- Nebraska Highway 2
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Nebraska Highway 2 Route information Maintained by NDOR Length: 422.24 mi[1] (679.53 km) Western segment Length: 370.83 mi[1] (596.79 km) West end: SD 71 north of Crawford Major
junctions:US-20 in Crawford
US-385 in Alliance
US-83 in ThedfordEast end: I-80 southeast of Grand Island Eastern segment Length: 51.41 mi[1] (82.74 km) West end: US-77 in Lincoln Major
junctions:N-50 in Syracuse
US-75 in Nebraska CityEast end: Iowa 2 at Missouri River in Nebraska City Location Counties: Western segment: Sioux, Dawes, Box Butte, Sheridan, Grant, Hooker, Thomas, Blaine, Custer, Sherman, Buffalo, Hall, Hamilton
Eastern segment: Lancaster, OtoeHighway system ← N-1 N-4 → Nebraska Highway 2 is a highway in Nebraska. It is a discontinuous highway with 2 segments. The western segment begins at the South Dakota border northwest of Crawford and ends southeast of Grand Island at an intersection with Interstate 80. The eastern segment begins in Lincoln and ends at the Iowa border at Nebraska City. Previously, the two segments were connected via a route shared with U.S. Highway 34 between Grand Island and Lincoln.
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Route description
Western segment
The western segment of NE 2 begins at the South Dakota border north of Crawford in a concurrency with Nebraska Highway 71. The road goes east, southeast, and then south into Crawford. In Crawford, there is a concurrency with U.S. Highway 20. Highway 2 and 71 both continue south from Crawford through Marsland, Nebraska. The two highways split west of Hemingford, Nebraska and NE 2 turns east towards Hemingford. At Hemingford, NE 2 turns southeast towards Alliance. At Berea, NE 2 meets U.S. Highway 385 and the two overlap into Alliance.[1][2]
At Alliance, NE 2 goes east into the Sand Hills. It goes through several small towns, including Hyannis, Mullen and Thedford. In Thedford, NE 2 briefly overlaps U.S. Highway 83. East of Thedford, near Halsey, is the Nebraska National Forest. At Dunning, NE 2 intersects Nebraska Highway 91 and turns southeasterly towards Broken Bow and Grand Island.[1][2]
After turning southeasterly at Dunning, NE 2 meets Nebraska Highway 92 in Merna. The two highways overlap through Broken Bow and separate when they meet U.S. Highway 183 in Ansley. NE 2 meets Nebraska Highway 10 in Hazard, Nebraska Highway 68 in Ravenna and Nebraska Highway 11 in Cairo. On the northwest edge of Grand Island, NE 2 becomes a 4 lane divided highway and then encounters U.S. Highway 281. NE 2 then follows US 281 along the western edge of Grand Island until it meets U.S. Highway 34 and then those two routes overlap through the southern edge of Grand Island. NE 2 and US 34 cross the Platte River and shortly thereafter, they separate and NE 2 turns south towards Interstate 80. At I-80, the western segment of NE 2 ends.[1][2]
Eastern segment
The eastern segment of Nebraska Highway 2 begins in the southwestern part of Lincoln at an intersection with U.S. Highway 77. In Lincoln, NE 2 follows Van Dorn St. until it meets the south–north pair of 9th St. and 10th St. It then makes a turn south and then southeast along Nebraska Highway and becomes a 4 lane divided highway, which it will become for the rest of its length. Along this part of the highway is the headquarters of the Nebraska State Patrol, Nebraska Department of Roads and Nebraska State Penitentiary. NE 2 eventually leaves Lincoln and encounters several small towns and highways. It meets Nebraska Highway 43 north of Bennet and overlaps it for 5 miles (8.0 km), until shortly before Palmyra. Near Syracuse, there is a bypass of that community and there is a freeway exit for Nebraska Highway 50. It continues east and near Nebraska City, it meets U.S. Highway 75 and the two highways are together briefly until the southern edge of Nebraska City. Also at this intersection, Business Route 2 begins and goes through Nebraska City. After they separate, NE 2 heads east and then northeast, meets the eastern end of Business Route 2 and crosses the Missouri River over the Nebraska City Bridge and enters Iowa. In Iowa, the highway continues as Iowa Highway 2.[1][3]
The eastern segment of NE 2 serves as part of a connecting route, along with U.S. Highway 77, between Interstate 29 in Iowa and Interstate 80 in Lincoln. It allows traffic coming from Kansas City, Missouri to go to Lincoln and points west of Lincoln to bypass Omaha.
