Nebraska Highway 14

Nebraska Highway 14
Route information
Maintained by NDOR
Length:	203.48 mi[2] (327.47 km)
Existed:	1925[1] – present
Major junctions
South end:	K-14 southwest of Superior
	US-6 southeast of Harvard I-80 near Aurora US-30 in Central City US-275 in Neligh US-20 west of Brunswick N-12 in Niobrara
North end:	SD 37 northeast of Niobrara
Location
Counties:	Nuckolls, Clay, Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Boone, Antelope, Knox
Highway system
Nebraska Highways ← N-13 N-15 →

Nebraska Highway 14 is a highway in Nebraska. It has a southern terminus at the Kansas border southwest of Superior and a northern terminus east of Niobrara at the South Dakota border.

Route description

Nebraska Highway 14 begins at the Kansas border southwest of Superior. This southern terminus for NE 14 is also the northern terminus for K-14. It goes northeast through farmland towards Superior, crosses the Republican River, then turns east into Superior. It meets Nebraska Highway 8 there, then turns north. It meets U.S. Highway 136 and they run concurrent for 4 miles (6.4 km). They separate, and NE 14 continues north into Nelson. It continues north, runs briefly concurrent with Nebraska Highway 4 and Nebraska Highway 74, then goes through Clay Center. At Clay Center, it meets Nebraska Highway 41. After 4 more miles, it meets U.S. Highway 6, then turns east with it for 3 miles (4.8 km). It turns north, and shortly before arriving in Aurora, intersects Interstate 80. In Aurora, it meets U.S. Highway 34. It continues north and meets Nebraska Highway 66 just before passing the Platte River. It crosses the Platte, and enters Central City, where it meets U.S. Highway 30.^[2][3]

After Central City, it briefly overlaps Nebraska Highway 92 before continuing north towards Fullerton. At Fullerton, it meets Nebraska Highway 22 and they run together north for a couple miles. It goes north and shortly before Albion, meets Nebraska Highway 39 and turns northwesterly to go through Albion. At Loretto, it turns due north again, then north of Elgin, it turns northeasterly towards Neligh. At Neligh, NE 14 meets U.S. Highway 275. It continues due north out of Neligh, meeting U.S. Highway 20 near Brunswick. It continues north through Verdigre and at Niobrara meets Nebraska Highway 12. It turns east briefly, then turns north to go into South Dakota via the Chief Standing Bear Memorial Bridge, which crosses the Missouri River, where the highway continues north as South Dakota Highway 37.^[2][3]

History

Nebraska Highway 14 originally ended in Neligh. It also originally went east from Fullerton to Genoa along the current NE 22, then northwest to Albion along current NE 39.^[4] When originally extended to Niobrara, it went north through Center along the current Nebraska Highway 13.^[4]

Nebraska Highway 14 previously ended in Niobrara, but in 1998, the Chief Standing Bear Memorial Bridge was opened. The bridge, which was named for the former Ponca Indian chief, crosses over the Missouri River and replaced a long standing river ferry which crossed at the same site.^[4] The completion of this bridge made it a cross-state highway.

Highway designations

The portion it shares with U.S. Highway 136 is the Heritage Highway. When it is concurrent with U.S. Highway 6, it is the Grand Army of the Republic Highway. Its concurrency with Nebraska Highway 12 is the Outlaw Trail Scenic Byway.^[5]

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[2]	Junction	Notes
Nuckolls	Superior	0.00	K-14 south	Kansas border, southern terminus
		2.36	N-8 east (East 3rd Street)
		7.26	US-136 west	South end of US 136 overlap
		11.27	US-136 east	North end of US 136 overlap
		21.32	N-4 west	South end of NE 4 overlap
		22.33	N-4 east	North end of NE 4 overlap
Clay	Deweese	26.68	S-18C west (Road 302)
	Edgar	27.18	S-18B east
	Fairfield	30.69	N-74 east (Road 306)	South end of NE 74 overlap
		31.69	N-74 west (Road 307)	North end of NE 74 overlap
	Clay Center	37.69	N-41 east (East Johnson Street) / S-18D west (West Johnson Street)
		41.68	US-6 west	South end of US 6 overlap
		44.65	US-6 east	North end of US 6 overlap
Hamilton	Aurora	61.15	I-80	I-80 exit 332
		64.64	US-34 (Q Street)
	Marquette	73.68	S-41C west (East 22 Road)
		78.65	N-66 east (East 27 Road)
Merrick	Central City	81.46	US-30 (G Street/16th Street)
		86.64	N-92 west	South end of NE 92 overlap
		87.65	N-92 east	North end of NE 92 overlap
Nance	Fullerton	99.69	N-22 west (3rd Street)	South end of NE 22 overlap
		101.33	N-22 east	North end of NE 22 overlap
		107.00	N-52 north
Boone		113.98	N-56
	Albion	121.47	L-6A east
		121.57	N-39 south
		122.67	N-91 east	South end of NE 91 overlap
		123.03	N-91 west (West State Street)	North end of NE 91 overlap
	Petersburg	135.64	N-32 east (Leona Avenue)
Antelope	Elgin	145.11	N-70 west (North Street)
	Neligh	156.22	US-275 (West 11th Street)
		170.96	US-20
Knox		179.25	N-59 east
	Verdigre	188.03	N-84 east / S-54A west
	Niobrara	199.51	N-12 west (East Main Street)	South end of NE 12 overlap
		202.37	N-12 east	North end of NE 12 overlap
		203.48	SD 37 north	South Dakota border at Chief Standing Bear Memorial Bridge over Missouri River, northern terminus

References

1. ^ Nebraska Roads: NE 11-20
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Nebraska Highway Reference Log Book
3. ^ ^{a b} Google, Inc. Google Maps – overview of Nebraska Highway 14 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=nebraska+14+and+kansas+14&daddr=nebraska+14+and+south+dakota+37&geocode=FbRiYgIdRh0n-ik3zbSZDRWYhzFFIk_ZUSFZGA%3BFXxUjAIdgdIo-in7Ncs3O3CFhzGOJ-PzoY8AyA&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=41.574361,-98.245239&sspn=1.89031,5.410767&ie=UTF8&ll=41.393294,-98.041992&spn=3.758118,10.821533&t=h&z=7. Retrieved 2010-11-04. 
4. ^ ^{a b c} The Nebraska Highways Page: Highways 1 to 30
5. ^ Nebraska Department of Roads