Nebraska Highway 92 is a

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that enters the state from

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's western border at the

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state line west of

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, to the state's eastern border on the

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over the Missouri River in

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, where it enters

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. Nebraska Highway 92 passes, follows, or runs through a number of the state's principal attractions, including

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, the

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, Ash Hollow State Historical Park,

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, the Nebraska Sand Hills, and the

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. Nebraska Highway 92 is the longest state route in the state at a total of , and is part of a continuous four-state "Highway 92" which begins in

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, goes through Nebraska and Iowa and ends in

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. It is the only Nebraska Highway to run from the west border to the east border of Nebraska; along the way it crosses the

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or its tributary

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a total of five times.

Route description

N-92 begins at the Wyoming border west of Lyman and after a brief turn south, heads east passing around the north side of

, crosses the

for the first of three times, and enters the town of Scottsbluff. Starting in Scottsbluff, N-92, US 26, and the North Platte River form a three-way braid, crisscrossing one another several times for until Lewellen. At Scottsbluff, it overlaps US 26 and

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, crossing the North Platte River again to its south side, to Gering, where it then turns to the east-southeast, following the route of the

, paralleling the North Platte River and US 26 on the other side of the river. Near

, it overlaps US 26 again until

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. After a brief concurrency with US 385, it goes southeast until it crosses the North Platte for the third time just before Broadwater. It then again overlaps US 26 a third time from there until Lewellen, where it separates to go through the resort communities along the north shore of

until it meets

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It overlaps Highway 61 and goes north into the Sand Hills and separates in

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. It then goes east, meeting

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in Tryon, and encountering N-2 at Merna. It then goes southeast with Highway 2 through Broken Bow and separates at Ansley. It then runs east through Loup City and meets with US 281 in

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. It runs concurrently with US 281 through St. Paul, crosses the

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, and then separates from US 281 and goes straight east, intersects US 30, crosses the

for the first of two times near Clarks and meets US 81 west of

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. It is then concurrent with US 81 through Osceola and Shelby, before separating east of Shelby. It then passes through Rising City and then goes straight east until it meets US 77 southwest of

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. It passes through Wahoo concurrent with US 77 and goes east with US 77 until they separate near

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. After passing the south edge of Yutan, it recrosses the Platte River. New South Omaha Veterans Memorial Bridge

It then encounters US 275, with which it is concurrent for the rest of its distance in Nebraska. Shortly after meeting US 275, it crosses the

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and becomes a 4 lane divided expressway shortly before meeting US 6 and N-31. Within Omaha, it meets

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and US 75. The street designations for N-92 in Omaha, going west to east, are West Center Road, Industrial Road, L Street and Missouri Avenue. It remains a four-lane suburban arterial street until it enters

on the

over the Missouri River.

History

Originally, Route 92 followed the route of the old

through Mitchell Pass in

, and then through Downtown Gering. It was later rerouted on a more level route around the north side of Scotts Bluff, through the town of Scottsbluff. Between 1936 and 1973, Nebraska Highway 92 was concurrent with U.S. Highway 30A from Clarks to Omaha.

Major intersections

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