Nine months of construction last year wasn’t quite enough to complete Omaha's renovation of Grover Street between 50th and 60th Streets, a block north of and parallel to Interstate 80.
With winter officially over, work is back on again. Last week, a contractor for the city’s Public Works Department began closing a two-block stretch of Grover between 56th and 58th Streets between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on weekdays.
“There’s quite a bit of work left to be done, especially on the south side,” said Austin Rowser, Omaha’s deputy public works director.
He said much of the work is on the side of the road, including the sidewalks. That allows workers to reopen the street at the end of each day.
Last year's project stretched from March to December 2023. The road was regraded and repaved. New curbs, gutters, sidewalks and wheelchair ramps were installed, along with utility lines and an enclosed storm sewer. It wasn’t easy for residents and businesses along the route, including a nursing home, two apartment complexes, and several dozen houses. Some residents could only reach their apartments through back roads or temporary driveways.
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Work on this 2-block stretch will continue until April 1. Rowser said similar closures will likely follow on other parts of Grover in the coming weeks, but a timetable wasn’t available.
The city funded the Grover Street project with $4.4 million from the Street Preservation Fund, which was established through two bond issues approved by voters in 2020 and 2022.
The votes reflected widespread unhappiness with the condition of Omaha streets and is allowing the city to replace broken-down roads instead of patching them, Rowser said.
Several more Street Preservation Fund projects are slated for this year, including the resurfacing of streets east of the Kennedy Freeway from B to U Streets; in the Miller Park-Minne Lusa neighborhood; and West Center Road between 72nd and 108th Streets.
New road construction around Nebraska
- The left lane of Interstate 680 between Exit 61 (Old Mormon Bridge Road) and Exit 1 (130th Street) 2-3 miles east of Omaha in Iowa is closed for road construction until Aug. 1.
South 120th Street between West Center Road and Westwood Lane will have varying lane restrictions for street repair until April 2.
- North 90th Street between Fort and Browne Streets is restricted to one land southbound because of street repair until Monday.
- South 222nd Street (Skyline Drive) from I Street to south of Q Street is closed for reconstruction of the roadway and construction of a new roundabout at 222nd and Q Streets until fall.
Saddle Creek Road between Emile and Farnam Streets will be restricted to one lane northbound for utility work in the outside curb lane until Saturday.
North 30th Street between Hanover and Ernst Streets will be restricted to one lane southbound for a CSO sanitary sewer separation project until May 21.
Capitol Avenue between North 19th and North 18th Streets will have varying lane restrictions in place for utility improvements until March 31.
South 42nd Street will be restricted to one lane southbound at N Street for sewer repair in the outside curb lane until Tuesday.
The intersection of North 60th Street and Sorensen Parkway will have varying lane restrictions for sewer repair until Tuesday.
St. Mary’s Avenue between South 24th Street and South 24th Avenue will be restricted westbound for fiber-optic installation until April 3.
South 22nd Street between St. Mary’s Avenue and Landon Court will be closed to through traffic for fiber-optic installation until April 3.
Eastbound traffic on Farnam Street between South 37th and South 33rd Streets will be shifted to the center lane for utility work to accommodate the new streetcar line until May 20.
South 145th Street between Grover Street and Industrial Frontage Road will be closed for sewer work until May 20.
Traffic will be limited to a single lane on U.S. Highway 77 between Winnebago and Walthill while workers install culverts and lay new asphalt, until midsummer. Traffic will be maintained with signals and a pilot car.
- Width restrictions and overnight lane closures may occur on a 7-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 77 between Interstate 80 and Warlick Boulevard near Lincoln until June while workers lay asphalt and install bridge joints, pavement markings and rumble strips.
- Width restrictions and intermittent lane closures can be expected on I-80 between reference posts 301 and 318 near Grand Island until April while workers seal cracks in the roadway.
