Length | 4.7 mi (7.6 km) |
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Location |
Omaha, Nebraska Carter Lake, Iowa |
South end | Cuming Street & N. 10th Street |
North end | J.J. Pershing Drive |
Construction | |
Inauguration | 1950s |
Iowa Highway 165 | |
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Location: | Carter Lake, Iowa |
Length: | 0.410 mi (0.660 km) |
Existed: | 1957–present |
Abbott Drive is a roadway in Omaha, Nebraska, and Carter Lake, Iowa. It is the easternmost link in Omaha's Park and Boulevard System that connects the eastern edge of Creighton University and North Downtown Omaha or NoDo to Carter Lake, Iowa, Eppley Airfield to John J Pershing Drive on the east end of Florence, Nebraska. Considered "Omaha's gateway", the drive includes a distinctive "string of pearls" lighting feature.
In Carter Lake, the 0.4-mile-long (0.64 km) Iowa Highway 165 (Iowa 165) is the shortest state highway in Iowa and second-shortest in the system overall. Only the Iowa portion of Interstate 129 is shorter at 0.27 miles (0.43 km). Iowa 165 is totally within the town of Carter Lake, Iowa and is the only Iowa highway west of the Missouri River.
Iowa 165 is the 0.4-mile-long (0.64 km) section of Omaha's Abbott Drive which passes through Carter Lake, Iowa. The route is fully signed; complete with Iowa welcome and Adopt-a-Highway signs on both ends. Abbott Drive in Omaha is not a state highway, so it does not have any state line signage. Abbott Drive, in Iowa and in Nebraska, is included in the Federal Highway Administration's National Highway System.