I-180 North / U.S. 34 West - Lincoln



14th Street runs along the west side of the Lincoln State Capitol grounds north to the campus of University of Nebraska - Lincoln (UNL).
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U.S. 34 (O Street) west at 11th Street. Standing on the southwest corner is the Gold's Building. Built in the 1920s, the south side of the complex was razed in 2023 to make way for a high rise mixed-used development under construction from 2024 to 2026. Renovation work converted the remaining portion of the building into the Hampton Inn hotel.1
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O Street continues west onto a viaduct spanning the BNSF Railroad ahead of 8th Street. U.S. 6 overtakes O Street west from Sun Valley Boulevard to U.S. 77 (Homestead Expressway).
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Expanding to four lanes, U.S. 34 westbound follows N 10th Street two blocks to the beginning of Interstate 180 north.
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A pedestrian bridge crosses N 10th Street from the Market Place parking Garage beyond the signal at P Street.
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U.S. 34 separates from N 10th Street with two lanes onto Interstate 180 north. N 10th Street parallels the freeway north to the Memorial Stadium parking lots.
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I-180/U.S. 34 elevate onto a viaduct system north from R Street to the BNSF Railroad tracks by N 8th Street.
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The first exit along I-180/U.S. 34 north joins the freeway with Cornhusker Highway between the West Lincoln and Belmont neighborhoods.
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U.S. 6 (Sun Valley Boulevard) spans I-180/U.S. 34 ahead of the six-ramp parclo interchange (Exit 2) with Cornhusker Highway.
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Cornhusker Highway stems west from U.S. 6 at N 11th Street to become NW 12th Street at the exchange (Exit 399) with I-80/U.S. 77.
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U.S. 6 follows Cornhusker Highway through northeast Lincoln. The green out at Exit 2 covers State Fair Park.
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A loop ramp joins Cornhusker Highway west. NW 12th Street from Cornhusker Highway to W Adams Street leads to the passenger terminal at Lincoln Airport (LNK).
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A diamond interchange (Exit 2) links I-180/U.S. 34 with Superior Street a half mile north of Adams Street.
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Superior Street heads east by the Belmont neighborhood to U.S. 6 (Cornhusker Highway). Curving northwest from Exit 1, Superior Street becomes NW 1st Street to the Highlands community.
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U.S. 77 overlaps with Interstate 80 for 7.78 miles as part of a bypass of Lincoln. The route is omitted from guide signs at Exit 401.
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U.S. 77 branches north from I-80 at L-55K (S 56th Street) to Wahoo and Fremont. U.S. 77 south follows the Heartland Expressway toward Beatrice.
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Interstate 80 travels 51.5 miles northeast from I-180/U.S. 34 to I-480/U.S. 75 (Kennedy Freeway) south of Downtown Omaha.
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Provisions were built into the ramp linking I-180/U.S. 34 north with I-80 eastbound for the addition of a collector distributor roadway.
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The succeeding exit along I-80/U.S. 77 west is for Adams Street to Lincoln Airport (LNK). Beyond Lincoln, Interstate 80 heads toward York, Grand Island and Kearney.
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The freeway along U.S. 34 extends a short distance beyond milepost zero for Interstate 180 to Fletcher Avenue.
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References:
- "Gold's Building demolition adds to downtown development." KOLN (Lincoln, NE), March 13, 2023.
Photo Credits:
- Alex Nitzman: 03/29/16
- Brent Ivy: 02/22/20
- Peter Johnson: 06/21/20
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Page Updated Wednesday February 28, 2024.