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State Highway 14

Nebraska Highway 14 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NDOT
Length203.53 mi [1] (327.55 km)
Existed1925 [2]–present
Major junctions
South end K-14 southwest of Superior
Major intersections US 6 southeast of Harvard
I-80 near Aurora
US 30 in Central City
US 275 in Neligh
US 20 west of Brunswick
N-12 in Niobrara
North end SD 37 northeast of Niobrara
Location
Country United States
State Nebraska
Counties Nuckolls, Clay, Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Boone, Antelope, Knox
Highway system
N-13 N-15

Nebraska Highway 14 (N-14) is a highway in the U.S. state of Nebraska. It has a southern terminus at the Kansas border, where it continues south as K-14, southwest of Superior and a northern terminus east of Niobrara at the South Dakota border.

Route description

Nebraska Highway 14 begins at the Kansas border southwest of Superior. This southern terminus for NE 14 is also the northern terminus for K-14. It goes northeast through farmland towards Superior, crosses the Republican River, then turns east into Superior. It meets Nebraska Highway 8 there, then turns north. It meets U.S. Highway 136 and they run concurrent for 4 miles (6.4 km). They separate, and NE 14 continues north into Nelson. It continues north, runs briefly concurrent with Nebraska Highway 4 and Nebraska Highway 74, then goes through Clay Center. At Clay Center, it meets Nebraska Highway 41. After 4 more miles, it meets U.S. Highway 6, then turns east with it for 3 miles (4.8 km). It turns north, and shortly before arriving in Aurora, intersects Interstate 80. In Aurora, it meets U.S. Highway 34. It continues north and meets Nebraska Highway 66 just before passing the Platte River. It crosses the Platte, and enters Central City, where it meets U.S. Highway 30. [1] [3]

After Central City, it briefly overlaps Nebraska Highway 92 before continuing north towards Fullerton. At Fullerton, it meets Nebraska Highway 22 and they run together north for a couple miles. It goes north and shortly before Albion, meets Nebraska Highway 39 and turns northwesterly to go through Albion. At Loretto, it turns due north again, then north of Elgin, it turns northeasterly towards Neligh. At Neligh, NE 14 meets U.S. Highway 275. It continues due north out of Neligh, meeting U.S. Highway 20 near Brunswick. It continues north through Verdigre and at Niobrara meets Nebraska Highway 12. It turns east briefly, then turns north to go into South Dakota via the Chief Standing Bear Memorial Bridge, which crosses the Missouri River, where the highway continues north as South Dakota Highway 37. [1] [3]

History

Nebraska Highway 14 originally ended in Neligh. It also originally went east from Fullerton to Genoa along the current NE 22, then northwest to Albion along current NE 39. [4] When originally extended to Niobrara, it went north through Center along the current Nebraska Highway 13. [4]

Nebraska Highway 14 previously ended in Niobrara, but in 1998, the Chief Standing Bear Memorial Bridge was opened. The bridge, which was named for the former Ponca Indian chief, crosses over the Missouri River and replaced a long-standing river ferry which crossed at the same site. [4] The completion of this bridge made it a cross-state highway.

Highway designations

The portion it shares with U.S. Highway 136 is the Heritage Highway. When it is concurrent with U.S. Highway 6, it is the Grand Army of the Republic Highway. Its concurrency with Nebraska Highway 12 is the Outlaw Trail Scenic Byway. [5]

Major intersections

CountyLocation mi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
Nuckolls0.000.00
K-14 south
Continuation into Kansas
Superior2.353.78
N-8 east (3rd Street east)
Western terminus of N-8; former N-3S
7.2511.67
US 136 west
South end of US 136 overlap; former N-3 west
11.2618.12
US 136 east
North end of US 136 overlap; former N-3 east
21.3134.30
N-4 west
South end of N-4 overlap
22.3235.92
N-4 east / Oregon National Historic Trail / California National Historic Trail / Pony Express National Historic Trail
North end of N-4 overlap
Clay26.6742.92
S-18C west (Road 302) – Deweese
27.1743.73
S-18B east – Edgar
Former N-119
Fairfield30.6849.37
N-74 east (Road 306)
South end of N-74 overlap
31.6850.98
N-74 west (Road 307) / Oregon National Historic Trail / California National Historic Trail / Pony Express National Historic Trail
North end of N-74 overlap
Clay Center37.6860.64

N-41 east / S-18D west – U.S. Meat Animal Research Center
Western terminus of N-41; eastern terminus of S-18D
41.6767.06
US 6 west
South end of US 6 overlap
44.6471.84
US 6 east
North end of US 6 overlap
Hamilton61.1698.43 I-80 – Lincoln, Grand IslandI-80 exit 332
Aurora64.67104.08 US 34 (Q Street) – York, Grand IslandAccess to Memorial Hospital
73.70118.61
S-41C west (22 Road) – Marquette
78.68126.62
N-66 east (27 Road)
Platte River78.90126.98Bridge
Merrick Central City81.49131.15 US 30
86.67139.48
N-92 west
South end of N-92 overlap
87.68141.11
N-92 east
North end of N-92 overlap
Nance Fullerton99.72160.48
N-22 west (Third Street)
South end of N-22 overlap
101.36163.12
N-22 east
North end of N-22 overlap
107.03172.25
N-52 north
Boone114.01183.48 N-56 – Cedar Rapids, St. Edward
121.50195.54265th Street ( L-6A east)
121.60195.70
N-39 south
Northern terminus of N-39
Albion122.70197.47
N-91 east
South end of N-91 overlap
123.06198.05
N-91 west (State Street west)
North end of N-91 overlap
Petersburg135.67218.34
N-32 east (Leona Avenue)
Antelope Elgin145.13233.56
N-70 west (North Street)
Former N-80
Neligh156.27251.49 US 275 (11th Street)
171.01275.21 US 20 – Royal, Sioux City
Knox179.30288.56
N-59 east
Western terminus of N-59
Verdigre188.08302.69

N-84 east / S-54A west
Western terminus of N-84; eastern terminus of S-54A
Niobrara199.56321.16
N-12 west
South end of N-12 overlap
202.42325.76
N-12 east
North end of N-12 overlap
Missouri River203.53327.55 Chief Standing Bear Memorial Bridge
NebraskaSouth Dakota line

SD 37 north
Continuation into South Dakota
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

KML is from Wikidata
  1. ^ a b c d "Nebraska Highway Reference Log Book" (PDF). Nebraska Department of Roads. 2015. pp. 51–55. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
  2. ^ Nebraska Roads: NE 11-20
  3. ^ a b Google (2010-11-04). "overview of Nebraska Highway 14" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
  4. ^ a b c The Nebraska Highways Page: Highways 1 to 30 Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Nebraska Department of Roads