Nebraska Highway 8

Nebraska Highway 8
Route information
Maintained by NDOR
Length:	148.88 mi[1] (239.60 km)
Major junctions
West end:	N-14 in Superior
	US-81 in Chester N-15 in Fairbury
East end:	US-73 in Falls City
Location
Counties:	Nuckolls, Thayer, Jefferson, Gage, Pawnee, Richardson
Highway system
Nebraska Highways Link Spur Recreation ← N-7 N-9 →

Nebraska Highway 8 is a highway in southern and southeastern Nebraska. Its western terminus is at Nebraska Highway 14 in Superior and its eastern terminus is at U.S. Highway 73 in Falls City. It runs through the southern tier of counties in Nebraska and is always within 10 miles (16 km) of the Kansas border.

Route description

Nebraska Highway 8 begins at Nebraska Highway 14 in Superior and goes east through farmland until it meets U.S. Highway 81 in Chester. When the highway reaches Hubbell, it begins a segment where it goes northeasterly towards Fairbury until it meets Nebraska Highway 15. It goes north with NE 15 into Fairbury, crosses the Little Blue River, then turns southeast towards Steele City. It goes straight east through Odell and Barneston, passing U.S. Highway 77 between those two villages. At Nebraska Highway 99, the highway turns north, overlapping NE 99 for 5 miles (8.0 km). It then turns east towards Pawnee City. At Pawnee City, it meets Nebraska Highway 50 and goes east and then south with it, separating just before Du Bois. It turns east, meets U.S. Highway 75 south of Dawson and ends in downtown Falls City at an intersection with U.S. Highway 73.^[1][2]

History

Route 8 was previously Route 3S. Route 8 was created in about 1960.

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[1]	Junction	Notes
Nuckolls	Superior	0.00	N-14 (East 3rd Street/North Idaho Street)	Western terminus
Thayer	Byron	16.01	S-85A south
	Chester	24.10	US-81
	Hubbell	30.17	S-85B south
Jefferson	Fairbury	50.99	N-15 south	West end of NE 15 overlap
		52.70	N-15 north (K Street)	East end of NE 15 overlap
	Steele City	62.62	S-48A south (South Railroad Street)
		67.55	N-103 north (581st Avenue)
Gage		71.56	N-112 south (West 103 Road)	West end of NE 112 overlap
		77.60	N-112 north	East end of NE 112 overlap
		82.58	US-77
	Liberty	91.56	S-34A north
Pawnee		98.60	N-99 south	West end of NE 99 overlap
		103.23	N-99 north	East end of NE 99 overlap
	Pawnee City	113.29	N-65 south (A Street)	West end of NE 65 overlap
		113.66	N-50 / N-65 north (Sherman Street)	East end of NE 65 overlap, west end of NE 50 overlap
		123.12	N-50 south	East end of NE 50 overlap
Richardson		128.26	N-105 north
		135.25	US-75
	Falls City	148.88	US-73 (Harlan Street)	Eastern terminus

References

External links

• The Nebraska Highways Page: Highways 1 to 30
• Nebraska Roads: NE 1-10