List of streets in Omaha, Nebraska
This is a list of streets in Omaha, Nebraska. Founded in 1865, today Omaha's population is over 400,000, making it the nation's 40th-largest city in the United States. There are more than 1.2 million residents within a 50-mile (80-km) radius of the city's center, forming the Greater Omaha area. Streets are used primarily for automobile traffic, including public buses. An increasing number of bike lanes are being dedicated on streets throughout the city, as well.[1]
History
The original 1865 plat of the city contained 22 streets.[2] In 1880 only a quarter mile of Omaha's estimated 118 miles (190 km) of streets were paved. In 1883 Andrew Rosewater, brother of newspaper owner Edward Rosewater, became city engineer and began an ambitious project to modernize city streets. By 1886 the city had 44 miles (71 km) of paved streets, including asphaltum, Colorado sandstone, Sioux Falls granite and wooden blocks.[3]
In 1889 Horace W.S. Cleveland proposed that the city of Omaha develop a series of "broad ornamental avenues, known as boulevards or parkways" designed "with a tasteful arrangement of trees and shrubbery at the sides and in the center", similar to the comprehensive plans of European cities in the mid-19th century. His plan was accepted by the city's Parks Commission, resulting in the construction of Omaha's Prettiest Mile Boulevard in 1892, and dozens of other boulevards in the through to the present.[4] Today, Fontenelle and Lincoln boulevards are among the many remnants of the early plan; Sorenson Parkway is a modern version of the historical plan. Saddle Creek Boulevard, currently known as Saddle Creek Road, which was originally the westernmost boulevard in the system.[5]
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See also
References
External links
- City of Omaha Planning Department. (1992) Omaha's Historic Park and Boulevard System.
Major streets in Omaha
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Fort · Ames · Maple · Blondo · Cuming
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South of Dodge Street
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Douglas · Farnam · Leavenworth · Pacific · Woolworth · Center · Martha · Vinton · L · Q · Harrison
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East of 72nd Street
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West of 72nd Street
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84th Street · 90th Street · 120th Street · 136th Street · 144th Street · 168th Street
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Midtown |
Hanscom Boulevard · Happy Hollow Boulevard
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North |
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South |
Deer Park Boulevard · Gifford Drive · Hoctor Boulevard · Riverview Boulevard · Spring Lake Drive · Turner Boulevard · JE George Boulevard · Hoctor Boulevard
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West |
HWS Cleveland Boulevard · John Galt Boulevard · Park View Boulevard · North Oaks Boulevard
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