The Nebraska Department of Roads announces the reopening of US-75 just in time for the Applejack Festival in Nebraska City.

According to the announcement Friday morning, you can now drive between Union and Nebraska City on US-75 over two newly surfaced concrete lanes. The project included new concrete shoulders, improved drainage, four newly repaired bridges, and a new guardrail.

Cedar Valley Paving of Waterloo, Iowa, performed the work.

The $11,116,000 highway improvement project began in March.  Lane markings were installed this week and opened to traffic early Friday morning. 

Grading, bridge sealing and permanent seeding work continues. The use of lane closures and pilot vehicles will be needed to complete that work.  Delays at work zone flagging stations may occur. Completion of all work items will occur later this fall.

The newly paved US-75 opens just in time for the popular Applejack Festival, September 19– 21, in historic Nebraska City, to kick off the apple harvest season.