Nebraska Highway 2
State Highway 2 | ||||
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 N-2 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by NDOT | ||||
| Length | 422.75 mi[1] (680.35 km) | |||
| Western segment | ||||
| Length | 370.88 mi[1] (596.87 km) | |||
| West end | File:N-71.svgFile:SD 71.svg N-71 / SD 71 north of Crawford | |||
| Major intersections |
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| East end | File:I-80.svg I-80 southeast of Grand Island | |||
| Eastern segment | ||||
| Length | 51.87 mi[1] (83.48 km) | |||
| West end | File:US 77.svg US 77 south of Lincoln | |||
| Major intersections | ||||
| East end | File:Circle sign 2.svg Iowa 2 at Missouri River in Nebraska City | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Nebraska | |||
| Counties | Western segment: Sioux, Dawes, Box Butte, Sheridan, Grant, Hooker, Thomas, Blaine, Custer, Sherman, Buffalo, Hall, Hamilton Eastern segment: Lancaster, Otoe | |||
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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
All exits are unnumbered.
Nebraska City business route
| 4th Corso | |
| Location | Nebraska City, Nebraska |
| Length | 4.4 mi[6] (7.1 km) |
Nebraska Highway 2 Business (N-2 Bus.) is a 4.4-mile (7.1 km) business loop of N-2 travelling through Nebraska City. Locally, the highway is also known as 4th Corso. The entire route is in Otoe County.
| Location | mi[6] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Belmont–Four Mile precinct line | 0.00– 0.7 | 0.00– 1.1 | File:West plate.svg File:N-2.svg N-2 west – Lincoln File:US 75.svgFile:East plate.svg File:N-2.svg US 75 / N-2 east (Lewis and Clark Trail) | Interchange; western terminus | |
| Nebraska City | 2.8 | 4.5 | File:Business plate.svg File:US 75.svgFile:Hospital sign.svg US 75 Bus. (11th Street) | Serves CHI Health St. Mary's Hospital | |
| Four Mile Precinct | 4.4 | 7.1 | File:N-2.svg N-2 | Eastern terminus; road continues south as Valmont Drive (67 Road) | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Nebraska Highway Reference Log Book" (PDF). Nebraska Department of Roads. 2015. pp. 2–10. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "overview of Nebraska Highway 2 western segment" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
- ↑ "overview of Nebraska Highway 2 eastern segment" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
- ↑ "Lincoln South Beltway — Nebraska Department of Transportation".
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Wegley, Andrew (December 14, 2022). "Decades in the making, Lincoln South Beltway opens to traffic". Lincoln Journal Star. Ava Thomas. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Overview map of N-2 Business" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
External links
- Infobox road instances in Nebraska
- Jctint template tracking category
- State highways in Nebraska
- Transportation in Sioux County, Nebraska
- Transportation in Dawes County, Nebraska
- Transportation in Box Butte County, Nebraska
- Transportation in Sheridan County, Nebraska
- Transportation in Grant County, Nebraska
- Transportation in Hooker County, Nebraska
- Transportation in Thomas County, Nebraska
- Transportation in Blaine County, Nebraska
- Transportation in Custer County, Nebraska
- Transportation in Sherman County, Nebraska
- Transportation in Buffalo County, Nebraska
- Transportation in Hall County, Nebraska
- Transportation in Merrick County, Nebraska
- Transportation in Hamilton County, Nebraska
- Transportation in Lincoln, Nebraska
- Transportation in Otoe County, Nebraska