Nebraska Highway 121 is a highway in northeastern

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. It is a discontinuous highway with three segments: * The southern segment begins at

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west of

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and ends at

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north of

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. * The middle segment begins at

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northwest of

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and ends at

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north of Wausa. * The northern segment begins at

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in Crofton and ends at

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northeast of Crofton, near the

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border.

Route description

Southern segment

The southern segment of Nebraska Highway 121 begins at an intersection with NE 32 west of

. It heads in a northward direction through farmland, passing through

. Just north of Battle Creek, it intersects with

US 275 U.S. Route 275 (US 275) is a north–south United States highway that is a branch of US 75. It originally terminated at US 75 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The highway's northern terminus is in O'Neill, Nebraska, at an intersection with U.S. Hi ...

, where this segment terminates for about .

Middle segment

The middle segment of Nebraska Highway 121 begins at NE 13 northwest of

. It heads in a northward direction through farmland, where it intersects with

US 20 U.S. Route 20 or U.S. Highway 20 (US 20) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway that stretches from the Pacific Northwest east to New England. The "0" in its route number indicates that US 20 is a major coast-to-coast route. S ...

in Osmond. NE 121 runs concurrently with US 20 for about to the east, before splitting and continuing northward. It then intersects NE 59 before entering Wausa to the north. The highway turns to the east and then northward again as it passes through Wausa. Further north, it will meet NE 84 and the segment will terminate at that point, resuming about to the northeast.

Northern segment

The third segment of Nebraska Highway 121 begins at NE 12 in Crofton. It heads northward from Crofton through farmland, passing by the Lewis and Clark State Recreation Area and

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. At that point, the highway turns to the northeast and finally directly eastward. It meets with

US 81 U.S. Route 81 or U.S. Highway 81 (US 81) is a major north–south U.S. highway that extends for in the central United States and is one of the original United States Numbered Highways established in 1926 by the American Association of Stat ...

south of the

border and just a couple of miles south of Yankton. NE 121 terminates at US 81.

Major intersections

References

External links

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The Nebraska Highways Page: Highways 101 to 300
121 Transportation in Madison County, Nebraska Transportation in Pierce County, Nebraska Transportation in Knox County, Nebraska Transportation in Cedar County, Nebraska