Nebraska Highway 15
Nebraska Highway 15 (N-15) is a highway in eastern Nebraska, United States. It has a southern terminus at the Kansas border south of Fairbury and a northern terminus northeast of Maskell at the South Dakota border.
State Highway 15 | ||||
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 Nebraska Highway 15 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by NDOT | ||||
| Length | 210.11 mi[1] (338.14 km) | |||
| Existed | 1925[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  K-15 south of Fairbury | |||
 US 136 in Fairbury US 6 west of Dorchester I-80 south of Seward US 30 north of Schuyler US 275 north of Pilger US 20 in Laurel | ||||
| North end |  SD 19 northeast of Maskell | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Nebraska | |||
| Counties | Jefferson, Saline, Seward, Butler, Colfax, Stanton, Wayne, Cedar, Dixon | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
Nebraska Highway 15 begins at the Kansas border south of Fairbury. This southern terminus for NE 15 is also the northern terminus for K-15. It goes north through farmland towards Fairbury and crosses the Little Blue River. At Fairbury it crosses U.S. Highway 136. Near Dorchester it joins with U.S. Highway 6 for about 10 miles (16 km) before splitting off again, and then crossing Interstate 80 south of Seward. In Seward, it meets U.S. Highway 34. It continues north and crosses the Platte River just before reaching Schuyler, and then U.S. Highway 30. It continues north from there where, near Pilger, it travels east for 2 miles (3.2 km) along with U.S. Highway 275. Then it heads back north and passes through Wayne before joining U.S. Highway 20 for 3 miles (4.8 km) near Laurel. It then splits from US 20, and travels due north until it junctions with Nebraska Highway 12. It overlaps NE 12 for 7 miles (11 km) past Maskell and then heads back north where it crosses the Missouri River via the Vermillion-Newcastle Bridge into South Dakota and changes to South Dakota Highway 19.[1][3]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson | | 0.00 | 0.00 |  K-15 south (King Road) | Continuation into Kansas; former K-15W |
| Fairbury | 7.15 | 11.51 |   N-8 west (709th Road) | Southern end of N-8 concurrency | |
| 8.86 | 14.26 |  N-8 east / Oregon National Historic Trail / California National Historic Trail / Pony Express National Historic Trail | Northern end of N-8 concurrency | ||
| 10.08 | 16.22 | US 136 (14th Street) / Oregon National Historic Trail / California National Historic Trail / Pony Express National Historic Trail | |||
| | 21.22 | 34.15 |  N-4 east (723rd Road) | Southern end of N-4 concurrency | |
| | 22.22 | 35.76 | N-4 west (724th Road) | Northern end of N-4 concurrency | |
| Saline | | 27.25 | 43.85 |  S-76C west (County Road V) – Western | |
| | 29.25 | 47.07 |  N-74 west (County Road T) | ||
| | 33.25 | 53.51 |  N-41 east (County Road P) | Southern end of N-41 concurrency | |
| | 35.26 | 56.75 | N-41 west (County Road N) | Northern end of N-41 concurrency | |
| | 45.27 | 72.86 | US 6 west (County Road D) | Southern end of US 6 concurrency | |
| | 45.88 | 73.84 |  N-33 east (County Road Dd) – Dorchester, Crete | ||
| | 48.47 | 78.00 |  L-76E south (County Road 1400) – Dorchester | ||
| Seward | | 56.99 | 91.72 | US 6 east (Pioneers Road) | Northern end of US 6 concurrency |
| | 60.54 | 97.43 | I-80 – Lincoln, Grand Island | I-80 Exit 379 | |
| Seward | 66.41 | 106.88 |  US 34 (Main Street) | ||
| | 71.06 | 114.36 |  S-80C west (Branched Oak Road) – Staplehurst | ||
| | 73.07 | 117.59 |  S-80B east (Rock Creek Road) – Bee | ||
| Butler | | 78.06 | 125.63 |   N-66 east / S-12C west (Road 23) – Dwight, Valparaiso, Ulysses | |
| | 87.12 | 140.21 |  N-92 east (32 Road) | Southern end of N-92 concurrency | |
| | 88.64 | 142.65 | N-92 west (32 Road) | Northern end of N-92 concurrency | |
| | 93.65 | 150.72 |  S-12B east (37 Road) – Bruno | ||
| | 97.65 | 157.15 |  N-64 west (41 Road) | ||
| | 104.63 | 168.39 |  S-12A east (45 Road) – Linwood | ||
| Colfax | Schuyler | 109.64 | 176.45 | US 30 | Interchange |
| | 126.71 | 203.92 |  N-91 (Road W) | ||
| Stanton | | 134.76 | 216.88 |  N-32 (828th Road) | |
| | 147.77 | 237.81 | US 275 west (841st Road) | Southern end of US 275 concurrency | |
| | 149.78 | 241.05 | US 275 east | Northern end of US 275 concurrency | |
| Wayne | Wayne | 164.81 | 265.24 |  N-35 (7th Street) | |
| Dixon–Cedar county line | | 174.87 | 281.43 |   N-116 north – Concord | |
| Cedar | Laurel | 180.24 | 290.07 | US 20 west | Southern end of US 20 concurrency |
| | 182.75 | 294.11 | US 20 east – South Sioux City | Northern end of US 20 concurrency | |
| | 183.19 | 294.82 |   N-59 (872nd Road) to US 20 | N-59 east is former L-14D | |
| | 193.18 | 310.89 |  N-84 west (882nd Road) | ||
| | 199.45 | 320.98 |  N-12 west (890th Road) | Southern end of N-12 concurrency | |
| Dixon | | 207.16 | 333.39 | N-12 east | Northern end of N-12 concurrency |
| Missouri River | 210.11 | 338.14 | Vermillion–Newcastle Bridge | ||
 SD 19 north | Continuation into South Dakota | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
- "Nebraska Highway Reference Log Book" (PDF). Nebraska Department of Roads. 2015. pp. 56–61. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
- Nebraska Roads: NE 11-20
- Google (2010-11-09). "overview of Nebraska Highway 15" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
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