The owner of a business located at the Second and Eddy Street intersection maintained at the time that this was the busiest corner west of Chicago. From that intersection, Highways 2 and 281 were on Eddy Street north to Broadwell which then carried the two highways to a dividing point just north of Capitol Avenue. Businesses places along the city routes of those highways prospered while it lasted. Recently, putting the pioneer concept to work again as an enticement for travelers to stop for a while in Nebraska was applied near Kearney. The Great Platte River Road Memorial Archway over Interstate 80 is only a new wrinkle on a old theme.
Nothing is really new, the saying goes.
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