Nebraska Highway 92

Nebraska Highway 92
Route information
Maintained by NDOR
Length:	489.08 mi[1] (787.10 km)
Major junctions
West end:	WYO 92 west of Lyman
	US 26 in Melbeta US 385 west of Broadwater US 83 east of Stapleton US 183 in Ansley US 281 in St. Paul US 30 southwest of Clarks US 77 west of Wahoo US 275 south of Waterloo I-80 in Omaha US 75 in Omaha
East end:	US 275 / Iowa 92 at Missouri River in Omaha
Location
Counties:	Scotts Bluff, Morrill, Garden, Keith, Arthur, McPherson, Logan, Custer, Sherman, Howard, Merrick, Polk, Butler, Saunders, Douglas
Highway system
Nebraska Highways Link Spur Recreation ← N-91 N-94 →

Nebraska Highway 92 is a highway that enters the state from Nebraska's western border at the Wyoming state line west of Lyman, Nebraska, to the state's eastern border on the South Omaha Veterans Memorial Bridge over the Missouri River in Omaha, where it enters Iowa. Nebraska Highway 92 passes, follows, or runs through a number of the state's principal attractions, including Scotts Bluff National Monument, the Oregon Trail, Chimney Rock National Historic Site, Ash Hollow State Historical Park, Lake McConaughy, the Nebraska Sand Hills, and the City of Omaha. Nebraska Highway 92 is the longest state route in the state at a total of 489.1 miles (787.1 km), and is part of a continuous 886-mile (1,426 km) four-state "Highway 92" which begins in Torrington, Wyoming, goes through Nebraska and Iowa and ends in La Moille, Illinois. It is the only Nebraska Highway to run from the west border to the east border of Nebraska; along the way it crosses the Platte River or its tributary North Platte River a total of five times.

Route description

Sign on N-92 as it enters the state from Wyoming

Scotts Bluff National Monument. The road is the Oregon Trail, a former alignment of N-92

Chimney Rock, a landmark on N-92

Nebraska Highway 92 begins at the Wyoming border west of Lyman and after a brief turn south, heads east passing around the north side of Scotts Bluff National Monument, crosses the North Platte River for the first of three times, and enters the town of Scottsbluff. Starting in Scottsbluff, N-92, U.S. 26, and the North Platte River form a three-way braid, crisscrossing one another several times for 91 miles (146 km) until Lewellen. At Scottsbluff, it overlaps U.S. 26 and Nebraska Highway 71, crossing the North Platte River again to its south side, to Gering, where it then turns to the east-southeast, following the route of the Oregon Trail, paralleling the North Platte River and U.S. 26 on the other side of the river. Near Chimney Rock National Historic Site, it overlaps U.S. 26 again until Bridgeport. After a brief concurrency with U.S. 385, it goes southeast until it crosses the North Platte for the third time just before Broadwater. It then again overlaps U.S. 26 a third time from there until Lewellen, where it separates to go through the resort communities along the north shore of Lake McConaughy until it meets Nebraska Highway 61.^[1][2]

N-92 in the Sandhills, between Arthur and Tryon

It overlaps Highway 61 and goes north into the Sand Hills and separates in Arthur. It then goes east, meeting Nebraska Highway 97 in Tryon, and encountering Nebraska Highway 2 at Merna. It then goes southeast with Highway 2 through Broken Bow and separates at Ansley. It then runs east through Loup City and meets with U.S. 281 in St. Paul.^[1][2]

It runs concurrently with U.S. 281 through St. Paul, crosses the Loup River, and then separates from U.S. 281 and goes straight east, intersects U.S. 30, crosses the Platte River for the first of two times near Clarks and meets U.S. 81 west of Osceola. It is then concurrent with U.S. 81 through Osceola and Shelby, before separating east of Shelby. It then passes through Rising City and then goes straight east until it meets U.S. 77 southwest of Wahoo, Nebraska. It passes through Wahoo concurrent with U.S. 77 and goes east with U.S. 77 until they separate near Mead. After passing the south edge of Yutan, it recrosses the Platte River.^[1][2]

View of new South Omaha Veterans Memorial Bridge, from the Nebraska side

It then encounters U.S. 275, with which it is concurrent for the rest of its distance in Nebraska. Shortly after meeting U.S. 275, it crosses the Elkhorn River and becomes a 4 lane divided expressway shortly before meeting U.S. 6 and Nebraska Highway 31. Within Omaha, it meets Interstate 80 and U.S. Route 75. The street designations for Highway 92 in Omaha, going west to east, are West Center Road, Industrial Road, L Street and Missouri Avenue.^[1][2] It remains a 4 lane suburban arterial street until it enters Iowa on the South Omaha Veterans Memorial Bridge over the Missouri River.

