Nebraska Highway 2

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Nebraska Highway 2 marker

Nebraska Highway 2
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N-2 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NDOR
Length: 422.75 mi[1] (680.35 km)
Western segment
Length: 370.88 mi[1] (596.87 km)
West end: SD 71 north of Crawford
Major
junctions:
East end: I-80 southeast of Grand Island
Eastern segment
Length: 51.87 mi[1] (83.48 km)
West end: US 77 south of Lincoln
Major
junctions:
East end: Iowa 2 at Missouri River in Nebraska City
Location
Counties: Western segment: Sioux, Dawes, Box Butte, Sheridan, Grant, Hooker, Thomas, Blaine, Custer, Sherman, Buffalo, Hall, Hamilton
Eastern segment: Lancaster, Otoe
Highway system
← N-1 N-4 →

Nebraska Highway 2 (N-2) is a state highway in Nebraska consisting of two discontinuous segments. The western segment begins at the South Dakota border northwest of Crawford and ends southeast of Grand Island at an intersection with Interstate 80 (I-80). The eastern segment begins in Lincoln and ends at the Iowa border at Nebraska City. Previously, the two segments were connected via a route shared with U.S. Highway 34 (US 34) between Grand Island and Lincoln.

Route description

Western segment

The western segment of N-2 begins at the South Dakota border north of Crawford in a concurrency with N-71. The road goes east, southeast, and then south into Crawford. In Crawford, there is a concurrency with US 20. N-2 and N-71 both continue south from Crawford through Marsland, Nebraska. The two highways split west of Hemingford, Nebraska and N-2 turns east towards Hemingford. At Hemingford, N-2 turns southeast towards Alliance. At Berea, N-2 meets US 385 and the two overlap into Alliance.[1][2]

At Alliance, N-2 goes east into the Sand Hills. It goes through several small towns, including Hyannis, Mullen and Thedford. In Thedford, N-2 briefly overlaps US 83. East of Thedford, near Halsey, is the Nebraska National Forest. At Dunning, N-2 intersects N-91 and turns southeasterly towards Broken Bow and Grand Island.[1][2]

After turning southeasterly at Dunning, N-2 meets N-92 in Merna. The two highways overlap through Broken Bow and separate when they meet US 183 in Ansley. N-2 meets N-10 in Hazard, N-68 in Ravenna and N-11 in Cairo. On the northwest edge of Grand Island, N-2 becomes a four-lane divided highway and then encounters US 281. N-2 then follows US 281 along the western edge of Grand Island until it meets US 34 and then those two routes overlap through the southern edge of Grand Island. N-2 and US 34 cross the Platte River and shortly thereafter, they separate and N-2 turns south towards Interstate 80 (I-80). At I-80, the western segment of N-2 ends.[1][2]

Eastern segment

The eastern segment of N-2 begins as the Lincoln South Beltway, a freeway south of Lincoln, at a semi-directional T interchange with US 77. Passing by Lincoln to the south, N-2 becomes a four-lane divided highway following a diamond interchange with Nebraska Parkway, its former alignment through the city, southeast of it. It soon encounters several small towns and highways. It meets N-43 north of Bennet and overlaps it for 5 miles (8.0 km), until shortly before Palmyra. Near Syracuse, there is a bypass of that community and there is a freeway exit for N-50. It continues east and near Nebraska City, it meets US 75 and the two highways are together briefly until the southern edge of Nebraska City. Also at this intersection, N-2 Business begins and goes through Nebraska City. After they separate, N-2 heads east and then northeast, meets the eastern end of N-2 Business and crosses the Missouri River over the Nebraska City Bridge and enters Iowa. In Iowa, the highway continues as Iowa Highway 2.[1][3]

The eastern segment of N-2 serves as part of a connecting route, along with US 77, between I-29 in Iowa and I-80 in Lincoln. It allows traffic coming from Kansas City, Missouri to go to Lincoln and points west of Lincoln to bypass Omaha. To better facilitate this link between I-80 and I-29, in February 2020, the Nebraska DOT began a major project to construct the Lincoln South Beltway to carry N-2. This modern divided and controlled access freeway will give a direct route from 120th Street to US 77 near Saltillo. Construction was planned for completion in 2023.[4] The beltway opened to traffic on December 14, 2022, six months ahead of expected in May 2023. However, the interchanges at Bennet Road-Jamaica Avenue and 82nd Street-84th Street are not expected to open until May 2024.[5]

The eastern segment of Nebraska Highway 2 has the commemorative name of Jerome and Betty Warner Memorial Highway. The portion of the highway east of the west U.S. 75 junction to the Nebraska City Bridge in the Nebraska City area is known as the J. Sterling Morton Beltway, in honor of the creator of Arbor Day and the former Secretary of Agriculture.

