Interstate Highways

US Numbered Highways
6-38
73-83
136-183
275-385

State Highways

State Link and Spur Highways

Site Index

Counties Passed Through: Furnas, Harlan, Franklin, Webster, Nuckolls, Thayer, Jefferson, Gage, Johnson, Nemaha
Communities Passed Through: Edison, Oxford, Orleans, Alma, Republican City, Bloomington, Franklin, Riverton, Invale, Red Cloud, Ruskin, Deshler, Gilead, Fairbury, Jansen, Harbine, Beatrice, Filley, Crab Orchard, Tecumseh, Auburn, Brownville

Multiplexes:

• NE 46 - 1/2 mile in Orleans
• US 183 - 2 miles, into Alma
• NE 14 - 4 miles between Superior and Nelson
• NE 4 - 11 miles from Beatrice to west of Filley
• NE 105 - 1 mile, south of Johnson

History: Created in 1951, US 136 was extended into Nebraska in 1960, completely replacing NE 3.

County Passed Through: Deuel
Community Passed Through: Big Springs

History: An original 1926 route, US 138 was comissioned from Sterling, Colorado to north of Big Springs. It is 72 miles long total, and it runs parallel to I-76 or I-80 for its entire route. On the other hand, it's the last vestige of US 38 (which was decommissioned 70 years ago.) Does US 138 deserve its shield? After all these years, apparently so.

County Passed Through: Richardson
Communities Passed Through: Falls City, Rulo

Multiplex: US 73 - 4 miles from the Kansas state line to Falls City

History: Designated in 1934, US 159 was extended north into and through the extreme southeast corner of Nebraska in the early 1940's.

Counties Passed Through: Harlan, Phelps, Buffalo, Custer, Loup, Rock, Brown, Keya Paha
Communities Passed Through: Alma, Holdrege, Elm Creek, Miller, Ansley, Westerville, Sargent, Taylor, Rose, Basset, Springview

Multiplexes:

• US 136 - 2 miles from Alma north
• NE 70 - 1 mile by Westervile
• NE 91 - 1 mile into Taylor
• US 20/NE 7 - 12 miles from Bassett to west of Long Pine
• NE 12 - 5 miles from Springview north

History: US 183 was commisioned though Nebraska around 1931 along the present US 83 corridor. At that time, US 183 ran along present-day NE 97 from North Platte to Mullen; the segment from there north to Valentine was unsigned. Originally, US 83 and US 183 ran more or less opposite their current routings in Nebraska; they were swapped into their present routing in the early 1940's. US 183's alignment from the SD border to the Bassett/Ainsworth area has ran in three places: unmarked county roads through Meadville (a ghost town on the Niobrara River); current NE 7 (which explains the US 183/NE 7 route swap); and on its current alignment since the 1960's.