History

Originally, Route 92 followed the route of the old Oregon Trail through Mitchell Pass in Scotts Bluff National Monument, and then through Downtown Gering. It was later rerouted on a more level route around the north side of Scotts Bluff, through the town of Scottsbluff. Between 1936 and 1973, Nebraska Highway 92 was concurrent with U.S. Highway 30A from Clarks to Omaha.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Scotts Bluff	Lyman	0.00	0.00	WYO 92 west	Continuation into Wyoming
	Scottsbluff	22.61	36.39	US 26 west	West end of US 26 overlap
		23.23	37.39	N-71 north	West end of N-71 overlap
		26.64	42.87	US 26 east	East end of US 26 overlap
	​			Beltline Highway East – Scottsbluff	Partial interchange; westbound exit only
	Gering	29.24	47.06	N-71 south	Interchange; east end of N-71 overlap
Morrill	Bayard	46.69	75.14	US 26 west	West end of US 26 overlap
	Bridgeport	59.23	95.32	US 26 east / US 385 north (M Street)	East end of US 26 overlap; west end of US 385 overlap
		60.70	97.69	N-88 south (M Street)	Northern terminus of N-88
	​	67.36	108.41	US 385 south	East end of US 385 overlap
	Broadwater	75.36	121.28	US 26 west (Guthrie Street)	West end of US 26 overlap
Garden	Oshkosh	104.92	168.85	N-27 south	Northern terminus of N-27 (middle segment)
	Lewellen	117.76	189.52	US 26 east	East end of US 26 overlap
Keith	Lemoyne	141.51	227.74	N-61 south	West end of N-61 overlap
Arthur	Arthur	166.96	268.70	N-61 north	East end of N-61 overlap
McPherson	Tryon	206.23	331.90	N-97 north	West end of N-97 overlap
	​	210.70	339.09	N-97 south	East end of N-97 overlap
Logan	Stapleton	231.71	372.90	US 83 north	West end of US 83 overlap
	​	235.72	379.35	US 83 south	East end of US 83 overlap
Custer	Arnold	251.87	405.35	N-40 east (Carroll Street)	Western terminus of N-40
	Merna	276.10	444.34	N-2 west (E Street)	West end of N-2 overlap
	Broken Bow	285.37	459.26	N-21 south (8th Avenue)	Northern terminus of N-21
		286.55	461.16	N-70 east	Western terminus of N-70
	Ansley	302.01	486.04	US 183 south / N-2 east	East end of N-2 overlap; west end of US 183 overlap
		302.41	486.68	US 183 north	East end of US 183 overlap
Sherman	Loup City	322.71	519.35	N-58 north	West end of N-58 overlap
		323.43	520.51	N-10 south	Northern terminus of N-10
		325.68	524.13	N-58 south	East end of N-58 overlap
Howard	​	346.76	558.06	N-11 (Naper Road)
	St. Paul	352.22	566.84	US 281 north	West end of US 281 overlap
		354.60	570.67	US 281 south	East end of US 281 overlap
Merrick	​	377.16	606.98	N-14 south	West end of N-14 overlap
	​	378.17	608.61	N-14 north (17th Road)	East end of N-14 overlap
Polk	​	395.65	636.74	N-39 north	Southern terminus of N-39
	​	398.66	641.58	US 81 south (Center Road)	West end of US 81 overlap
	Shelby	408.06	656.71	N-69 south (Walnut Street)	Northern terminus of N-69
	​	411.08	661.57	US 81 north	East end of US 81 overlap
Butler	​	424.04	682.43	N-15 north (Mn Road)	West end of N-15 overlap
	​	425.56	684.87	N-15 south (Road O)	East end of N-15 overlap
Saunders	​	439.56	707.40	N-79 south	West end of N-79 overlap
	​	440.58	709.04	N-79 north	East end of N-79 overlap
	Wahoo	449.80	723.88	US 77 south	West end of US 77 overlap
		453.15	729.27	N-109 north	Southern terminus of N-109
	Mead	458.36	737.66	US 77 north	East end of US 77 overlap
Douglas	​	469.37	755.38	US 275 west (240th Street)	West end of US 275 overlap
	Omaha	472.41	760.27	US 6 / N-31 (204th Street)	Interchange
		478.93	770.76	N-50 south (Millard Avenue)	Northern terminus of N-50
		480.16	772.74	I-680 north / I-80	Cloverleaf interchange with I-80 C/D lanes
		482.92	777.18	N-85 south (84th Street)	Northern terminus of N-85
		483.92	778.79	72nd Street	Interchange
		487.76	784.97	US 75 (Kennedy Freeway)	Interchange
Missouri River		489.08	787.10	South Omaha Veterans Memorial Bridge; Nebraska–Iowa state line
Pottawattamie	Council Bluffs			US 275 south / Iowa 92 east (Veterans Memorial Highway)	Continuation into Iowa
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

References

1. Nebraska Highway Reference Log Book
2. Google (2010-11-10). "overview of Nebraska Highway 92" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2010-11-10.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

• Nebraska Transportation On New Bridge
• Nebraska Highways 61 to 100