Nebraska Highway 4 is a

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. The entirety of the route is in Nebraska's southern tier of counties. Beatrice is the only city with over 1,000 in population on the highway. Its western terminus is at an intersection with

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and

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southwest of

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. Its eastern terminus is at an intersection with

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north of Dawson.

Route description

Nebraska Highway 4 begins at an intersection near around the Atlanta area with U.S. Highways 6 and 34. It proceeds east into farmland and meets

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near Ragan. It then passes through Ragan and

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and meets

US 281 U.S. Route 281 (US 281) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway. At it is the longest continuous three-digit U.S. Route. The highway's northern terminus is at the International Peace Garden, north of Dunseith, North Dakota, at t ...

in northern Webster County. It overlaps US 281 for and separates south of Blue Hill. It continues through

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, is briefly concurrent with

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and continues straight east through Davenport and Carleton until it meets

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 ...

. It continues north for one mile (1.6 km) with US 81 and separates at Bruning. It goes east through Daykin and is briefly concurrent with

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for one mile (1.6 km). It passes through

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, passes near the Homestead National Monument and meets

US 136 U.S. Route 136 is an east-west U.S. highway that is a spur route of U.S. Route 36. It runs from Edison, Nebraska, at U.S. Route 6 and U.S. Route 34 to the Interstate 74/Interstate 465 interchange in Speedway, Indiana. This is a distance of . ...

on the west edge of Beatrice. It is concurrent with US 136 through Beatrice and the two routes separate near Filley. It turns briefly southeast toward

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and Lewiston, and briefly turns south until it meets NE 99. It turns east, briefly overlaps

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and continues east toward

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. At Table Rock, it intersects NE 65 and continues eastward through Humboldt until it ends at U.S. Highway 75 near Dawson.

Major intersections

References

External links

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The Nebraska Highways Page: Highways 1 to 30
004 Transportation in Harlan County, Nebraska Transportation in Franklin County, Nebraska Transportation in Webster County, Nebraska Transportation in Nuckolls County, Nebraska Transportation in Thayer County, Nebraska Transportation in Jefferson County, Nebraska Transportation in Gage County, Nebraska Transportation in Pawnee County, Nebraska Transportation in Richardson County, Nebraska