Omaha, Nebraska, has a $633,000 plan to enhance a 3.6 mile brick section of the old Lincoln Highway between 183rd and 192nd streets. This will also include a three-fourths mile paved trail south of the road and informational kiosks.
Several years ago, this stretch of road was redone with original 1920 bricks and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
I've been through Omaha within the last several years on the Lincoln Highway and don't remember seeing a stretch of brick roadway, other than one out by Elkhorn, to the west.
Always Glad to See a Town Pushing Its Heritage. --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
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Hi, Road Dog, As to the brick stretch of the historic LH out west of Omaha, it IS the one you've seen out west, closer to the former Elkhorn, NE. (Elkhorn has been annexed by Omaha.) "Two and a half miles west of Boy's Town, the route turns right at the Lincoln Highway sign at North 183 Street."
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Highway_(Omaha)
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