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Nebraska Highway 8

{{Short description|State highway in Nebraska, United States}}

{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox road

|state=NE

|type=NE

|route=8

|alternate_name=

|map=Nebraska Highway 8.png

|map_notes=Nebraska Highway 8 highlighted in red

|length_mi=148.89

|length_ref={{cite web|title=Nebraska Highway Reference Log Book|url=http://www.roads.nebraska.gov/media/6920/logbook.pdf|publisher=Nebraska Department of Roads|accessdate=January 6, 2017|pages=33–35|date=2015}}

|established=

|direction_a=West

|terminus_a={{jct|state=NE|NE|14}} in Superior

|junction={{plainlist|

}}

|direction_b=East

|terminus_b={{jct|state=NE|US|73}} in Falls City

|counties=Nuckolls, Thayer, Jefferson, Gage, Pawnee, Richardson

|previous_type=NE

|previous_route=7

|next_type=NE

|next_route=9

}}

Nebraska Highway 8 (N-8) is a highway in southern and southeastern Nebraska. Its western terminus is at Nebraska Highway 14 in Superior and its eastern terminus is at U.S. Highway 73 (US 73) in Falls City. It runs through the southern tier of counties in Nebraska and is always within {{convert|10|mi|km}} of the Kansas border.

Route description

File:NE8wRoadSign2 (28265143184).jpg

N-8 begins at N-14 in Superior and goes east through farmland until it meets US 81 in Chester. When the highway reaches Hubbell, it begins a segment where it goes northeasterly towards Fairbury until it meets N-15. It goes north with N-15 into Fairbury, crosses the Little Blue River, then turns southeast towards Steele City. It goes straight east through Odell and Barneston, passing US 77 between those two villages. At N-99, the highway turns north, overlapping N-99 for {{convert|5|mi|km}}. It then turns east towards Pawnee City. At Pawnee City, it meets N-50 and goes east and then south with it, separating just before Du Bois. It turns east, meets US 75 south of Dawson and ends in downtown Falls City at an intersection with US 73.{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=nebraska+8+and+nebraska+14&daddr=40.05981,-97.38792+to:40.1096,-96.24026+to:nebraska+8+and+us+73&geocode=FayjYgIdZp8n-imjZu6T8hWYhzH1s3hO9b7c0w%3BFaJDYwIdcPox-ilZ8yY6icCXhzHG77PmEa2NXA%3BFSAGZAIdfH1D-iltgDyu0OeVhzGXasL11feO4Q%3BFYpaYwIdGztN-ind5rc6p3GVhzHKChwCvhgpjg&hl=en&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=2&sz=9&via=1,2&sll=40.145289,-96.833496&sspn=0.957378,2.705383&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=9|title=overview of Nebraska Highway 8|accessdate=2010-11-08}}

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History

According to 1937 and 1940 state maps,{{cite web |url=https://dot.nebraska.gov/media/6887/nebraska-1937.pdf |title=Official Map - Nebraska State Highway System |date=August 1, 1937 |website=Nebraska Department of Transportation |publisher=Department of Roads & Irrigation, Bureau of Roads and Bridges |access-date=July 10, 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://dot.nebraska.gov/media/6881/nebraska-1940.pdf |title=Official Map - Nebraska State Highway System |date=April 1, 1940 |website=Nebraska Department of Transportation |publisher=Department of Roads & Irrigation, Bureau of Roads and Bridges |access-date=July 10, 2022}} the first N-8 designation began in Omaha on Military Road (which was rerouted at least once in the Omaha area, according to the 1955 state map).{{cite web |url=https://dot.nebraska.gov/media/6888/state-highway-1955-hi-res.pdf |title=State Highway System |date=1955 |website=Nebraska Department of Transportation |access-date=July 10, 2022}} It then passed through Irvington and Elk City before terminating in Fremont. The original route designation largely disappeared from state maps by 1962.{{cite web |url=https://dot.nebraska.gov/media/6886/nebraska-1962.pdf |title=Nebraska State Highways |date=1962 |website=Nebraska Department of Transportation |publisher=Department of Roads |access-date=July 10, 2022}} Most of the original route has since been turned over to local control.

Route 3S was renumbered N-8 in about 1960.

