Highway would have 3 lanes in Stromsburg, Osceola & Shelby
Polk County residents could see an increase in truck traffic once the U.S. 81 project in complete. Current discussion has the project going through Stromsburg, Osceola and Shelby rather than bypassing the three communities as previously discussed. PCN photo by Rick Holtz
LINCOLN — Discussion is picking up regarding the U.S. 81 construction project.
The Nebraska State Highway Commission met on Friday in Lincoln and discussed the 40-mile section of U.S. 81 from York to Columbus. Dawn Knott, project studies engineer, gave the commission an update on the project that would expand the two-lane highway to a four-lane divided highway.
She told the commission that rather th…
