Interstate 680 (Iowa-Nebraska)

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Interstate 680
Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System
Length: 42.86 mi[1] (68.98 km)
West end: I-80 in Omaha, NE
Major
junctions:
US 6 in Omaha, NE
I-29 from Crescent, IA to Loveland, IA
East end: I-80 near Neola, IA

Interstate 680 (abbreviated I-680) in Nebraska and Iowa is the northern bypass freeway for the Omaha, Nebraska-Council Bluffs, Iowa metropolitan area. I-680 spans 42.86 miles from its western terminus in western Omaha to its eastern terminus near Neola, Iowa. For a 14-mile stretch, I-680 is co-signed with Interstate 29. Until 1973, the section in Iowa between the current eastern terminus and I-29 was designated as Interstate 80N.

I-680 in Omaha was originally designated I-280; maps from the early and mid-1960s showed I-280 in Omaha. Since this highway would extend into Iowa, and Iowa had another I-280 planned for the Quad Cities area, one of these I-280s would have to be renumbered. I-680 was designated as a result of these actions.

The interstate crosses the Missouri River between the two states via the Mormon Bridge.

[edit] Exit list

County Location Mile # Destinations Notes
I-680 begins.
Douglas Omaha 0.00 446 I-80Downtown Omaha, Lincoln Exit number uses numbering
0.72 1 W. Center Road Northbound exit has separate exit ramps for eastbound and westbound traffic; southbound exit also an exit for I Street, US 275 / N-92 (L Street) and Q Street
1.73 2 Pacific Street
2.91 3 US 6 (W. Dodge Road) – Downtown Omaha, Boys Town For westbound traffic, direct exit ramp to Old Mill, 114th Street, and 120th Street.
4.48 4 N-64 (Maple Street)
5.93 5 Fort Street
7.03 6 N-133Blair, Irvington Also known as Blair High Road
9.75 9 72nd Street
11.99 12 US 75 (48th Street) To N-36Fort Calhoun
12.94 13 L-28H (30th Street) To US 75 South – Eppley Airfield
I-680 enters Iowa via the Mormon Bridge
Pottawattamie 1 County Road
3A/61A CO G37Crescent 61A exit number uses numbering
3B I-29 South – Council Bluffs
East merges with North; I-680 now uses exit numbering
61B I-680 West – North Omaha
66 Honey Creek
71 I-680 East – Des Moines North exit only; concurrency of and ends; continues north towards Sioux City
Exit numbers now use numbering
13A I-29 North – Sioux City Westbound exit only; WEST and SOUTH lead to Council Bluffs and Omaha.
21 CO L34 – Beebeetown, Logan
28 IA 191 (North) / CO G8L (South) – Neola, Persia South terminus for
29A I-80 East – Des Moines
29B I-80 West – Council Bluffs
I-680 ends

[edit] See also

[edit] References

Browse numbered routes
< I-480 NE N-1 >
< I-480 IA IA 1 >
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