U.S. Route 275 (US 275) is a north–south United States highway that is a branch of US 75. It originally terminated at US 75 in

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. The highway's northern terminus is in O'Neill, Nebraska, at an intersection with

U.S. Highway 20 U.S. Route 20 or U.S. Highway 20 (US 20) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway that stretches from the Pacific Northwest east to New England. The "0" in its route number indicates that US 20 is a major coast-to-coast route. ...

and

U.S. Highway 281 U.S. Route 281 (US 281) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway. At it is the longest continuous three-digit U.S. Route. The highway's northern terminus is at the International Peace Garden, north of Dunseith, North Dakota, at t ...

. Its southern terminus is near Rock Port, Missouri, at an intersection with U.S. Highway 136.

Route description

U.S. 275 is signed north–south in Missouri and Iowa, while in Nebraska, it is signed east–west.

Missouri

U.S. Route 275 begins at an intersection with

U.S. Route 136 U.S. Route 136 is an east-west U.S. highway that is a spur route of U.S. Route 36. It runs from Edison, Nebraska, at U.S. Route 6 and U.S. Route 34 to the Interstate 74/Interstate 465 interchange in Speedway, Indiana. This is a distance of . U ...

west of Rock Port. It travels to the north and to the northwest through Atchison County for .

Iowa

U.S. Route 275 crosses into

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south of

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. It enters Hamburg and intersects

Iowa Highway 333 Iowa Highway 333 (Iowa 333) is a short highway in southwestern Iowa. It serves as a connector route between Interstate 29 (I-29) and U.S. Highway 275 (US 275) in Hamburg. Formerly spanning two counties, Iowa 333 is one of the shortest ...

(Iowa 333), which connects to Interstate 29 (I-29) to the west. North of Hamburg, it intersects Iowa 2, and the two routes share of road. US 275 and Iowa 2 then bypass

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on its east side, and east of Sidney, US 275 and Iowa 2 separate. From east of Sidney, US 275 continues north for through

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until it intersects

U.S. Route 34 U.S. Route 34 (US 34) is an east–west United States highway that runs for from north-central Colorado to the western suburbs of Chicago. Through Rocky Mountain National Park it is known as the Trail Ridge Road where it reaches elevation ...

east of Glenwood. US 275 and US 34 then overlap for , mostly bypassing Glenwood. West of Glenwood, US 34 and US 275 split at an interchange with I-29; US 34 follows southbound I-29, while US 275 follows northbound I-29. For , US 275 overlaps I-29, ending at an interchange with

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in southern Council Bluffs. Turning west, US 275 / Iowa 92 travel together for in Iowa and cross the new South Omaha Veterans Memorial Bridge over the Missouri River.

Nebraska

US 275 enters

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in the South Omaha neighborhood paired with Nebraska Highway 92. It goes through Omaha as a four-lane highway until meeting Nebraska Highway 31. The street designations for US 275 in Omaha are, from east to west, Missouri Avenue, L Street, Industrial Road and West Center Road. It crosses the Elkhorn River, which it will follow for most of the rest of the route, then separates from NE 92. It goes northwest and becomes freeway until Fremont. It meets U.S. Route 30 and they are paired together around Fremont until meeting

U.S. Route 77 U.S. Route 77 (US 77) is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway which extends for in the central United States. As of 2005, Its southern terminus is in Brownsville, Texas, at Veteran's International Bridge on the Mexican border, whe ...

. US 275 turns north with US 77, meets Nebraska Highway 91 and separates from US 77 near

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. It turns northwest with NE 91 and they separate near Scribner, Nebraska. US 275 goes north through West Point, turns northwest through Wisner, and then turns west. At

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it meets

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. It continues west-northwest, meets U.S. Route 20 near Inman and the two routes overlap until US 275 ends at an intersection with

U.S. Route 281 U.S. Route 281 (US 281) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway. At it is the longest continuous three-digit U.S. Route. The highway's northern terminus is at the International Peace Garden, north of Dunseith, North Dakota, at t ...

in downtown

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History

At its creation in 1932, US 275 ran from Council Bluffs to

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. In 1939 the route was extended northwest into Nebraska. In 1963 US 275 was truncated to its current end in northwestern Missouri. Prior to 1963, US 275 extended south to St. Joseph. The route followed current

east from Rock Port to its intersection with

U.S. Route 59 U.S. Route 59 (US 59) is a north–south United States highway (though it was signed east–west in parts of Texas). A latecomer to the U.S. numbered route system, US 59 is now a border-to-border route, part of the NAFTA Corridor Highway Sy ...

near Tarkio, then south with US 59 to St. Joseph. Before November 2001, US 275 ran alongside the Union Pacific tracks between

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and Fremont, Nebraska. This routing was replaced by a new

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segment built as part of a project to connect Fremont via freeway to

. This segment is officially called Reichmuth Road in Douglas County and Bell Street in Fremont. Prior to July 1, 2003, US 275 followed a winding two-lane road between Council Bluffs and Glenwood, Iowa. The segment moved to a concurrency with

and Interstate 29 that day as part of a mass decommissioning of highways in Iowa. This road is now Mills County and

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Road L35.

Major intersections

Mileposts reset at state line crossings. In Nebraska, US 275 is considered an east–west highway, its mileposts run from west to east

Footnotes

References

External links

Endpoints of US highway 275
{{OmahaTransport 75-2 75-2 75-2 75-2 2 Transportation in Atchison County, Missouri Transportation in Fremont County, Iowa Transportation in Mills County, Iowa Transportation in Pottawattamie County, Iowa Transportation in Douglas County, Nebraska Transportation in Dodge County, Nebraska Transportation in Cuming County, Nebraska Transportation in Stanton County, Nebraska Transportation in Madison County, Nebraska Transportation in Antelope County, Nebraska Transportation in Holt County, Nebraska