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 Great
Platte River Road Archway
Monument has a story to
tell. The educational display inside this
two-story archway above interstate 80
traces the history of the Platte River
Road from the Oregon Trails days, to the
first transcontinental highway, and
transcontinental fiber optic link . Click
on Map
Icon at Right for location of the
Platte River Archway
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This is unusual view of the Great
Platte River Road Archway Monument - Looking
east toward the Archway from the county road just
south of Interstate-80, Archway entry
is on the far left
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Let Go INSIDE
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Above: Buy your ticket for the Archway
displays at this turn of last century train sation
style window (photo right). Party hiddena t left -
the escalator
to "Wagon Train" and The Archway display
Left: This is the entry. It is on the
kearney, north end of the archway - See Left side
of long photo above.
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Inside the ARCHWAY - Trails
Displays
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The frist major
exhibits in the Arch is on the trails west -
Oregon, 49er, and the Mormons. Above is
Mormon expedition rescue and At left some
poineers crossing Utah are lighten their load
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Inside the ARCHWAY - Early
Transportion
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This stagecoarch
is on the far end of the archway, after passing the
Pony Expess / telegraph office and Iron horse
display.
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Just up the stair, this is a "campsite" on the
nation frist
transcontinental highway road, the "Lincoln
Highway". My friend Scott, are listening to this
exhibit audio on a wireless headsit. before leaving
archway, you go past the Drive-in
movie and check speed of intestate traffic
below the arch
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