Nebraska Library Commission Western Trails Project
A Story of Highway Development in Nebraska By George E. Koster, Project
Development Division of the Nebraska Department of Roads, 1997. An
updated and expanded version of a 1986 edition by the author, written in
informal style without bibliography or footnotes. It traces the
development of roads in Nebraska from the first county road law passed
in 1856 to the completion of Interstate 680 in 1975, along with the
evolution of the Department of Roads from the Office of Road Inquiry in
1903 to its present organization. Many quotations from interviews with
former highway workers are included.