Nebraska Highway 44 (NE-44) is a highway in
Franklin
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,
Kearney, and
Buffalo counties in
Nebraska
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, United States. It runs in a south-to-north direction from
Nebraska Highway 4
Nebraska Highway 4 is a highway in Nebraska. 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 US 6 and ...
(NE-4) south of
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to an intersection with
Interstate 80
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(I-80) in
Kearney.
Route description
NE-44 begins at an intersection with NE-4 south of Wilcox. It heads through farmland and passes through Wilcox, then meets
U.S. Route 6
U.S. Route 6 (US 6), also called the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, honoring the American Civil War veterans association, is a main route of the U.S. Highway system. While it currently runs east-northeast from Bishop, California, to P ...
/
U.S. Route 6
U.S. Route 6 (US 6), also called the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, honoring the American Civil War veterans association, is a main route of the U.S. Highway system. While it currently runs east-northeast from Bishop, California, to P ...
(US 6/US 34), which are concurrent with each other. NE-44 then turns east with US 6/US 34 and passes through
Axtell. East of Axtell, NE-44 turns north. Near
Kearney, NE-44 meets
Nebraska Link 50A
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, which serves as a link to
Fort Kearny State Historical Park
Fort Kearny was a historic outpost of the United States Army founded in 1848 in the western U.S. during the middle and late 19th century. The fort was named after Col. and later General Stephen Watts Kearny. The outpost was located along the Or ...
. Shortly after, NE-44 crosses the
Platte River
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and becomes a divided highway. NE-44 then enters Kearney and meets
Interstate 80
Interstate 80 (I-80) is an east–west transcontinental freeway that crosses the United States from downtown San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey, in the New York metropolitan area. The highway was designated in 1956 as one o ...
, where it ends on the north side of the westbound I-80 ramps. The roadway continues north towards downtown Kearney as Second Avenue.
Major intersections
See also
* List of state highways in Nebraska
In the U.S. state of Nebraska, the Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) maintains a system of state highways. Every significant section of roadway maintained by the state is assigned a number, officially State Highway No. ''X'' but also c ...
References
External links
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Nebraska Roads: NE 41-60
044
Transportation in Franklin County, Nebraska
Transportation in Kearney County, Nebraska
Transportation in Buffalo County, Nebraska