgrounds into Sidney.
06/23/12
U.S. 30 lines Illinois Street across the Sidney business district.
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Illinois Street east at 13th Avenue in Downtown Sidney.
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Illinois Street east ahead of 11th Avenue in Downtown Sidney.
06/23/12
10th Avenue heads south from U.S. 30 to Sidney Legion Park and 11th Avenue.
06/23/12
U.S. 30 turns north at Link 17J and combines with U.S. 385 nearby.
06/23/12
Link 17J comprises a four lane highway south 2.43 miles to Interstate 80 at Exit 59.
06/23/12
Business Loop I-80 at Sidney returned to I-80 south alongside L-17J.
06/23/12
U.S. 30 east meets the east end of U.S. 138 at Road 207 and Big Springs Junction in rural Deuel County. The initial guide sign erroneously references U.S. 138 as N-138.
04/22/17
Big Springs lies 1.6 miles to the south along U.S. 138. Founded in 1884, the village was incorporated in 1917.
04/22/17
U.S. 138 travels 11.47 miles southwest into Colorado en route to Julesburg. The highway overall travels to U.S. 6 in Sterling, Colorado.
04/22/17
Originally U.S. 30 east converged with U.S. 138 at a wye intersection. Road 207 provided a cutoff to U.S. 138 west. Grading and a section of abandoned roadway for Road 207 remains nearby.
09/05/05
The historic Oregon Trail and California Trail passed through Big Springs and continued east along the route of U.S. 30 from U.S. 138.
04/22/17
U.S. 30 bee lines 9.2 miles east from Big Springs Junction into the village of Brule. Ogallala follows further downstream along the South Platte River.
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Paralleling the freeway to the north, U.S. 30 is an Alternate Route for Interstate 80.
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West
U.S. 30 enters Deuel County 0.7 miles west ahead of U.S. 138 at Big Springs Junction.
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U.S. 138 heads south into the village of Big Springs, where L-25B connects the highway with Interstate 80 across the South Platte River.
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Road 207 extends 10.1 miles north from U.S. 30/138 to U.S. 26 near Dankworth Canyon. U.S. 26 heads north to the village of Lewellen.
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West from Big Springs, U.S. 138 parallels the South Platte River to Julesburg, Sedgwick and Sterling, Colorado.
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The bulk of the 11.47 miles of U.S. 138 in Nebraska was superseded by Interstate 80 and I-76.
09/05/05
Confirming marker for U.S. 30 by the former alignment of Road 207 west of U.S. 138.
04/22/17
U.S. 30 west lowers into Trailer House Gulch beyond Big Springs Junction.
09/05/05
U.S. 30 combines with U.S. 385 north in 20.8 miles at the Deuel County seat of Chappell.
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Photo Credits:
- Andy Field: 06/23/12
- ABRoads: 04/22/17
- AARoads: 09/05/05, 04/22/17
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