Nebraska Highway 250

File:Lakeside, Nebraska from NE2 2.jpg over the BNSF Railway railroad tracks in Lakeside, April 2011]]

N-250 begins at a T intersection with N-2 on the southern edge of the unincorporated community of Lakeside. (N-2 heads east toward Ellsworth and Broken Bow and west toward Antioch and Alliance.) From it southern terminus N-250 heads north to promptly cross over two sets of BNSF Railway railroad tracks at a level crossing. Immediately thereafter N-250 jogs to the west before quickly passing north through the small community. On the northside of Lakeside, N-250 curves to head east–northeast to run along the northern shore of a small, unnamed lake.

{{convert|1|mi|km|spell=In}} from its southern terminus N-250 curves to head northerly through rolling sand hills and passing by multiple small lakes and ponds (nearly all of which are unnamed). Roughly {{convert|2|mi|km}} after turning northerly (and east–northeast of Thompson Lake) N-250 connects with the west end of 304th Trail, a road that connects to other lakes. Just over {{convert|15|mi|km}} farther north, N-250 connects with the east end of 298th Trail, which provides access to Twin Lakes and Diamond Lake. Just under {{convert|4|mi|km}} more to the north (and east of Cravath Lake) N-250 connects with the west end of 358th Trail, which heads east to end at Nebraska Highway 27 (Mari Sandoz Sandhills Trail). About {{convert|4.2|mi|km}} later, N-250 passes by the eastern edge of Smith Lake and the Smith Lake State Wildlife Management Area. After approximately {{convert|11.5|mi|km|}} more along its northerly course, and crossing over Pine Creek twice, N-250 crosses over the Niobrara River.

{{convert|2|mi|km|spell=In}} north of the Niobrara River, N-250 straightens out and travels north for about another {{convert|8.3|mi|km}} before reaching the city limits of Rushville, having crossed Rush Creek along the way. Upon entering Ruchville, N-250 heads north as Chamberlain Street for six blocks before reaching its northern terminus with US 20 (Bridges to Buttes Byway/East Second Street) at an intersection in the downtown area. (US 20 heads east from the intersection toward Clinton, Gordon, and Valentine. US 20 heads west to quickly run concurrent with Nebraska Highway 87 [which heads north to Pine Ridge in South Dakota] and then on to Hay Springs and Chadron.)

In 2012, the Nebraska Department of Roads (now known as the Nebraska Department of Transportation [NDOT]) calculated as many as 305 vehicles traveling on N-250 near Rushville, and as few as 90 vehicles traveling north of Lakeside. This is expressed in terms of annual average daily traffic (AADT), a measure of traffic volume for any average day of the year.{{cite map|url=http://www.transportation.nebraska.gov/maps/Statewide%20Traffic%20Flow%20Maps/2012-Statewide-Traffic-Flow-Map.pdf|title=Traffic Flow of the State Highways|website=transportation.nebraska.gov|cartography=Nebraska Department of Roads|publisher=Nebraska Department of Roads|format=PDF|date=2013|access-date=July 7, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228145103/http://www.transportation.nebraska.gov/maps/Statewide%20Traffic%20Flow%20Maps/2012-Statewide-Traffic-Flow-Map.pdf|archive-date=February 28, 2014|via=Wayback Machine}}{{cite map|url=http://www.transportation.nebraska.gov/maps/Statewide%20Traffic%20Flow%20Maps/historic/Statewide_Traffic_Flow_Map_96.pdf|title=Traffic Flow of the State Highways|website=transportation.nebraska.gov|cartography=Nebraska Department of Roads|publisher=Nebraska Department of Roads|format=PDF|date=1997|access-date=July 7, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050753/http://www.transportation.nebraska.gov/maps/Statewide%20Traffic%20Flow%20Maps/historic/Statewide_Traffic_Flow_Map_96.pdf|archive-date=March 4, 2016|via=Wayback Machine}}

