Nebraska Highway 21 is a highway in central Nebraska. Its southern terminus is at Nebraska Highway 23 east of Eustis. Its northern terminus is at an intersection with Nebraska Highway 2 and Nebraska Highway 92 in Broken Bow.
 State Highway 21 | ||||
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 Nebraska Highway 21 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by NDOT | ||||
| Length | 73.37 mi[1] (118.08 km) | |||
| Existed | 1925–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  N-23 near Eustis | |||
 I-80 south of Cozad US 30 in Cozad | ||||
| North end |   N-2 / N-92 in Broken Bow | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Nebraska | |||
| Counties | Frontier, Dawson, Custer | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
editNebraska Highway 21 begins a mile east of Eustis at an intersection with Nebraska Highway 23. It goes north through farmland and meets Interstate 80 shortly before Cozad. In Cozad, it meets U.S. Highway 30 and goes on a 13-mile (21 km) concurrency eastward to Lexington. At Lexington, it turns north into rural prairie areas and meets Nebraska Highway 40 in Oconto. After passing Oconto, it turns north-northeasterly and ends in Broken Bow when it meets Nebraska Highway 2 and Nebraska Highway 92.[1][2]
History
editThe original version of Nebraska Highway 21 went south from Lexington and turned east to go through Beaver City and Alma. In the 1940s, U.S. Highway 283 was created and took over the segment of the highway south of Lexington, with the Beaver City-Alma segment becoming Nebraska Highway 89. In 1960, the current route was completed, as the Cozad-Eustis segment was completed, and the highway extended along US 30.[3]
Major intersections
edit| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Frontier | | 0.00 | 0.00 | N-23 – Elwood, Eustis | Southern terminus |
| Dawson | Cozad | 12.69 | 20.42 | I-80 – Kearney, North Platte | Exit 222 on I-80 |
| 14.05 | 22.61 |  US 30 west (Lincoln Highway) – Gothenburg, North Platte | Southern end of US-30 concurrency | ||
| | 22.28 | 35.86 |   L-24A south | ||
| Lexington | 27.51 | 44.27 |  US 30 east (West Pacific Avenue) – Overton, Kearney | Northern end of US-30 concurrency | |
| Custer | Oconto | 52.46 | 84.43 |  N-40 – Eddyville, Callaway | |
| Broken Bow | 73.37 | 118.08 | N-2 / N-92 (South E Street) – Berwyn, Merna | Northern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
edit- ^ a b c "Nebraska Highway Reference Log Book" (PDF). Nebraska Department of Roads. 2015. pp. 74–75. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
- ^ "overview of Nebraska Highway 21" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
- ^ The Nebraska Highways Page: Highways 1 to 30 Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine