Formed in 1957 from the Bureaus of Roads and of Highway Safety and Patrol within the Nebraska Department of Roads and Irrigation, The Department of Roads was responsible solely for the construction and maintenance of the public highway system in Nebraska, including the initial construction of Nebraska's
Interstate System. While originally the department was much like those in other states, NDOR was the last agency of its type in the United States, being a
Department of Roads (as opposed to a
Department of Transportation). The Nebraska Department of Roads did not oversee Nebraska aviation, waterways, motor vehicles, or many other areas that similar agencies in other states have as part of their mission. In April 2017, the
Nebraska Legislature, on the advice of Governor
Pete Ricketts, approved a plan that would combine the Nebraska Department of Roads and the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics into the
Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT). The Nebraska Department of Roads officially dissolved on June 30, 2017, and the new Department of Transportation began operation the next day. ==References==