U.S. Route 275

U.S. Route 275
Route information
Auxiliary route of US 75
Length: 265.86 mi[lower-alpha 1] (427.86 km)
15.62 miles (25.14 km) in Missouri
59.391 miles (95.581 km) in Iowa
190.85 miles (307.14 km) in Nebraska
Major junctions
South end: US 136 at Rock Port, Mo.
 

US 34 near Glenwood, Iowa
I-29 in Council Bluffs, Iowa
US-75 in Omaha, Nebr.
I-80 in Omaha, Nebr.
US-30 / US-77 in Fremont, Nebr.

US-81 in Norfolk, Nebr.
North end: US-281 / US-20 in O'Neill, Nebr.
Highway system

United States Numbered Highways
List • Bannered • Divided • Replaced

U.S. Route 275 (US 275) is a north–south United States highway. It is a branch of US 75, originally terminating at that route in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The highway's northern terminus is in O'Neill, Nebraska, at an intersection with U.S. Highway 20 and U.S. Highway 281. Its southern terminus is near Rock Port, Missouri, at an intersection with U.S. Highway 136.

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Route description

U.S. 275 is signed north–south in Missouri and Iowa, while in Nebraska, it is signed east–west.

Missouri

U.S. Route 275 begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 136 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Rock Port. It travels to the north and to the northwest through Atchison County for 16 miles (26 km).[1]

Iowa

U.S. Route 275 crosses into Iowa 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) south of Hamburg. It enters Hamburg and intersects Iowa Highway 333 (Iowa 333), which connects to Interstate 29 (I-29) 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) to the west. North of Hamburg, it intersects Iowa 2, and the two routes share 5 miles (8.0 km) of road. US 275 and Iowa 2 then bypass Sidney on its east side, and east of Sidney, US 275 and Iowa 2 separate. From east of Sidney, US 275 continues north for 20 miles (32 km) through Tabor until it intersects U.S. Route 34 east of Glenwood. US 275 and US 34 then overlap for 8 miles (13 km), mostly bypassing Glenwood. West of Glenwood, US 34 and US 275 split at an interchange with I-29; US 34 follows southbound I-29, while US 275 follows northbound I-29. For 13 miles (21 km), US 275 overlaps I-29, ending at an interchange with Iowa 92 in southern Council Bluffs. Turning west, US 275 / Iowa 92 travel together for 5 miles (8.0 km) in Iowa and cross the new South Omaha Veterans Memorial Bridge over the Missouri River.[2]

Nebraska

US 275 enters Nebraska in Omaha in the South Omaha neighborhood paired with Nebraska Highway 92. It goes through Omaha as a four lane highway until meeting Nebraska Highway 31. The street designations for US 275 in Omaha are, from east to west, Missouri Avenue, L Street, Industrial Road and West Center Road. It crosses the Elkhorn River, which it will follow for most of the rest of the route, then separates from NE 92. It goes northwest and becomes freeway until Fremont. It meets U.S. Route 30 and they are paired together around Fremont until meeting U.S. Route 77. US 275 turns north with US 77, meets Nebraska Highway 91 and separates from US 77 near Winslow.

It turns northwest with NE 91 and they separate near Scribner, Nebraska. US 275 goes north through West Point, turns northwest through Wisner, and then turns west. At Norfolk it meets U.S. Route 81. It continues west-northwest, meets U.S. Route 20 near Inman and the two routes overlap until US 275 ends at an intersection with U.S. Route 281 in downtown O'Neill.

History

At its creation in 1932, US 275 ran from Council Bluffs to Saint Joseph, Missouri. In 1939 the route was extended northwest into Nebraska. In 1963 US 275 was truncated to its current end in northwestern Missouri.

Prior to 1963, US 275 extended south to St. Joseph. The route followed current U.S. Route 136 east from Rock Port to its intersection with U.S. Route 59 near Tarkio, then south with US 59 to St. Joseph.

Before November 2001, US 275 ran alongside the Union Pacific tracks between Waterloo and Fremont, Nebraska. This routing was decommissioned and replaced by a new freeway segment built as part of a project to connect Fremont via freeway to Omaha. This segment is officially called Reichmuth Road in Douglas County and Bell Street in Fremont.

