Why hasn't NCIC etc changed the Nebraska two letter code?

July 21, 2009

Something I have wondered about for a long time is, why is NB still used as the

two letter state code for Nebraska when the US Postal Service changed it to NE a

long time ago because of confusion with the Province of New Brunswick in Canada?

I just received a post from the Roadgeek Yahoogroup for roadway and highway

transportation enthusiasts touching on this subject. Probably to many of us

here in US agencies it doesn't matter but here in the northeastern states,

especially close to major interstate routes, we have a number of motorists and

truckers from New Brunswick.

Rich Dean, , New Jersey USA 07405

Retired from PD after 34 1/3 years of dispatching -- 8,756 shifts

covered.

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Subject: [roadgeek] Re: US 200?

Date: Monday, July 20, 2009, 10:18 PM

At one time in the 60s, the postal abbreviation was NB until it was changed to

NE. Some old-timers still use NB for a postal abbreviation and it often gets

confused with New Brunswick. I used to work in a post office and I once saw a

bundle of magazines with New Brunswick addresses (and the obvious Canadian

postal code) that were misdirected to Nebraska.

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