Editing Duncan, Nebraska (section)

==Transportation==
Duncan lies on the natural overland route across Nebraska running up the Platte and the Loup valleys, and transportation has always been a major factor in its history.<ref name=histmark />

The village is located on the main line of the Union Pacific Railroad, running into and out of Columbus with 60 [[freight train]]s daily.  The railroad carries 60,000 inbound cars (excluding through cars) and 40,000 outbound cars annually.<ref name=nppd>[http://sites.nppd.com/aedc/fastfacts.asp?city=Duncan "Duncan, Nebraska".]  [http://sites.nppd.com/ Nebraska Public Power District.]  Retrieved April 11, 2010.</ref>

In 1913, the cross-country [[Lincoln Highway]] was established.  The highway, which paralleled the Union Pacific tracks through Duncan, was enthusiastically supported by the citizenry.  It ran through central Duncan until 1928, when it was shifted to the south side of the tracks in order to eliminate grade-level crossings between Columbus and [[Grand Island, Nebraska|Grand Island]].  The south-side route is now used by U.S. Highway 30.<ref name=regform>Puschendorf, L. Robert (2007).  {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100620220455/http://nebraskahistory.org/histpres/nebraska/platte/PT00-280-LincolnHwyDuncan.pdf "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Lincoln Highway&mdash;Duncan West."]}}  {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/19990129073714/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/index.htm Nebraska State Historical Society.]}}  Retrieved April 11, 2010.</ref>