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Nebraska Highway 23 Route information Maintained by NDOR Length: 159.92 mi[1] (257.37 km) Major junctions West end: SH 23 at Venango
N-61 in Grant
US-83 north of Wellfleet
US-283 in Elwood
East end: US-6 / US-34 at Holdrege
Location Counties: Perkins, Lincoln, Frontier, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps Highway system ← N-22
N-24 →
Nebraska Highway 23 is a highway in southwestern Nebraska. Its western terminus is on the Colorado border at Venango, where the highway continues west as Colorado State Highway 23. Its eastern terminus is at Holdrege at an intersection with U.S. Highway 6 and U.S. Highway 34.
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Route description
Nebraska Highway 23 begins at the Colorado border at Venango. It goes northeasterly through farmland towards Grant, where it meets Nebraska Highway 61. After a brief concurrency, NE 23 and NE 61 separate and NE 23 continues east. Near Wallace, NE 23 meets Nebraska Highway 25. It continues east and near Wellfleet, meets U.S. Highway 83. NE 23 turns south with US 83 and continues south until near Maywood, where they separate. After going east through Maywood, NE 23 continues east and meets Nebraska Highway 18 at Curtis. After a brief segment going north, it passes Moorefield and continues on through Farnam. Near Farnam, NE 23 meets Nebraska Highway 47 and turns southeasterly. It passes through Eustis and meets Nebraska Highway 21. It continues southeasterly and meets U.S. Highway 283 in Elwood. It continues in a southeastern direction through Smithfield, Bertrand, and Loomis and ends at an intersection with US 6 and US 34 at the western end of Holdrege.[1][2]
Major intersections
County Location Mile[1] Junction Notes Perkins Venango 0.00 SH 23 west
Colorado border, western terminus Grant 18.29 N-61 north (Central Avenue)
West end of NE 61 overlap 21.38 N-61 south
East end of NE 61 overlap Lincoln Wallace 49.26 N-25
70.42 US-83 north
West end of US 83 overlap Frontier Maywood 84.07 US-83 south
East end of US 83 overlap Curtis 91.56 N-18 east (Center Avenue)
Lincoln No major junctions Dawson Farnam 113.12 N-47 north (South Lake Avenue)
Frontier Eustis 122.78 N-21 north
Gosper Elwood 132.54 US-283 (Smith Avenue)
Phelps Holdrege 159.92 US-6 / US-34 (West 4th Avenue)
Eastern terminus References
- ^ a b c Nebraska Highway Reference Log Book
- ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – overview of Nebraska Highway 23 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=nebraska+23+and+colorado+23&daddr=40.8302,-100.94408+to:40.65281,-99.96294+to:patrick+street+and+west+4th+avenue&geocode=FXbqbQIdltHq-SlnMt3bwqx2hzGEPKAILHGVdw%3BFfgEbwIdMLf7-SlPm9pjXQt2hzHb092r8c8MWQ%3BFQpQbAIdxK8K-ikvImISDGOehzHW_mJVW3QKBg%3BFb4FaQIdB2gT-ikt9CEfFcWehzH1XzKmHq0KHQ&hl=en&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=2&sz=9&via=1,2&sll=40.788815,-100.715275&sspn=0.948248,2.705383&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=9. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
External links
Categories:- State highways in Nebraska
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