Above: Highway memorial signs, such as this one for Nate Peterson who passed away about one year ago, can be found on Nebraska highways. This one is between Osceola and Shelby. PCN photo by Beth Sparrow.
You may have recently seen blue highway memorial signs such as the one pictured. The Nebraska Department of Transportation now offers these roadside memorials for a person who lost their life due to a vehicle crash on the state highway system. Private memorials (which includes any decoration on a roadside such as flowers, markers, balloons, wreaths, etc.), whether placed alone or in addition to th…