O.
L.
D.
Highway
In
1914
the
Omaha-Lincoln-Denver
Highway
was
one
of
only
three
major
pioneer
highways
in
Nebraska.
The
Omaha-Lincoln-Denver
Highway
was
referred
to
as
the
O.
L.
D.
and
passed
through
Omaha,
Lincoln,
Hastings,
and
McCook
to
Denver.
Today
this
is
U.S.
Highway
6
and
Highway
34.
The
highway
was
in
fairly
good
shape
for
a
dirt
road
at
that
time.
Further
west
the
highway
became
a
deeply-rutted
trail.
At
that
time
there
were
no
road
markings
such
as
mile
markers,
direction
signs
and
identification
numbers.
In
the
early
1920's
as
people
began
to
travel
across
country
more,
it
created
new
problems.
The
O.
L.
D.
Highway
didn't
have
markers.
Following
is
an
example
of
private
citizens
marking
the
O.
L.
D.
Highway
in
Nebraska:
"a
group
from
Lincoln
went
out
and
put
stencils
on
telephone
poles
at
corners
where
the
O.
L.
D.
Highway
would
turn.
The
stencil
said
O.
L.
D.
They
put
the
stencil
on
the
post
and
gobbed
paint
on
it...between
Lincoln
and
Hastings
or
maybe
as
far
as
McCook.
There
was
no
system
of
route-marking
highways,
those
things
came
later".
From:
A
Story
of
Highway
Development
in
Nebraska,
by
George
E.
Koster,
Department
of
Roads,
Lincoln,
Nebraska.
1986,
page
29.
About
the
middle
1920's
a
few
concrete
road
signs
were
put
up.
What
little
that
was
done
was
accomplished
by
private
groups
and
organizations.
One
of
the
only
remaining
concrete
sign
is
on
West
"O"
or
Highway
6,
four
miles
west
of
the
flashing
light
at
Emerald.
It
is
at
140th
Street
just
before
the
Seward
County
line.
By
1925
the
highway
names
were
changed
to
numbers.
Thus
the
O.
L.
D.
Highway
became
Highway
6.
