Directions from Eppley Airport in Omaha to Concordia, Seward.

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Easy directions:

From the airport navigate to I-80 West. After an hour get off

on Hwy 34 west just to the north of Lincoln. A half hour later

you will get to Seward. Turn right on Columbia as you enter town.

The University is about 7 blocks north.

More complete directions:

1. Either ask the car rental people how to get to I-80 going west

or

The airport parking area exits onto Abbott Drive (you will be

facing west, Abbott Drive runs north-south past the west side

of the airport).

Turn right (to the north) on Abbott Drive. In 0.5 miles bear

to the left onto the Storz Expressway heading west. Watch the

signs. This isn't much of an "Expressway".

Head west on the Storz Expressway for 2.5 miles, stay to the

left and take the exit onto Hwy 75 south (there will be signs

indicating this is the route to I-480). You will be moving

onto another divided highway.

Head south on Hwy 75 for 2.5 miles until it intersects with

I-480. Follow the signs to I-480 south (generally stay to

the right but be careful).

Continue south on I-480 for 2.1 miles until it intersects

with I-80. Stay to the right and transit to I-80 west

(basically a right turn).

2. Watch yourself the next 6.7 miles since Omaha has been doing

construction on this stretch of I-80 for as along as anyone

can remember. At the end of the 6.7 miles stay to the left

as I-80 intersects with I-680; you want to just stay on

I-80 heading west (but it will curve around to the south

for a while.

Stay on I-80 for 44 miles until you are north of Lincoln.

Note the speed limit is 75 mph once you are outside of

Omaha but it drops to 65 mph as you near Lincoln. At times

I-80 is heavily patrolled so observe the limits.

Watch for the Hwy 34 exit which is the same as the interchange

with I-180 (which heads south into Lincoln). Some people think

this exit comes up suddenly after coming over a little hill

with a gentle right bend of I-80.

Take the Hwy 34 west exit (which will initially head north for

a bit before turning west). Stay on Hwy 34 (which is divided

for about 4 miles, until you pass the Kawasaki plant) for 21 miles

until you reach Seward. The speed limit is 60 mph and Hwy 34

is patrolled.

This 21 miles of highway is classic Nebraska scenery. Note that

as you go up and down the hills that this is part of the terminal

moraine for one of the ice ages. To the west of Seward the land

is quite flat; it was south of the edge of the ice field.

3. As you enter Seward Hwy 34 turns to the right and then to the left

as it drops to cross a small river, Plum Creek. As you climb

back up into town you want to turn right at the first street,

Columbia Avenue. On your right will be the "District Office of

the Lutheran Church - Missour Synod" (the local office of the LCMS).

Turn right and head north for about 0.5 miles and Concordia

will be on your right.

or

If you want a better sense of Seward (population 5000) just

go 0.4 miles further west until you pass the courthouse,

turn right (just past the movie theater) onto Hwy 15 north (6th

street), go 0.6 miles then turn right onto Hillcrest Drive (just

before a church) and head back east for 0.4 miles. You will be

at the corner of Columbia and Hillcrest mentioned above

(just past our church on the right). Either continue

straight ahead to the parking lot mentioned below or

turn right onto Columbia going south to head for the

administration building.

4. You might either park somewhere in the "half moon drive" in

front of Weller Hall (the administration building with the

tower). Poke your head in any office and ask them to call

me and I'll come over.

or

Continue past the University, past the church and school on the

left to Hillcrest Drive. Turn right (to the east) and go just

a couple of blocks and pull into the first parking lot on the

right. The two story building ahead of you, to the south,

is the Science Building. My office is on the upper floor,

north-west corner.