U.S. Route 275

Infobox U.S. Route
article_route=275

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length_mi=266
length_ref= [http://www.us-highways.com/us1830.htm US Highways from US 1 to US 830] Robert V. Droz]
length_km=
yrcom=1931
direction_a=South
direction_b=North
from=Jct|state=MO|US|136 at Rock Port, MO
junction=Jct|state=IA|US|34 near Glenwood, IA
Jct|state=IA|I|29 in Council Bluffs, IA
Jct|state=NE|US|75 in Omaha, NE
Jct|state=NE|I|80 in Omaha, NE
Jct|state=NE|US|30|US|77 in Fremont, NE
Jct|state=NE|US|81 in Norfolk, NE
to=Jct|state=NE|US|281|US|20 in O'Neill, NE
spur_of=75

U.S. Route 275 is a north-south United States highway. It is a branch of US 75, originally terminating at that route in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The highway's northern terminus is in O'Neill, Nebraska at an intersection with U.S. Highway 20 and U.S. Highway 281. Its southern terminus is near Rock Port, Missouri at an intersection with U.S. Highway 136.

Route description

U.S. 275 is signed north-south in Iowa and Missouri, while in Nebraska, it is signed east-west.

Missouri

US 275 begins in Rock Port, Missouri at an intersection with U.S. Route 136. It goes north-northwest and passes into Iowa near Hamburg.

Iowa

US 275 crosses into Iowa near Hamburg. After coming into Hamburg from the east, it turns north at an intersection with Iowa Highway 333. It goes north, meets Iowa Highway 2 and the pair overlap until separating east of Sidney, Iowa. It continues north through Tabor and meets U.S. Route 34. It turns west with US 34, passes by Glenwood, Iowa, then meets Interstate 29. It turns north with I-29, and the two routes overlap until the Iowa Highway 92 exit at Council Bluffs, Iowa. It then turns west with Iowa 92 and crosses the Missouri River over the South Omaha Veterans Memorial Bridge.

Nebraska

US 275 enters Nebraska in Omaha, Nebraska in the South Omaha neighborhood paired with Nebraska Highway 92. It goes through Omaha as a four lane highway until meeting Nebraska Highway 31. The street designations for US 275 in Omaha are, from east to west, Missouri Avenue, L Street, Industrial Boulevard and West Center Road. It crosses the Elkhorn River, which it will follow for most of the rest of the route, than separates from NE 92. It goes northwest and becomes freeway until Fremont, Nebraska. It meets U.S. Route 30 and they are paired together around Fremont until meeting U.S. Route 77. US 275 turns north with US 77, meets Nebraska Highway 91 and separates from US 77 near Winslow, Nebraska.

It turns northwest with NE 91 and they separate near Scribner, Nebraska. US 275 goes north through West Point, Nebraska, turns northwest through Wisner, Nebraska then turns west. At Norfolk, Nebraska, it meets U.S. Route 81. It continues west-northwest, meets U.S. Route 20 near Inman, Nebraska, and the two routes overlap until US 275 ends at an intersection with U.S. Route 281 in downtown O'Neill, Nebraska.

History

At its creation in 1932, US 275 ran from Council Bluffs to Saint Joseph, Missouri. In 1939 the route was extended northwest into Nebraska. In 1963 US 275 was truncated to its current end in northwestern Missouri.

Prior to 1963, US 275 extended south to St. Joseph. The route followed current U.S. Route 136 east from Rock Port to its intersection with U.S. Route 59 near Tarkio, then south with US 59 to St. Joseph.

Before November 2001, US 275 ran alongside the Union Pacific tracks between Waterloo and Fremont, Nebraska. This routing was decommissioned and replaced by a new freeway segment built as part of a project to connect Fremont via freeway to Omaha. This segment is officially called Reichmuth Road in Douglas County and Bell Street in Fremont.

Prior to July 1, 2003, US 275 followed a winding two-lane road between Council Bluffs and Glenwood, Iowa. The segment moved to a concurrency with U.S. Route 34 and Interstate 29 that day as part of a mass decommissioning of highways in Iowa. This road is now Mills County and Pottawattamie County Road L35.

Exit list

Iowa

Nebraska

The following is an exit list for US 275 between Fremont and Omaha.

ee also

Related routes

* U.S. Route 75
* U.S. Route 175

Bannered routes

*U.S. Route 275 Business - Fremont, Nebraska

References

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/usend7079/End275/end275.htm Endpoints of US highways]
* [http://www.nebraskatransportation.org/projects/s-omaha-vet-mem/index.htm Nebraska Transportation On New Bridge]
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