Sam Foltz Memorial Highway Dedication on July 15

Sam Foltz Memorial Highway Dedication on July 15
COURTESY/NEBRASKA HUSKERS YOUTUBE
July 10th, 2022 | Nebraska Department of Transportation

July 8, 2022 (Lincoln, Neb.) — Weather permitting, July 15, at 3:30 p.m., a portion of Nebraska Highway 56 will be dedicated as the “Sam Foltz Memorial Highway.” The first of two signs will be unveiled for placing by the Nebraska Department of Transportation. The event will take place at the Greeley County Courthouse lawn in Greeley, Neb. The public is invited to attend.

Foltz, whose family is from the Greeley area, was a star punter for the Huskers football team until being tragically killed in a vehicle crash in Wisconsin in July 2016. Land along the stretch of highway named after Foltz was farmed by five generations of his family, including his parents Gerald and Jill Foltz.

The State Highway Commission, which oversees the naming of highways, recommended the request in December 2021. Governor Pete Ricketts signed a resolution in February naming the 12.9-mile segment of Highway 56 after Foltz.

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