- Traffic will run head-to-head and width restrictions will be in place on I-80 between mile markers 254 and 263 near Lexington and Kearney until spring 2026 while workers completely reconstruct the roadway, widen and rebuild four bridge decks, and replace ramps at the Elm Creek interchange. Work will take place in the eastbound lanes during 2024 and the westbound lanes during 2025.
- The left lane of Iowa Highway 92 between County Road L55 and County Road M16 1 to 2 miles east of Treynor is closed for road construction until May 30.
- A lane is closed in both directions intermittently on Interstate 29 between Exits 120 and 134 near Sloan, Iowa, because of road construction until Friday.
Road construction around Omaha
Northwest (north of West Dodge Road and west of I-680)
- The 192nd Street interchange on the West Dodge Expressway is being rebuilt as a “diverging diamond” interchange. Periodic lane closures, and some overnight ramp closures, can be expected through the end of 2024.
- State Street west of North 252nd Street near Valley will be closed for bridge construction until August.
- The outside lane is closed eastbound on West Maple Road between 177th and 180th Streets for roadwork related to the construction of a Costco warehouse store. No completion date is listed.
- State Street is closed from 168th Street to HWS Cleveland Boulevard for grading, paving and reconstruction of the 168th and State intersection until November 2024.
- North 108th Street between Burt Circle and Decatur Street will be closed with local access only for street widening until July 31.
- Fort Street between 183rd and 186th Streets is closed because of grading and paving of the three-lane roadway until spring.
Northeast (north of Dodge Street and east of I-680)
- North 72nd Street between Bedford Avenue and Pratt Street will have various lane restrictions for utility work because of a water-main break until May 8.
- Westbound Dodge Street between North 38th and North 40th Avenues will be restricted for building construction in the outside curb lane until Wednesday.
- North 30th Street between Forest Lawn Avenue and Hanover Street will be restricted to one lane southbound for CSO sanitary sewer separation work in the outside curb lane until April 20.
- North 29th Street between State and Willit Streets will be closed for utility work until Friday.
- The Bristol Street bridge spanning the North Freeway between 27th and 28th Streets will be closed for bridge repairs until June 16.
- The intersection of North 17th Street and Capitol Avenue will have various lane restrictions for fiber-optic installation until Tuesday.
- Willis Avenue between North 17th and North 18th Streets will be closed for construction related to Omaha’s sanitary sewer separation project until April 11.
- North 16th Street will be closed at various points between Pinkney and Clark Streets for CSO sewer separation improvements through Aug. 31
- North 16th Street between Binney and Locust Streets will be closed for CSO sewer separation improvements until July 11.
- North 16th Street between Corby and Locust Streets will be closed for utility improvements until April 16.
- Because of construction at the Kiewit corporate campus, North 15th Street between Mike Fahey and California Streets will be restricted southbound, and Mike Fahey between North 16th and North 15th Streets will have eastbound traffic shifted to the center lane until April 5.
- Florence Boulevard between Read Street and Sharon Drive will be restricted northbound because of a sewer separation project until April 5.
- The intersection of 12th and Dodge Streets will have varying lane restrictions for utility work until May 4.
- Abbott Drive between Pratt Court and East Carter Boulevard will be restricted to one lane northbound for Eppley Airfield improvements in the outside curb lane until April 20.
Southwest (south of West Dodge Road and west of I-680/80)
- South 168th Street between Q Street and West Center Road will have lane restrictions for street widening until December 2024.
- Ehlers Street between South 167th Avenue and South 168th Street will be closed for street improvements until April 3.
- Varying lane restrictions can be expected on Nebraska Highway 50/South 144th Street/Millard Avenue from L Street to Nebraska Highway 370 through July 31, 2025. Traffic is restricted to one lane in each direction on Highway 50 at the Highway 370 interchange through the summer.
Southeast (south of West Dodge Road and east of I-680/80)
- West Center Road between South 90th Street and Paddock Road will have varying lane closures due to bridge painting until April 9.
- Northbound traffic in the outside lane of South 72nd Street between Mercy Road and Cedar Street will be restricted for utility work until Wednesday.