Between 1940 and 1948 a metal-surfaced road (a particular type of gravel road) was constructed south from US 20 in Rushville to north of the Niobrara River.{{cite map|url=http://www.transportation.nebraska.gov/maps/historical/pdf/1940%20Map.pdf|title=Official Map of Nebraska Highways|website=transportation.nebraska.gov|cartography=Nebraska Department of Roads and Irrigation|publisher=Nebraska Department of Roads and Irrigation|format=PDF|date=April 1, 1940|accessdate=July 7, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611162213/http://www.transportation.nebraska.gov/maps/historical/pdf/1940%20Map.pdf|archive-date=June 11, 2015|via=Wayback Machine}}{{cite map|url=http://www.transportation.nebraska.gov/maps/Statewide%20Traffic%20Flow%20Maps/historic/Statewide_Traffic_Flow_Map_48.pdf|title=1948 Traffic Flow Map of the State Highway System|cartography=Nebraska Department of Roads and Irrigation|publisher=Nebraska Department of Roads and Irrigation|format=PDF|date=1948|accessdate=July 7, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055725/http://www.transportation.nebraska.gov/maps/Statewide%20Traffic%20Flow%20Maps/historic/Statewide_Traffic_Flow_Map_48.pdf|archivedate=March 4, 2016|via=Wayback Machine}} By 1953 it was extended farther south to north of Cravath Lake.{{cite map|url=http://www.transportation.nebraska.gov/maps/Statewide%20Traffic%20Flow%20Maps/historic/Statewide_Traffic_Flow_Map_53.pdf|title=1953 Traffic Flow Map of the State Highways|website=tranpotation.nebraska.gov|cartography=Nebraska Department of Roads and Irrigation|publisher=Nebraska Department of Roads and Irrigation|format=PDF|date=1953|accessdate=July 7, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235131/http://www.transportation.nebraska.gov/maps/Statewide%20Traffic%20Flow%20Maps/historic/Statewide_Traffic_Flow_Map_53.pdf|archive-date=March 3, 2016}} The road was removed from the highway system map in 1957,{{cite map|url=http://www.transportation.nebraska.gov/maps/historical/pdf/st_hwy55-hi-res.pdf|title=State Highway System|website=transportation.nebraska.gov|cartography=Nebraska Department of Roads and Irrigation|publisher=Nebraska Department of Roads and Irrigation|format=PDF|date=1955|accessdate=July 7, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228160135/http://www.transportation.nebraska.gov/maps/historical/pdf/st_hwy55-hi-res.pdf|archivedate=February 28, 2014|via=Wayback Machine}}{{cite map|url=http://www.transportation.nebraska.gov/maps/Statewide%20Traffic%20Flow%20Maps/historic/Statewide_Traffic_Flow_Map_57.pdf|title=1957 Traffic Flow Map of the State Highways|cartography=Nebraska Department of Roads|publisher=Nebraska Department of Roads|format=PDF|date=1957|accessdate=July 7, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063320/http://www.transportation.nebraska.gov/maps/Statewide%20Traffic%20Flow%20Maps/historic/Statewide_Traffic_Flow_Map_57.pdf|archivedate=March 4, 2016|via=Wayback Machine}} and was re-added in 1960, as N-250.{{cite map|url=http://www.transportation.nebraska.gov/maps/Statewide%20Traffic%20Flow%20Maps/historic/Statewide_Traffic_Flow_Map_60.pdf|title=1960 Traffic Flow of the State Highways System|website=transportation.nebraska.gov|cartography=Nebraska Department of Roads|publisher=Nebraska Department of Roads|format=PDF|date=1960|accessdate=July 7, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064346/http://www.transportation.nebraska.gov/maps/Statewide%20Traffic%20Flow%20Maps/historic/Statewide_Traffic_Flow_Map_60.pdf|archivedate=March 4, 2016|via=Wayback Machine}} A narrow road was extended south from N-250 to N-2 in Lakeside around 1981–82,{{Cite map|url=http://www.transportation.nebraska.gov/maps/Statewide%20Traffic%20Flow%20Maps/historic/Statewide_Traffic_Flow_Map_80.pdf|title=1980 Traffic Flow of the State Highways System|website=transportation.nebraska.gov|cartography=Nebraska Department of Roads|publisher=Nebraska Department of Roads|format=PDF|date=1980|accessdate=July 7, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527133039/http://www.transportation.nebraska.gov/maps/Statewide%20Traffic%20Flow%20Maps/historic/Statewide_Traffic_Flow_Map_80.pdf|archivedate=May 27, 2010|via=Wayback Machine}}{{cite map|url=http://www.transportation.nebraska.gov/maps/historical/pdf/1981-1982%20Map.pdf|title=1981–1982 Official Highway Map of Nebraska|cartography=Nebraska Department of Roads|publisher=Nebraska Department of Roads|format=PDF|date=1981–1982|accessdate=July 7, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228162336/http://www.transportation.nebraska.gov/maps/historical/pdf/1981-1982%20Map.pdf|archivedate=February 28, 2014|via=Wayback Machine}} but it was not part of N-250 until 1996.{{cite map|url=http://www.transportation.nebraska.gov/maps/Statewide%20Traffic%20Flow%20Maps/historic/Statewide_Traffic_Flow_Map_94.pdf|title=Traffic Flow of the State Highways System|website=transportation.nebraska.gov|cartography=Nebraska Department of Roads|publisher=Nebraska Department of Roads|format=PDF|date=1994|accessdate=July 7, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235604/http://www.transportation.nebraska.gov/maps/Statewide%20Traffic%20Flow%20Maps/historic/Statewide_Traffic_Flow_Map_94.pdf|archivedate=March 3, 2016|via=Wayback Machine}} The routing has not changed significantly since.

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| location=Lakeside

| mile=0.00

| road={{jct|state=NE|NE|2|dir1=east|city1=Ellsworth|city2=Broken Bow}}
{{jct|state=NE|NE|2|dir1=west|city1=Antioch|city2=Alliance}}

| notes=Southern terminus;T intersection}}

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| mile=37.74

| bridge=Bridge over the Niobrara River}}

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| location=Rushville

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| mile=48.65

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| road={{jct|state=NE|US|20|dir1=east|name1=Bridges to Buttes Byway/East 2nd Street|city1=Clinton|city2=Gordon|city3=Valentine}}
{{jct|state=NE|US|20|dir1=west|name1=Bridges to Buttes Byway/East Second Street|location1=N-87|city2=Hay Springs|location3=Pine Ridge (South Dakota)|city4=Chadron}}

| notes=Northern terminus}}

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| road={{jct|state=NE|road|Chamberlain Avenue|dir1=north}}

| notes=Continuation north from northern terminus}}

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Category:Transportation in Sheridan County, Nebraska