Nebraska Highway 71 is a highway in western

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. Its southern terminus is at the

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border south of Kimball, as a continuation of Colorado State Highway 71. Its northern terminus is at the

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border northwest of

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, where it continues as South Dakota Highway 71.

Route description

Nebraska Highway 71 begins south of Kimball at the

border, where it continues from CO 71. It heads northward from Colorado, intersecting

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just to the south of Kimball. It then runs east, concurrently, with Interstate 80 to the next exit where it heads north as a by-pass along the eastern side of Kimball. Just before it passes over

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it has a junction with Link 53E which provides access to US 30. Further north, the highway meets NE 88 and runs concurrently northward with it for a couple of miles. N-71 splits off to the north at this point, heading to the northeast to bypass Gering. East of Gering, it intersects NE 92 and runs concurrently northward with it. A little to the north, N-71 and N-92 intersect with

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, and run concurrently to the northwest along it, passing through Scottsbluff. At the north side of Scottsbluff, N-71 splits off to the north again. The highway continues north into the Nebraska Sandhills, turning to the northeast and east where it intersects with N-2 west of Hemingford. Both highways turn north and about later enter

and intersect

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. After leaving Crawford, the highway continues to the northwest, where it runs along the border with

for about a mile until they terminate at the South Dakota state line with SD 71 south of

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Major intersections

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Nebraska Roads: NE 61-80
071 Transportation in Kimball County, Nebraska Transportation in Banner County, Nebraska Transportation in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska Transportation in Sioux County, Nebraska Transportation in Box Butte County, Nebraska Transportation in Dawes County, Nebraska