This is a list of streets in Omaha, Nebraska. Founded in 1854, today Omaha's population is over 490,000 making it the nation's 41st-most populous city in the United States. There are more than 1.2 million residents within a 50-mile (80-km) radius of the city's center, forming the Greater Omaha area. Streets are used primarily for automobile traffic, including public buses. An increasing number of bike lanes are being dedicated on streets throughout the city, as well.
The original 1865 plat of the city contained 22 streets. In 1880, only a quarter mile of Omaha's estimated of streets were paved. In 1883, Andrew Rosewater (brother of newspaper owner Edward Rosewater) became city engineer and began an ambitious project to modernize city streets. By 1886, the city had of paved streets, including asphaltum, Colorado sandstone, Sioux Falls granite and wooden blocks.
In 1889, Horace W.S. Cleveland proposed that the city of Omaha develop a series of "broad ornamental avenues, known as boulevards or parkways" designed "with a tasteful arrangement of trees and shrubbery at the sides and in the center". This proposal was similar to the comprehensive plans of European cities in the mid-19th century. His plan was accepted by the city's Parks Commission, resulting in the construction of Omaha's Prettiest Mile Boulevard in 1892, and dozens of other boulevards to present day. Today, Fontenelle and Lincoln boulevards are among the many remnants of the early plan; Sorensen Parkway is a modern version of the historical plan. Saddle Creek Boulevard, currently known as Saddle Creek Road, which was originally the westernmost boulevard in the system.