Nebraska Highway 23 is a highway in southwestern
Nebraska
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, United States. Its western terminus is on the
Colorado
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border at
Venango, where the highway continues west as
Colorado State Highway 23. The eastern terminus of NE 23 is at
Holdrege at an intersection with
U.S. Routes 6 and
34.
Route description
Nebraska Highway 23 begins at the Colorado border at Venango. It passes northeasterly through farmland towards
Grant
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, where it meets
Nebraska Highway 61
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. After a brief concurrency, NE 23 and NE 61 separate and NE 23 continues east. Near
Wallace
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, NE 23 meets
Nebraska Highway 25
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A previous routing of the highway is now Nebr ...
. It continues east and near
Wellfleet, meets
U.S. Route 83
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. NE 23 turns south with US 83 and continues south until near
Maywood, where they separate. After going east through Maywood, NE 23 continues east and meets
Nebraska Highway 18 at
Curtis
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. After a brief segment which runs northward, it passes
Moorefield and continues on through
Farnam. Near Farnam, NE 23 meets
Nebraska Highway 47
Nebraska Highway 47 is a highway in Nebraska. It is a highway split into two segments. The southern segment runs for between Nebraska Highway 89 near Wilsonville and U.S. Highway 6 and U.S. Highway 34 in Cambridge. The northern segment runs ...
and turns southeasterly. It passes through
Eustis and meets
Nebraska Highway 21
Nebraska Highway 21 is a highway in central Nebraska. Its southern terminus is at Nebraska Highway 23 east of Eustis. Its northern terminus is at an intersection with Nebraska Highway 2 and Nebraska Highway 92 in Broken Bow.
Route description
...
. It continues southeasterly and meets
U.S. Highway 283 in
Elwood. It continues in a southeastern direction through
Smithfield,
Bertrand
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, and
Loomis and ends at an intersection with
US Routes 6 and
34 at the western end of
Holdrege.
Major intersections
See also
* List of state highways in Nebraska
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References
External links
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The Nebraska Highways Page: Highways 1 to 30
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Transportation in Perkins County, Nebraska
Transportation in Lincoln County, Nebraska
Transportation in Frontier County, Nebraska
Transportation in Dawson County, Nebraska
Transportation in Gosper County, Nebraska
Transportation in Phelps County, Nebraska