Major intersections

County Location mi[1] km Destinations Notes
Sioux ​ 0.00 0.00 SD 71 north – Hot Springs SD Western end of N-71 overlap; continuation into South Dakota
Dawes Crawford 28.47 45.82 US 20 east – Fort Robinson, Harrison Western end of US 20 overlap
29.33 47.20 US 20 west (McPherson Street) – Chadron Eastern end of US 20 overlap
Box Butte ​ 55.17 88.79 N-71 south (Dodge Road) – Scottsbluff Eastern end of N-71 overlap
Hemingford 67.32 108.34 L-7E east – Chadron
Berea 77.48 124.69 US 385 north – Chadron Western end of US 385 overlap
Alliance 85.41 137.45 US 385 south (County Road 61) – Bridgeport Eastern end of US 385 overlap
87.45 140.74 N-87 north (Flack Avenue) – Hay Springs
Sheridan Lakeside 110.42 177.70 N-250 north – Rushville
Ellsworth 118.12 190.10 N-27 north (Sheridan Road) – Gordon
Grant Hyannis 145.61 234.34 N-61 north – Merriman Western end of N-61 overlap
147.32 237.09 N-61 south – Arthur Eastern end of N-61 overlap
Hooker Mullen 184.81 297.42 N-97 – Valentine, Tryon
Thomas Seneca 196.02 315.46 S-86A north (Athens Street)
Thedford 210.79 339.23 US 83 south – Stapleton, North Platte Western end of US 83 overlap
212.31 341.68 US 83 north – Valentine Eastern end of US 83 overlap
Halsey 226.08 363.84 S-86B south
Blaine Dunning 237.61 382.40 N-91 east – Brewster
237.97 382.98 S-5A west (Jewett Avenue)
Custer Anselmo 258.37 415.81 S-21A east (Smith Avenue)
Merna 269.39 433.54 N-92 west – Stapleton, North Platte Western end of N-92 overlap
Broken Bow 278.66 448.46 N-21 south (8th Avenue) – Lexington
279.83 450.34 N-70 east – Ord
Ansley 295.31 475.26 US 183 north / N-92 east – Loup City, Sargent Eastern end of N-92 overlap; western end of US 183 overlap
295.80 476.04 US 183 south – Miller, Holdrege Eastern end of US 183 overlap
Sherman Hazard 316.75 509.76 N-10 (County Road 144) – Loup City, Kearney
Buffalo Ravenna 327.44 526.96 N-68 east (Grand Avenue)
Hall Cairo 343.65 553.05 N-11 – Dannebrog, Wood River
Grand Island 356.00 572.93 US 281 north – Saint Paul Interchange; western end of US 281 overlap
358.75 577.35 US 30 – Kearney, Central City Interchange
359.78 579.01 US 34 west / US 281 south (Tom Osborne Expressway) – Hastings Eastern end of US 281 overlap; western end of US 34 overlap
Merrick ​ 365.45 588.13 Bridge over Platte River
Hamilton ​ 367.31 591.13 US 34 east – Aurora Eastern end of US 34 overlap
​ 370.75–
370.88		 596.66–
596.87		 I-80 – Lincoln, Kearney Eastern end of state maintenance; exit 318 on I-80
Gap in route
Lancaster ​ US 77 (Homestead Expressway) – Lincoln, Beatrice Western end of eastern segment; semi-directional T interchange, opened to traffic on December 14, 2022[5]
Bennet Road-Jamaica Avenue Dogbone interchange, expected to open in May 2024[5]
68th Street-70th Street Dogbone interchange, opened to traffic on December 14, 2022[5]
82nd Street-84th Street Parclo AB2 interchange, expected to open in May 2024[5]
Nebraska Parkway Diamond interchange, former alignment of N-2, opened to traffic on December 14, 2022[5]
466.40 750.60 N-43 south – Bennet Western end of N-43 overlap; interchange
Otoe Palmyra 471.66 759.06 N-43 north (County Road 6) – Eagle Eastern end of N-43 overlap
472.69 760.72 S-66A south (A Street) – Douglas
Syracuse 484.71 780.07 N-50 (30th Road) – Syracuse Interchange
Dunbar 492.63 792.81 N-67 (46th Road)
Nebraska City 499.86–
500.01		 804.45–
804.69		 US 75 north (J. Sterling Morton Beltway) / Invalid type: N-Bus east (4th Corso) – Omaha, Nebraska City Interchange; western end of US 75 overlap
502.48 808.66 US 75 south (64th Road) / US 75 Bus. north (11th Street) – Nebraska City, Auburn Interchange; eastern end of US 75 overlap
503.13 809.71 Invalid type: N-Bus west (4th Corso)
Missouri River 504.52 811.95 Nebraska City Bridge; Nebraska–Iowa line
Iowa 2 east – Sidney Continuation into Iowa
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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References

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