The eastern segment of Nebraska Highway 2 has the commemorative name of Jerome and Betty Warner Memorial Highway. The portion of the highway east of the west U.S. 75 junction to the Nebraska City Bridge in the Nebraska City area is known as the J. Sterling Morton Beltway, in honor of the creator of Arbor Day and the former Secretary of Agriculture.
Major intersections
Western segment
County Location Mile[1] Junction Notes Sioux 0.00 SD 71 north South Dakota border, western terminus of western segment, west end of NE 71 overlap Dawes Crawford 28.55 US-20 east West end of US 20 overlap 29.41 US-20 west (McPherson Street) East end of US 20 overlap Box Butte 55.25 N-71 south (Dodge Road) East end of NE 71 overlap Hemingford 67.39 L-7E east Berea 77.55 US-385 north West end of US 385 overlap Alliance 85.47 US-385 south (County Road 61) East end of US 385 overlap 87.51 N-87 north (Flack Avenue) Sheridan Lakeside 110.48 N-250 north Ellsworth 118.18 N-27 north (Sheridan Road) Grant Hyannis 145.66 N-61 north West end of NE 61 overlap 147.37 N-61 south East end of NE 61 overlap Hooker Mullen 184.86 N-97 Thomas Seneca 196.07 S-86A north (Athens Street) Thedford 211.20 US-83 south West end of US 83 overlap 212.36 US-83 north East end of US 83 overlap Halsey 226.13 S-86B south Blaine Dunning 237.66 N-91 east 238.02 S-5A west (Jewett Avenue) Custer Anselmo 258.45 S-21A east (East Smith Avenue) Merna 269.47 N-92 west West end of NE 92 overlap Broken Bow 278.74 N-21 south (South 8th Avenue) 279.92 N-70 east Ansley 295.38 US-183 north / N-92 east East end of NE 92 overlap, west end of US 183 overlap 295.87 US-183 south East end of US 183 overlap Sherman Hazard 316.76 N-10 (County Road 144) Buffalo Ravenna 327.45 N-68 east (Grand Avenue) Hall Cairo 343.66 N-11 Grand Island 356.09 US-281 north Interchange, west end of US 281 overlap 358.84 US-30 Interchange 360.67 US-34 west / US-281 south (Tom Osborne Expressway) East end of US 281 overlap, west end of US 34 overlap Merrick No major junctions Hamilton 367.31 US-34 east East end of US 34 overlap 370.75 I-80 I-80 exit 318 370.88 End state maintenance Eastern terminus of western segment Eastern segment
County Location Mile[1] Junction Notes Lancaster Lincoln 452.65 US-77 (Homestead Expressway) Interchange, western terminus of eastern segment 454.83 L-55W south (South 14th Street) 466.33 N-43 south Interchange, west end of NE 43 overlap Otoe Palmyra 471.59 N-43 north (County Road 6) East end of NE 43 overlap 472.62 S-66A south (A Street) Syracuse 484.64 N-50 (North 30th Road) Interchange Dunbar 492.56 N-67 (North 46th Road) Nebraska City 499.94 US-75 north Interchange, west end of US 75 overlap 502.02 US-75 south (South 64th Road) East end of US 75 overlap 504.06 Iowa 2 east Iowa border at Nebraska City Bridge over Missouri River, eastern terminus References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Nebraska Highway Reference Log Book
- ^ a b c Google, Inc. Google Maps – overview of Nebraska Highway 2 western segment (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=nebraska+2+and+south+dakota+71&daddr=41.98183,-100.53034+to:nebraska+2+and+south+b+road&geocode=FU0mkAIdtl7S-SkDMxd4ZlZjhzFKVnNxaieTbA%3BFYaXgAIdXAcC-in3StPHrFadhzHPvkzAyplJCg%3BFVLabgIdH5wk-ilFfgqk1JGZhzEh7oZrE_Smvg&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=40.818421,-98.259659&sspn=0.02962,0.084543&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=7&via=1. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – overview of Nebraska Highway 2 eastern segment (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=40.78726,+-96.731&daddr=Nebraska+2+%26+Iowa+2,+Percival,+Fremont,+Iowa+51648&geocode=FTxdbgIdiAA8-g%3BFTeebAId4cRJ-imBQlO1PVqUhzGenuyN6uC4Jw&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=40.720135,-96.27789&sspn=0.474615,1.352692&ie=UTF8&ll=40.720201,-96.28006&spn=0.474615,1.352692&t=h&z=10. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
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