Editing Council Bluffs, Iowa (section)

====The West End====
The West End is a geographically large area on the flood plain east of the Missouri River and [[downtown Omaha]], Nebraska, west of 10th St. and the Broadway Viaduct, and north of 9th Ave. and the [[Union Pacific]] Transfer railyards. These neighborhoods of long, tree-shaded avenues are divided by the commercial corridor of West Broadway (U.S. Route 6), once part of the [[Lincoln Highway]]. This stretch of West Broadway has traditionally had several drive-in fast food restaurants and automobile dealerships with several [[grain elevator]]s adjacent along 1st Avenue. West Broadway ends at the [[Interstate 480 (Iowa-Nebraska)|Interstate 480]] bridge to downtown Omaha. [[Iowa Highway 192]] follows North 16th St. from West Broadway to [[Interstate 29]]. Neighborhood landmarks include the 1890s Illinois Central Railroad Missouri River bridge, [[Stan Bahnsen]] Park, the [[Golden Spike]] monument, the Narrows River Park, Big Lake Park, the site of [[Dodge Park Playland]], the Dodge Christian Church (built with the N.P. Dodge Memorial funds and now known as Citylight West Council Bluffs), and many examples of late 19th and early 20th century residential architecture. The West End was used as a location by film director [[Alexander Payne]] in the movies ''[[Citizen Ruth]]'' and ''[[About Schmidt]]''.