Nebraska Highway 57 (N-57) is a highway in northeastern

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, United States. It is divided into two segments, which combine for a length of . The southern segment begins northeast of

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and ends at

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north of Stanton. The northern segment begins south of Carroll at

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and ends north of Hartington at an intersection with

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Route description

Southern segment

The southern segment of N-57 begins northeast of Leigh at N-91. It goes north through farmland and meets N-32 before entering Stanton. While in Stanton, it intersects N-24. It continues north from Stanton and ends at U.S. 275.

Northern segment

The northern segment of N-57 begins south of Carroll at N-98, one mile (1.6 km) west of N-98's intersection with

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. It goes north into farmland, through Carroll, and meets U.S. Highway 20 east of Belden. It turns west with U.S. 20 to enter Belden, then turns north. Before entering

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, it meets N-59. It leaves Coleridge going northwest, then turns north again before meeting N-84. N-57 and N-84 run concurrent through Hartington, where N-84 separates. N-57 continues straight north out of Hartington and ends at an intersection with N-12.

History

Prior to November 2001, the current segment of N-57 north of its present junction with N-59 was a part of

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. The old route for N-57 went east from its current intersection with Highway 59, then turned north at what is now the intersection of U.S. 20, N-59 and N-15 north of

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. The highway then went north and ended at N-12. In November 2001, the routes for Highway 57 and Highway 15 were swapped so N-15 could align with the Vermillion-Newcastle Bridge, which opened that month. The east–west segment which carried both of those highways then became Highway 59.

Major intersections

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External links

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Nebraska Roads: NE 41-60
057 Transportation in Colfax County, Nebraska Transportation in Stanton County, Nebraska Transportation in Wayne County, Georgia Transportation in Cedar County, Nebraska