West Dodge Elkhorn to Waterloo

eomaha · Post by **eomaha** » Sat May 28, 2005 3:19 pm

Someone was asking about West Dodge Road work further west...

Elkhorn exit/Highway 6S interchange (looking west)

Skyline exit

Riverside exit

West Dodge/Highway 275 interchange bridges

redfield · Post by **redfield** » Sun May 29, 2005 2:51 pm

I think the West Dodge work is awesome. If work like this had been done to L street, Q street, or harrison back around when Oakview was built, before SW Omaha exploded, it wouldn't be nearly the traffic mess it is today. The west dodge cooridoor will explode in the wake of Village Pointe, and for once, the roads will be ready before the development.

A stoplight-free drive from 90th and Dodge to Elkhorn. Kudos to the city planners and administration.

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Sun May 29, 2005 4:15 pm

90th and Dodge to Elkhorn? Try 90th to Fremont.

Barring congestion at 114th and Dodge, I can make the trip from the Old Market to Fremont (yeah, that will be my commute soon) in just under 45 minutes right now. I can't wait to see how much |expletive| I can haul when the construction is done on Dodge and the last stoplight I hit is at about 28th and Jones.

-Big E

DTO Luv · Post by **DTO Luv** » Mon May 30, 2005 3:30 am

That looks pretty nice. I never make it to much west anymore but that looks nice. I wish more streets out west were like that.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Mon May 30, 2005 3:56 am

DTO Luv wrote:I wish more streets out west were like that.

Like 370?

Highway 370 headache won't get quick relief

I live in La Vista. If I have a meeting in Elkhorn I actually drive 370 to Gretna and then take 31 north. If I went W Center I always hit 7 lights - never fails.

DTO Luv · Post by **DTO Luv** » Mon May 30, 2005 4:02 am

I was actuall going to say something about that. I'm surprised it wasn't it's own thread. They should just save the money and make 370 all like and an expressway. The law about having to pass through communities with 15,000 or more is stupid. This is Fing Metro Omaha.

skybird · Post by **skybird** » Tue May 31, 2005 6:52 pm

Thanks for those pictures of West Dodge all the way west to 275. I was wondering if anyone knows what the interchange at 275 will look like. Will it be all ramps or will some directions like 275 south have a traffic signal?

Post by **Brad** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 9:59 pm

It will have all ramps, the last and second to last pictures are the ramps that will replace the lights.

CountOfMC · Post by **CountOfMC** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 10:31 pm

I love those rusted out beams. We should've used those on the Dodge Expressway. Vintage Omaha...

Post by **Brad** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 10:34 pm

I love those rusted out beams

Those aren't rusted out thats a coating they put on them, besides do you want to go back to the green ones they used in the past. I think they look good when everything is finished, look at 680 and Dodge street, those look good.

Post by **Brad** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 9:42 pm

So will it stay that rusty-ish color?

They get darker with time. Look again the ones at 680&dodge alond with 680&Blondo, and the 80 680 interchange are all this way. I believe its an earth tone that is to blend in???

eomaha · Post by **eomaha** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 3:35 am

Update from NDOR: Apparently the 192nd intersection is scheduled to open this November, while 180th won't be completed until next summer.

Post by **Brad** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 10:14 pm

Saturday 2/25/2006

The interchange bridges are open, there is some lane paving going on, but the project is mostly done.

I do have a complaint about 275. There is no exit off of North Bound 275 to go east on maple. I ended up in Valley.

Minneapolis Boy · Post by **Minneapolis Boy** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 10:24 pm

Yeah, the same thing happened to me a while back. There really needs to be an eastbound exit to Maple.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:59 am

Wow it gets kind of pretty when you get way out there.
And NDoR still needs to be pimp smacked…….

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:14 pm

Unless you're in a commuter jam on the way west of an evening, this is a pretty smooth ride from DTO to Fremont these days. I go from 11th & Leavenworth to Fremont in about 41-43 minutes every morning, via 480 south to 80 west to 680 north to Dodge west to 275. I'm really expecting the trip to only take about 32-37 minutes when this whole project is finished.

As much as I hate sprawl (and my commute), projects like this help make these far flung towns much more a part of one metro. Hopefully, it will be the precursor to a light rail system servicing that corridor in 30-40 years. I just wish the spaces in between were built a little (ok, a LOT) more densely.

-Big E

the1wags · Post by **the1wags** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:05 pm

They are really moving now on widening the Fremont bypass too. Also, north of Fremont, they are working on a new section that will 4 lane the road to a couple miles west of Hooper.

mchine73 · Post by **mchine73** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 10:18 pm

Pure negative externalities. Not good, ever.

WizardofNoz · Post by **WizardofNoz** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:01 am

yeah, what's the story with 370? I heard it got some grant so that it could basically be turned into an expressway like west dodge. What's the scoop?

Post by **Brad** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:09 am

WizardofNoz wrote:yeah, what's the story with 370? I heard it got some grant so that it could basically be turned into an expressway like west dodge. What's the scoop?

welcome to the fourm

Check out this topic
http://www.eomaha.com/forum/viewtopic.p ... ht=beltway
we have talked about this topic many times

UNOstudent · Post by **UNOstudent** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 4:17 am

180th and dodge

adam186 · Post by **adam186** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 4:20 am

Alright, we got our selves another updater.

Thanks of the photos.

paintfumes · Post by **paintfumes** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 7:11 am

Has Omaha want or have a desire to have lightrail ? Or does it have it ?

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 8:41 am

paintfumes wrote:Has Omaha want or have a desire to have lightrail ? Or does it have it ?

There is a high interest among us forumers here for light rail in Omaha..Our mayor also supports it in a limited trolly form to start with. We have had many discussions here about rail transportation in Omaha. The following thread link provides, in it's first post by Zephyr, a link to the Omaha streetcars website:

http://www.eomaha.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3141

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