Major intersections

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{{NEint

|county=Nuckolls

|location=Superior

|mile=0.00

|road={{jct|state=NE|NE|14|name1=East 3rd Street/North Idaho Street}}

}}

{{NEint

|county=Thayer

|cspan=3

|location=Byron

|mile=16.01

|road={{jct|state=NE|Spur|85A|dir1=south}}

}}

{{NEint

|location=Chester

|mile=24.10

|road={{jct|state=NE|US|81}}

}}

{{NEint

|location=Hubbell

|mile=30.17

|road={{jct|state=NE|Spur|85B|dir1=south}}

}}

{{NEint

|county=Jefferson

|cspan=4

|location=Fairbury

|lspan=2

|type=concur

|mile=50.99

|road={{jct|state=NE|NE|15|dir1=south}}

|notes=Western end of N-15 overlap

}}

{{NEint

|type=concur

|mile=52.70

|road={{jct|state=NE|NE|15|dir1=north|name1=K Street|road|Oregon National Historic Trail / California National Historic Trail / Pony Express National Historic Trail}}

|notes=Eastern end of N-15 overlap

}}

{{NEint

|location=Steele City

|mile=62.62

|road={{jct|state=NE|Spur|48A|dir1=south|name1=South Railroad Street}}

}}

{{NEint

|location=none

|mile=67.55

|road={{jct|state=NE|NE|103|dir1=north|name1=581st Avenue}}

}}

{{NEint

|county=Gage

|cspan=4

|location=none

|type=concur

|mile=71.56

|road={{jct|state=NE|NE|112|dir1=south|name1=West 103 Road|road|Oregon National Historic Trail / California National Historic Trail / Pony Express National Historic Trail}}

|notes=Western end of N-112 overlap

}}

{{NEint

|location=none

|type=concur

|mile=77.60

|road={{jct|state=NE|NE|112|dir1=north}}

|notes=Eastern end of N-112 overlap

}}

{{NEint

|location=none

|mile=82.58

|road={{jct|state=NE|US|77}}

}}

{{NEint

|location=Liberty

|mile=91.57

|road={{jct|state=NE|Spur|34A|dir1=north}}

}}

{{NEint

|county=Pawnee

|cspan=5

|location=none

|type=concur

|mile=98.61

|road={{jct|state=NE|NE|99|dir1=south}}

|notes=Western end of N-99 overlap

}}

{{NEint

|location=none

|type=concur

|mile=103.24

|road={{jct|state=NE|NE|99|dir1=north}}

|notes=Eastern end of N-99 overlap

}}

{{NEint

|location=Pawnee City

|lspan=2

|type=concur

|mile=113.30

|road={{jct|state=NE|NE|65|dir1=south|name1=A Street}}

|notes=Western end of N-65 overlap

}}

{{NEint

|type=concur

|mile=113.67

|road={{jct|state=NE|NE|50|NE|65|dir2=north|name2=Sherman Street}}

|notes=Eastern end of N-65 overlap; western end of N-50 overlap

}}

{{NEint

|location=none

|type=concur

|mile=123.13

|road={{jct|state=NE|NE|50|dir1=south}}

|notes=Eastern end of N-50 overlap

}}

{{NEint

|county=Richardson

|cspan=3

|location=none

|mile=128.27

|road={{jct|state=NE|NE|105|dir1=north}}

}}

{{NEint

|location=none

|mile=135.26

|road={{jct|state=NE|US|75}}

}}

{{NEint

|location=Falls City

|mile=148.89

|road={{jct|state=NE|US|73|name1=Harlan Street}}

}}

{{Jctbtm|keys=concur}}

See also

{{portal-inline|U.S. Roads}}

References

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External links

{{commons category|Nebraska Highway 8}}

{{Attached KML|display=title,inline}}

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110629155514/http://www.dm.net/~chris-g/ne1-30.html#NE-8 The Nebraska Highways Page: Highways 1 to 30]
  • [http://nebraskaroads.com/roads/nebroutes/1-10.html#8 Nebraska Roads: NE 1-10]

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Category:Transportation in Nuckolls County, Nebraska

Category:Transportation in Thayer County, Nebraska

Category:Transportation in Jefferson County, Nebraska

Category:Transportation in Gage County, Nebraska

Category:Transportation in Pawnee County, Nebraska

Category:Transportation in Richardson County, Nebraska