Alliance: US 385: D5-385-99 South Aliance: Far North
Tucked into the Nebraska Sandhills of western Nebraska, Alliance is a place whose character is shaped by grass-covered dunes and the open High Plains. The city developed as a railroad division point in the late 19th century and remains a service centre for the surrounding ranching country. Three miles north of town, Carhenge—an arrangement of vintage American cars modeled on England’s Stonehenge—has been an unconventional roadside landmark since 1987. U.S. Highway 385 crosses this sparsely settled region, linking Alliance with communities throughout the Sandhills. These grass-stabilized dunes form one of the world’s largest such landscapes and give western Nebraska its distinctive scale.
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Alliance is best known in Nebraska for Carhenge, a 1987 roadside sculpture that arranges 39 automobiles in the form of England’s Stonehenge. The city stands on the High Plains near the western edge of the Nebraska Sandhills, a vast region of grass-stabilized sand dunes. Railways shaped Alliance from its beginnings as a Burlington Railroad division point, and freight trains still form part of its working identity. Carhenge’s gray upright cars have made this small western Nebraska city a memorable road-trip stop, while the surrounding open country conveys the scale of the Great Plains. Browse additional webcams from western Nebraska to extend your view of the Sandhills.
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