Nebraska Highway 51 is a highway in eastern
Nebraska
Nebraska ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Ka ...
. It has a length of and runs from west to east. It has a western terminus at
U.S. Highway 275 northwest of
Wisner and an eastern terminus at the
Burt County Missouri River Bridge at the
Missouri River
The Missouri River is a river in the Central United States, Central and Mountain states, Mountain West regions of the United States. The nation's longest, it rises in the eastern Centennial Mountains of the Bitterroot Range of the Rocky Moun ...
in
Decatur.
Route description
Nebraska Highway 51 begins northwest of Wisner at U.S. 275. It goes east into farmland and meets
Nebraska Highway 9 west of
Bancroft. It continues east and skirts the southern edge of Bancroft, after which it meets
Nebraska Highway 16. After five miles (8 km), it meets
U.S. Highway 77. It continues east and meets
U.S. Highway 75 in Decatur. (According to a 1940 map, the highway turned south at Highway 77 to Lyons and then went east from Lyons to Decatur. It was apparently rerouted sometime between 1940 and 1955. The old section of road is now listed as Old Highway 118.) After overlapping in Decatur, Highway 51 turns east and crosses the Missouri River via the Burt County Missouri River Bridge. The highway continues on in
Iowa
Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...
as
Iowa Highway 175
Iowa Highway 175 (Iowa 175) is a main east–west route in the northern portion of the state. The highway has a length of . Iowa Highway 175 enters the state by a Missouri River crossing between Decatur, Nebraska and Onawa. The highway c ...
.
Major intersections
References
External links
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Nebraska Roads: NE 41-60
Nebraska Dept. of Roads Map Library
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Transportation in Cuming County, Nebraska
Transportation in Burt County, Nebraska