Nebraska Highway 59 is a highway in northeastern Nebraska. The highway is divided into two segments which combine for a length of 37.49 miles (60.33 km). The western segment of Nebraska Highway 59 has a western terminus at Nebraska Highway 14 west of Creighton and an eastern terminus at U.S. Highway 81 northeast of Magnet. The eastern segment of Highway 59 has its western terminus at Nebraska Highway 57 south of Coleridge and its eastern terminus at U.S. Highway 20 north of Laurel.
 State Highway 59 | ||||
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 Nebraska Highway 59 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by NDOT | ||||
| Length | 37.49 mi[1] (60.33 km) | |||
| Western segment | ||||
| Length | 31.06 mi[1] (49.99 km) | |||
| West end |  N-14 west of Creighton | |||
| East end |  US 81 east of Magnet | |||
| Eastern segment | ||||
| Length | 6.43 mi[1] (10.35 km) | |||
| West end |  N-57 south of Coleridge | |||
| East end |   US 20 / N-15 north of Laurel | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Nebraska | |||
| Counties | Western segment: Knox, Cedar Eastern segment: Cedar | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
editWestern segment
editNebraska Highway 59 begins at Nebraska Highway 14 west of Creighton. It continues east into farmland and through Creighton, then intersects Nebraska Highway 13. It continues due east and intersects Nebraska Highway 121 south of Wausa before ending northeast of Magnet at U.S. Highway 81.[1][2]
Eastern segment
editThe eastern segment of Nebraska Highway 59 begins at Nebraska Highway 57 south of Coleridge and north of Belden. It goes straight east through farmland to the intersection of Nebraska Highway 15 and U.S. Highway 20 north of Laurel, where it ends.[1][3]
History
editPrior to November 2001, the current eastern segment of Nebraska Highway 59 was an overlap of Nebraska Highway 15 and Nebraska Highway 57. That month, the two highways were swapped and the eastern segment of Nebraska Highway 59 was created.[4]
Major intersections
edit| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| Knox | | 0.00 | 0.00 | N-14 | Western terminus; road continues as 872nd Road | ||
| | 4.00 | 6.44 |   S-54B north (528 Avenue) – Winnetoon | ||||
| Creighton | 7.02 | 11.30 |  N-13 – Center, Norfolk | ||||
| | 25.04 | 40.30 |  N-121 (549th Avenue) | ||||
| Cedar | | 29.06 | 46.77 |   S-14C south (553rd Avenue) – Magnet | |||
| | 31.06 | 49.99 | US 81 – Yankton, Norfolk | Eastern terminus of western segment | |||
| Gap in route; segments connected by 872nd Road | |||||||
| | 42.06 | 67.69 | N-57 (566th Avenue) – Belden, Hartington | Western terminus of eastern segment | |||
| | 48.04 | 77.31 |   N-15 (572 Avenue) to N-12 – Laurel, Wayne, Wynot | ||||
| | 48.49 | 78.04 | US 20 (872nd Road) | Eastern terminus | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||||
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Nebraska Highway Reference Log Book" (PDF). Nebraska Department of Roads. 2015. p. 156. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
- ^ "overview of Nebraska Highway 59 western segment" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
- ^ "overview of Nebraska Highway 59 eastern segment" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
- ^ "The Nebraska Highways Page: Highways 31 to 60". Archived from the original on 2007-02-08. Retrieved 2008-03-21.