Nebraska Highway 19 is a highway in

Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwe ...

. It has a southern terminus at the

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border south of Sidney and a northern terminus west of Sidney at an intersection with

U.S. Highway 30 U.S. Route 30 or U.S. Highway 30 (US 30) is an east–west main route in the system of the United States Numbered Highways, with the highway traveling across the northern tier of the country. With a length of , it is the third longest ...

Route description

Nebraska Highway 19 begins at the Colorado border at a point which is also the north terminus of

Colorado State Highway 113 State Highway 113 (SH 113) is an state highway in northeastern Colorado. It runs from U.S. Highway 138 (US 138) in rural Logan County north to Nebraska Highway 19 (N-19) at the Nebraska state line. Route description SH 113 begins at a ju ...

. It goes northeasterly through Lorenzo. It continues this way, then goes due north shortly before meeting

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at Exit 55 of that interstate highway. It continues due north and ends at

west of Sidney.

History

Nebraska Highway 19 was a highway which spanned the width of the

Nebraska Panhandle The Nebraska Panhandle is an area in the western part of the state of Nebraska and one of several U.S. state panhandles, or elongated geographical regions that extend from their main political entity. The Nebraska panhandle is two-thirds as br ...

. It followed the original route of

U.S. Highway 385 U.S. Route 385 (US 385) is a spur of U.S. Route 85 that runs for 1,206 miles (1,941 km) from Deadwood, South Dakota to Big Bend National Park in Texas. Route description , - , TX , 545 , 877 , - , OK , 36 , 58 , - , CO , 317 , 510 ...

, going north to the

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border. In 1958, US 385 was designated over the former route of Nebraska Highway 19 north of Sidney. Today, the former route follows US 385 except for the section north of

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, which follows

Nebraska Highway 2 Nebraska Highway 2 (N-2) is a state highway in Nebraska consisting of two discontinuous segments. The western segment begins at the South Dakota border northwest of Crawford and ends southeast of Grand Island at an intersection with Interstate ...

in Alliance,

Nebraska Highway 87 Nebraska Highway 87 is a highway in northwestern Nebraska. It has a southern terminus at Nebraska Highway 2 in Alliance. Its northern terminus is at the South Dakota border where it continues in northward as South Dakota Highway 407. Route des ...

north out of Alliance, and

Nebraska Link 7E Nebraska Connecting Link, Nebraska Spur, and Nebraska Recreation Road highways are a secondary part of the Nebraska highway system. They connect small towns and state parks to the primary Nebraska highway system. All of these highways are maint ...

west from N-87 to the current US 385.

Major intersections

References

External links

The Nebraska Highways Page: Highways 1 to 30

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Transportation in Cheyenne County, Nebraska

Route description

History

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