Nebraska Highway 14 (N-14) is a highway in the

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. It has a southern terminus at the

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border, where it continues south as K-14, southwest of Superior and a northern terminus east of Niobrara at the

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border.

Route description

Nebraska Highway 14 begins at the Kansas border southwest of Superior. This southern terminus for NE 14 is also the northern terminus for K-14. It goes northeast through farmland towards Superior, crosses the

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, then turns east into Superior. It meets

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there, then turns north. It meets

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and they run concurrent for . They separate, and NE 14 continues north into

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. It continues north, runs briefly concurrent with

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and Nebraska Highway 74, then goes through

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. At Clay Center, it meets

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. After 4 more miles, it meets

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, then turns east with it for . It turns north, and shortly before arriving in

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, intersects

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. In Aurora, it meets

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. It continues north and meets

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just before passing the

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. It crosses the Platte, and enters

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, where it meets U.S. Highway 30. After Central City, it briefly overlaps

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before continuing north towards Fullerton. At Fullerton, it meets

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and they run together north for a couple miles. It goes north and shortly before

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, meets

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and turns northwesterly to go through Albion. At Loretto, it turns due north again, then north of Elgin, it turns northeasterly towards Neligh. At Neligh, NE 14 meets

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. It continues due north out of Neligh, meeting U.S. Highway 20 near Brunswick. It continues north through Verdigre and at Niobrara meets

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. It turns east briefly, then turns north to go into South Dakota via the

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, which crosses the Missouri River, where the highway continues north as

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History

Nebraska Highway 14 originally ended in Neligh. It also originally went east from Fullerton to

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along the current NE 22, then northwest to Albion along current NE 39.The Nebraska Highways Page: Highways 1 to 30
When originally extended to Niobrara, it went north through

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along the current

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. Nebraska Highway 14 previously ended in Niobrara, but in 1998, the

was opened. The bridge, which was named for the former Ponca Indian chief, crosses over the Missouri River and replaced a long-standing river ferry which crossed at the same site. The completion of this bridge made it a cross-state highway.

Highway designations

The portion it shares with U.S. Highway 136 is the Heritage Highway. When it is concurrent with U.S. Highway 6, it is the

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Highway. Its concurrency with Nebraska Highway 12 is the Outlaw Trail Scenic Byway.

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Major intersections

References

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