Nebraska Highway 21 is a highway in central

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. Its southern terminus is at

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east of Eustis. Its northern terminus is at an intersection with

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and

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in Broken Bow.

Route description

Nebraska Highway 21 begins a mile east of Eustis at an intersection with

. It goes north through farmland and meets

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shortly before Cozad. In Cozad, it meets

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and goes on a concurrency eastward to Lexington. At Lexington, it turns north into rural prairie areas and meets

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in Oconto. After passing Oconto, it turns north-northeasterly and ends in Broken Bow when it meets

and

History

The original version of Nebraska Highway 21 went south from Lexington and turned east to go through Beaver City and

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. In the 1940s,

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was created and took over the segment of the highway south of Lexington, with the Beaver City-Alma segment becoming

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. In 1960, the current route was completed, as the Cozad-Eustis segment was completed, and the highway extended along US 30.The Nebraska Highways Page: Highways 1 to 30

Major intersections

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