Nebraska Highway 8

Nebraska Highway 8 marker

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
N-7N-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

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
NuckollsSuperior0.000.00 N-14 (East 3rd Street/North Idaho Street)
ThayerByron16.0125.77 S-85A south
Chester24.1038.79 US 81
Hubbell30.1748.55 S-85B south
JeffersonFairbury50.9982.06 N-15 southWest end of N-15 overlap
52.7084.81 N-15 north (K Street)East end of N-15 overlap
Steele City62.62100.78 S-48A south (South Railroad Street)
 67.55108.71 N-103 north (581st Avenue)
Gage 71.56115.16 N-112 south (West 103 Road)West end of N-112 overlap
 77.60124.89 N-112 northEast end of N-112 overlap
 82.58132.90 US 77
Liberty91.56147.35 S-34A north
Pawnee 98.60158.68 N-99 southWest end of N-99 overlap
 103.23166.13 N-99 northEast end of N-99 overlap
Pawnee City113.29182.32 N-65 south (A Street)West end of N-65 overlap
113.66182.92 N-50 / N-65 north (Sherman Street)East end of N-65 overlap; west end of N-50 overlap
 123.12198.14 N-50 southEast end of N-50 overlap
Richardson 128.26206.41 N-105 north
 135.25217.66 US 75
Falls City148.88239.60 US 73 (Harlan Street)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

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