I-80 TO BE REBUILT THROUGH OMAHA; $860 MILLION PLAN OUTLINES FUTURE OF METRO AREA FREEWAYS

OMAHA - Interstate 80 through Omaha will be widened under a new state plan to plot the course for the metro area’s freeways.

The Nebraska Department of Transportation has completed a major study that outlines $860 million in changes over the next 25 years to Interstates 80, 480 and 680, the Kennedy Freeway, West Dodge Road and the West Dodge elevated expressway.

Most notably, it outlines plans to widen I-80 from four main lanes each way to six lanes through Omaha between I-480 and 680.

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