Prior to July 1, 2003, US 275 followed a winding two-lane road between Council Bluffs and Glenwood, Iowa. The segment moved to a concurrency with U.S. Route 34 and Interstate 29 that day as part of a mass decommissioning of highways in Iowa. This road is now Mills County and Pottawattamie County Road L35.

Major intersections

Mileposts reset at state line crossings. In Nebraska, US 275 is considered an east–west highway, its mileposts run from west to east
State County Location Mile[3][2][4] Destinations Notes
Missouri Atchison
 Rockport 0.00 US 136 – Rock Port, Phelps City  
 
 15.62
0.000		 Missouri–Iowa state line
Iowa Fremont
 Hamburg 2.129 Iowa 333 west
Riverton 7.950 Iowa 2 west South end of Iowa 2 overlap
Sidney 12.671 Iowa 2 east North end of Iowa 2 overlap
Mills
 Glenwood 33.544 US 34 east South end of US 34 overlap
I-29 south / US 34 west North end of US 34 overlap; south end of I-29 overlap
Saint Marys Township 49.152 Iowa 370 west
Pottawattamie
 Council Bluffs 54.212 I-29 north / Iowa 92 east North end of I-29 overlap; South end of Iowa 92 overlap
Missouri River
 59.391
190.85		 South Omaha Veterans Memorial Bridge; Iowa–Nebraska state line
Nebraska Douglas
 Omaha 189.53 US-75 (Kennedy Freeway)  
184.69 N-85 south  
181.93 I-80 (Exit 445)  
180.70 N-50 south  
174.18 US-6 / N-31  
  171.14 N-92 west West end of N-92 overlap
Waterloo 168.53 L-28B to US-6  
166.55 N-64 east East end of N-64 overlap
Valley 163.02 N-64 west West end of N-64 overlap
Mercer 158.48 N-36 east  
Dodge
 Fremont 152.14 US-30 East end of US 30 overlap
148.51 US-30 west / US-77 south East end of US 77 overlap; West end of US 30 overlap
Nickerson 144.70 N-91 east East end of N-91 overlap
Winslow 140.85 US-77 north West end of US 77 overlap
Scribner 138.41 S-27D  
Pebble Township 126.82 N-91 west West end of N-91 overlap
Cuming
 West Point 118.15 N-32 east East end of N-32 overlap
117.49 N-32 west West end of N-32 overlap
116.04 N-9 north  
Beemer 109.27 L-20A  
Wisner 100.80 N-51 east  
Stanton
 Pilger 96.08 N-15 north East end of N-15 overlap
94.08 N-15 south West end of N-15 overlap
Spurville 86.06 N-57 south  
Madison
 Norfolk 77.47 N-24 east / N-35 north  
75.12 US-81  
Battle Creek 65.71 N-121 south  
Antelope
 Tilden 53.39 N-45 south  
Neligh 39.63 N-14  
Holt
 Ewing 21.29 L-45B  
Golden Township 13.03 US-20 east East end of US 20 overlap
O'Neill 0.00 US-20 west / US-281 West end of US 20 overlap
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

Related routes

Bannered routes

Footnotes

  1. ^ Total mileage is a summation of the state mileages.

References

  1. ^ Missouri Department of Transportation (2010–2012). Missouri State Map (Map). Section B1. http://www.modot.mo.gov/newsandinfo/publications/documents/Mapfront_2010.pdf. Retrieved August 19, 2010. 
  2. ^ a b "2010 Volume of Traffic on the Primary Road System of Iowa" (PDF). Iowa Department of Transportation. January 1, 2010. http://www.iowadotmaps.com/trafbook/trafbook2010.pdf. Retrieved April 18, 2010. 
  3. ^ Yahoo! Inc. Yahoo! Maps (Map). Cartography by NAVTEQ. http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=40.498317&lon=-95.551831&zoom=12&q1=40.420563%2C-95.535888&q2=40.583894%2C-95.631997. Retrieved May 13, 2011. 
  4. ^ Nebraska Department of Roads (2008). "Nebraska Highway Reference Log Book". pp. 341–351. http://www.nebraskatransportation.org/docs/logbook.pdf. Retrieved April 18, 2010. 

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