LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A long-awaited loop road circling the city of Lincoln may finally be getting the push it needs to become reality after local leaders gathered on Tuesday.

First envisioned by county engineer Arthur Edgren in 1927, the loop road has since been the dream of city and county leaders to help traffic flow in, out and around the Capitol City.

With I-80, Highway 77 and the opening of the south beltway just three years ago, all that’s left is the 13-mile east beltway . The current hope is for the road to lie between 112th and 134th streets, connecting the I-80 Waverly exit to the east end of the south beltway.

“Lincoln is one of the largest cities in America right now that doesn’t have a loop road built around it,” Lancaster County Engineer Pam Dingman said. “We just real

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