- South 44th Street between Douglas and Farnam Streets is restricted to one lane in each direction due to construction on an adjacent property until March 31.
- The eastbound curb lane on Douglas Street will be closed between 44th Street and Saddle Creek Road for construction until March 31.
- Varying lane restrictions are in place at the intersection of Saddle Creek Road and Leavenworth Street because of utility work, and intersection improvements are in place until Dec. 13.
- Harney Street between South 38th and South 37th Streets is restricted to one lane eastbound for building construction until Wednesday. South 37th Street between Farnam and Harney is closed as part of the same project.
- Farnam Street between South 37th and South 38th Streets will be restricted to one lane each direction for road construction until April 1.
- Southbound traffic on South 36th Street at Orchard Avenue will be shifted to the turn lane because of utility work until Monday.
- L Street between South 26th and South 24th Streets will be restricted to one lane eastbound for building construction in the outside curb lane until June 23.
- N Street between South 23rd and South 24th Streets will be closed to through traffic for utility work until Tuesday.
- Traffic in the east curb lane is restricted on South 24th Street between Landon Court and Howard Street due to building construction until Thursday.
- Howard Street between South 22nd Street and South 21st Avenue will be restricted eastbound for utility work until April 3.
- The northbound lanes of South 18th Street between Farnam and Douglas Streets will be closed to through traffic for relocation of utilities due to the future Omaha streetcar line until Monday.
- Farnam Street between South 17th and South 18th Streets will be restricted to two lanes westbound for utility relocation related to construction of the new streetcar line until Monday.
- 14th Street is closed between Farnam and Douglas Streets, and curbside lanes are closed on Farnam, Douglas and 15th Street until early 2026 because of construction of the new Mutual of Omaha tower.
Road construction in Sarpy & Cass Counties
- 180th Street is closed for a half-mile south of Highway 370 near Vala’s Pumpkin Patch for replacement of a culvert and reconstruction into a three-lane road until summer 2024.
- Platteview Road from Highway 31 to 210th Street is closed through March to allow for construction of a three-lane road. Pflug Road is suggested as an alternate route.
- Lane restrictions can be expected on U.S. Highway 34/75 from Nebraska Highway 1 to Oak Hill Road in Plattsmouth through November 2024 to allow for road construction.
- The right lane is closed northbound on U.S. 34 between Bay Road and Platte River Drive south of La Platte to allow for construction of a pedestrian bridge over the Platte River.
- The intersection of 204th Street and Capehart Road in Gretna is closed as part of the Gretna Crossing Park construction project until late March.
Road construction around Nebraska
- Head-to-head traffic is limited to 55 mph only on U.S. Highway 30 between North Ridge Road and County Road 8 6 to 18 miles west of Fremont until fall 2024.
- Varying and intermittent lane closures can be expected on U.S. Highway 275 eastbound between B Road (5 miles east of West Point) and Pebble Street (1 mile west of Scribner), using flaggers because of road and bridge construction through summer 2024.
- Intermittent lane closures will occur on U.S. Highway 77 between Interstate 80 and Bluff Road in Lincoln because of road construction until April.
- The right lane is closed and traffic is reduced to two lanes head-to-head on U.S. 30 between 30th and 14th Avenues in Columbus while the road is being constructed through fall 2024.
Road construction in Council Bluffs & Iowa
- Occasional nighttime lane and ramp closures may occur on I-80 at the Madison Avenue interchange through June 2026 while the interchange is being rebuilt. Both shoulders are closed through July 12.
- Avenue L between North 27th and North 28th Streets in Council Bluffs will be closed because of a storm-sewer rehabilitation project until Nov. 30.
- The Benton Street bridge over Indian Creek between Kanesville Road and East Broadway in Council Bluffs will be closed for rehabilitation and repair until July 31.
- Perry Road at Birdsley Road in Council Bluffs is limited to a single lane with alternating two-way traffic until June 28.