Interstate Highways

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

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

Multiplex: US 159 - 4 miles from the Kansas state line to Falls City

History: An original 1926 route, US 73 replaced NE 5 (I) from the Kansas border to south of Auburn. In 1933, US 73 was extended along US 75 north to Omaha, where it then continued along the remaining segments of NE 5 (I) to Tekamah, where US 73 split into US 73E (which absorbed NE 51) and US 73W (which followed "mainline" NE 5 (I)). In 1957, US 73E/W was decommissioned. In 1965, US 73 was truncated to Winnebago. In 1984, US 73 was truncated to north of Dawson, as US 75 was shifted to the Nebraska side of the Missouri River north of Omaha.

Southern Terminus: Tekamah
Northern Terminus: Winnebago
Replaced by: US 73

History: US 73E replaced NE 51 from Tekamah to Decatur and unmarked roads from Decatur to Winnebago.

Southern Terminus: Tekamah
Northern Terminus: Winnebago
Replaced by: NE 32, US 77

History: US 73W replaced NE 5 (I) from Tekamah to Oakland and was multiplexed with US 77 from Oakland to Winnebago.

Counties Passed Through: Richardson, Nemaha, Otoe, Cass, Sarpy, Douglas, Washington, Burt, Thurston, Dakota
Communities Passed Through: Dawson, Auburn, Julian, Nebraska City, Union, Plattsmouth, Bellevue, Omaha, Fort Calhoun, Blair, Herman, Tekamah, Decatur, Macy, Winnebago, Homer, Dakota City, South Sioux City

Expressway Segments: 3 miles along the Nebraska City bypass; 3 miles in southern Sarpy County from the Platte River north to the Kennedy Freeway; 5 miles in northern Douglas County; 3 miles between Dakota City and the I-129 interchange
Freeway Segments: 14 miles in Bellvue and Omaha (2 miles multiplexed with I-480 - the Kennedy, Gerald Ford, and North Freeways); 3 miles with I-129 for its entire length in Nebraska
National Highway System Segments: From the Kansas state line to I-680 (Exit 13) in Omaha; from junction with US 77 in Winnebago to the Iowa border

Multiplexes:

• NE 64 - 1 mile, north of Auburn
• NE 2 - 3 miles around the western edge of Nebraska City
• US 34 - 13 miles, from Union to Plattsmouth
• I-480 - 2 miles in downtown Omaha
• US 30 - 1 mile in Blair
• US 77 - 16 miles from Winnebago to South Sioux City
• I-129/US 20 - 3 miles from US 20/I-129 interchange in South Sioux City to the Iowa border

History: US 75 is an orginal 1926 route, replacing NE 33 (II) from the Kansas state line to Auburn and NE 5 (I) from Auburn to Omaha. Before 1984, US 75 crossed into Iowa at Omaha and contined along the current I-29 corridor. In 1984, US 75 was routed north from Omaha to Sioux City along US 73, which was then truncated to just north of Dawson.

Counties Passed Through: Gage, Lancaster, Saunders, Dodge, Burt, Thurston, Dakota
Communities Passed Through: Wymore, Blue Springs, Beatrice, Cortland, Princeton, Lincoln, Ceresco, Wahoo, Inglewood, Fremont, Winslow, Uehling, Oakland, Lyons, Walthill, Winnebago, Homer, Dakota City, South Sioux City

Expressway Segments: 36 miles from Beatrice to SW Lincoln; 13 miles from I-80 (Exit 405) to Ceresco; 11 miles from Fremont to Winslow; 6 miles from Dakota City to Iowa state line
Freeway Segments: 4 miles south of junction with I-80 Exit 397; 8 miles around Lincoln (multiplexed with I-80)
National Highway System Segment: Entire length in Nebraska except bewteen US 20/I-129 interchange and Iowa border

Multiplexes:

• NE 41 - 1 mile, south of Cortland
• I-80 - 8 miles around the western half of Lincoln
• NE 92 - 3 miles through Wahoo
• US 275 - 9 miles from US 30 bypass north of Fremont to Winslow
• NE 91 - 5 miles from near Nickerson to Winslow
• US 75 - 2 miles from Dakota City to US 20/I-129 interchange

History: US 77 is an orginal 1926 route, replacing NE 9 from the Kansas state line to Oakland and NE 5 (I) from Oakland to the Iowa border. Nebraska submitted US 77 from I-80 to the Iowa state line for inclusion in the Interstate Highway System in 1968; this request was turned down (except for what later became I-129 in South Sioux City). It has been realigned very little since except in the Lincoln area, where it was rerouted onto the Homestead Expressway and I-80 in 1993. US 77 from Ceresco to Fremont will be upgraded to Nebraska Expressway standards by the end of the decade; construction on a expressway segment from Ceresco to a new bypass around Wahoo will start this year.

Counties Passed Through: Thayer, Fillmore, York, Polk, Butler (runs along county line), Platte, Madison, Pierce, Cedar
Communities Passed Through: Chester, Hebron, Bruning, Strang, Geneva, Fairmont, McCool Junction, York, Benedict, Stromsburg, Osceola, Shelby, Columbus, Madison, Norfolk, South Yankton

Expressway Segments: 24 miles from the Kansas state line to Bruning; 15 miles from Fairmont to York; 53 miles from south of Columbus (NE 64 junction) to Norfolk
National Highway System Segment: Entire length in Nebraska

Multiplexes:

• NE 4 - 1 mile, south of Bruning
• NE 74 - 1 mile on the north edge of Strang
• NE 41 - 1 mile from Geneva south
• US 34 - 1 mile through York
• NE 92 - 13 miles, from west of Osceola to Polk/Butler county line
• US 30 - 2 miles in Columbus
• NE 98 - 2 miles in eastern Pierce County

History: US 81 is an orginal 1926 route, replacing NE 4 (I) along its entire length. The only major realignment for US 81 has been from Norfolk north, where the current routing was straightened to avoid running through towns. Much of former US 81 in this area is NE 121.
Nebraska submitted US 81 from the Kansas state line to I-80 for inclusion in the Interstate Highway System in 1968; this request was turned down.
US 81 from the Kansas border to Norfolk is part of Nebraska Expressway system, and it has the most construction completed of any segment. The stretch from south of Columbus to Norfolk was completed in 2000; the stretch from the Kansas line to York will be completed by this fall; and work is expected to begin on the remaining segment from York to the junction with NE 64 next year.

Counties Passed Through: Red Willow, Frontier, Lincoln, Logan, Thomas, Cherry
Communities Passed Through: McCook, Wellfleet, North Platte, Stapleton, Thedford, Valentine

Expressway Segment: 4 miles from I-80 (Exit 177) south
National Highway System Segment: Entire length in Nebraska

Multiplexes:

• US 6/34 - 2 miles in McCook
• NE 23 - 14 miles from near Maywood to north of Wellfleet
• US 30 - 1/2 mile in North Platte
• NE 92 - 4 miles, to Stapleton
• NE 2 - 1 mile west of Thedford
• US 20 - 4 miles, to Valentine
• NE 12 - 1/2 mile in Valentine

History: US 83 was extended through Nebraska in 1931, connecting previously commissioned north and south segments. Originally, US 83 and US 183 ran more or less opposite their current routings in Nebraska; US 83 ran generally along US 183's present alignment. US 83 and US 183 were swapped into their present alignments in the early 1940's (around 1942?). US 83's current alignment from Thedford to south of Valentine through the Sand Hills was constructed in the 1940's. US 83 was shifted to a new alignment from North Platte to Thedford in the 1950's; the old alignment became NE 97.