Nebraska Highway 51

Nebraska Highway 51
Route information
Maintained by NDOR
Length:	36.63 mi[2] (58.95 km)
Existed:	1932[1] – present
Major junctions
West end:	US-275 northwest of Wisner
	US-77 north of Lyons US-75 in Decatur
East end:	Iowa 175 at Missouri River in Decatur
Location
Counties:	Cuming, Burt
Highway system
Nebraska Highways ← N-50 N-52 →

Nebraska Highway 51 is a highway in eastern Nebraska. It has a length of 36.63 miles (58.95 km) and runs from west to east. It has a western terminus at U.S. Highway 275 northwest of Wisner and an eastern terminus at the Burt County Missouri River Bridge at the Missouri River in Decatur.

Route description

Nebraska Highway 51 begins northwest of Wisner at U.S. 275. It goes east into farmland and meets Nebraska Highway 9 west of Bancroft. It continues east and skirts the southern edge of Bancroft, after which it meets Nebraska Highway 16. After five miles (8 km), it meets U.S. Highway 77. It continues east and meets U.S. Highway 75 in Decatur. After overlapping in Decatur, Highway 51 turns east and crosses the Missouri River via the Burt County Missouri River Bridge. The highway continues on in Iowa as Iowa Highway 175.^[2][3]

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[2]	Junction	Notes
Cuming	Wisner	0.00	US-275	Western terminus
	Beemer	6.80	L-20A south (12th Road)
		11.78	N-9 (17th Road)
	Bancroft	19.75	N-16 north
Burt		24.50	US-77 (County Road 11)
	Decatur	35.50	US-75 south	West end of US 75 overlap
		36.00	US-75 north (4th Avenue)	East end of US 75 overlap
		36.63	Iowa 175 east	Iowa border at Burt County Missouri River Bridge, eastern terminus

References

1. ^ The Nebraska Highways Page: Highways 31 to 60
2. ^ ^{a b c} Nebraska Highway Reference Log Book
3. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – overview of Nebraska Highway 51 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=nebraska+51+and+us+highway+275&daddr=nebraska+51+and+iowa+175&geocode=FVHfgAIdWtw4-imNTQ8tkbeRhzElSKimwu4ptg%3BFbH3gAIdXX1D-ilzYgVgSiOShzGjBwBcQLrsEA&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=42.088032,-96.598663&sspn=0.464728,1.352692&ie=UTF8&ll=42.003387,-96.58905&spn=0.465348,1.352692&t=h&z=10. Retrieved 2010-11-05. 

External links

• Nebraska Roads: NE 41-60