Nebraska Highway 23

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Nebraska Highway 23

Length:

159.92 mi^[1] (257.37 km)

West end:

CO 23 at Venango

Major
junctions:

NE 61 in Grant

US 83 north of Wellfleet

US 283 in Elwood

East end:

US 6/US 34 at Holdrege

Counties:

Perkins, Lincoln, Frontier, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps

Major cities:

Grant, Wallace, Curtis, Farnam, Elwood, Holdrege

Nebraska Highways
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Nebraska Highway 23 is a highway in southwestern Nebraska. Its western terminus is on the Colorado border at Venango, where the highway continues west as Colorado State Highway 23. Its eastern terminus is at Holdrege at an intersection with U.S. Highway 6 and U.S. Highway 34.

[edit] Route description

Nebraska Highway 23 begins at the Colorado border at Venango. It goes northeasterly towards Grant, where it meets Nebraska Highway 61. After a brief concurrency, NE 23 and NE 61 separate and NE 23 continues east. Near Wallace, NE 23 meets Nebraska Highway 25. It continues east and near Wellfleet, meets U.S. Highway 83. NE 23 turns south with US 83 and continues south until near Maywood, where they separate. After going east through Maywood, NE 23 continues east and meets Nebraska Highway 18 at Curtis. After a brief segment going north, it passes Moorefield and continues on through Farnam. Near Farnam, NE 23 meets Nebraska Highway 47 and turns southeasterly. It passes through Eustis and meets Nebraska Highway 21. It continues southeasterly and meets U.S. Highway 283 in Elwood. It continues in a southeastern direction through Smithfield, Bertrand, and Loomis and ends at an intersection with US 6 and US 34 at the western end of Holdrege.