Nebraska Highway 56

Nebraska Highway 56
Route information
Maintained by NDOR
Length: 35.28 mi[2] (56.78 km)
Existed: 1932[1] – present
Major junctions
West end: US-281 south of Greeley
  N-52 in Cedar Rapids
East end: N-39 west of St. Edward
Location
Counties: Greeley, Boone
Highway system

Nebraska Highways

← N-53 N-57 →

Nebraska Highway 56 is a highway in central Nebraska. It is an east–west highway which has a length of 35 miles (56 km). The western terminus is near Greeley at U.S. Highway 281, and the eastern terminus is at Nebraska Highway 39 just west of St. Edward.

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Route description

Nebraska Highway 56 begins less than a mile south of Greeley at U.S. 281. It runs east through farmland to Cedar Rapids, where it meets Nebraska Highway 52. The two highway run concurrent east of Cedar Rapids for about a mile, then separate. After going northeast briefly, the highway continues east towards St. Edward, passing Nebraska Highway 14 and ending about a mile west of St. Edward at Highway 39.[2][3]

Major intersections

County Location Mile[2] Junction Notes
Greeley Greeley 0.00 US-281 Western terminus
Boone Cedar Rapids 20.99 N-52 north (South 4th Street) West end of NE 52 overlap
22.25 N-52 south East end of NE 52 overlap
30.06 N-14
St. Edward 35.28 N-39 Eastern terminus

References

  1. ^ The Nebraska Highways Page: Highways 31 to 60
  2. ^ a b c Nebraska Highway Reference Log Book
  3. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – overview of Nebraska Highway 56 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=nebraska+56+and+us+281&daddr=nebraska+56+and+nebraska+39&geocode=FU7SeQId0GUg-ikpTCBMl6ubhzGq4dTmNdh66Q%3BFc1IegIdP3Aq-il76wf193uahzHsSIFAnzLNzg&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=41.601067,-98.024139&sspn=0.468279,1.352692&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=11. Retrieved 2010-11-04. 

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