Streets 2 Transportation in Omaha

horace william shaler cleveland, designer of omaha s boulevard system.

in 1880 quarter mile of omaha s estimated 118 miles (190 km) of streets paved. in 1883 andrew rosewater, brother of newspaper owner edward rosewater, became city engineer , began ambitious project modernize city streets. 1886 city had 44 miles (71 km) of paved streets, including asphaltum, colorado sandstone, sioux falls granite , wooden blocks.

in 1889 horace w.s. cleveland proposed city of omaha develop series of broad ornamental avenues, known boulevards or parkways designed tasteful arrangement of trees , shrubbery @ sides , in center , similar comprehensive plans of european cities in mid-19th century. plan accepted city s parks commission, resulting in construction of omaha s prettiest mile boulevard in 1892, , dozens of other boulevards in through present. today, fontenelle , lincoln boulevards among many remnants of plan; sorenson parkway modern version of historical plan. saddle creek boulevard, known saddle creek road, westernmost boulevard in system.