Nebraska Highway 64 Explained

State:NE
Type:NE
Route:64
Map:Nebraska Highway 64 map.png
Map Notes:Nebraska Highway 64 highlighted in red
Length Mi:44.57
Length Ref:[1]
Established:1933[2]
Section1:Western segment
Length Mi1:12.43
Direction A1:West
Direction B1:East
Terminus A1: south of Columbus
Terminus B1: north of David City
Section2:Eastern segment
Length Mi2:32.14
Direction A2:West
Direction B2:East
Terminus A2: south of Fremont
Junction2: concurrency between Valley and Waterloo
in Omaha
in Omaha
Terminus B2: at Omaha
Counties:Western segment: Butler
Eastern segment: Saunders, Douglas
Previous Type:N
Previous Route:63
Browse Route:64
Next Type:N
Next Route:65

Nebraska Highway 64 is a highway in Nebraska. There are two segments to the highway. The western segment lies in Butler County between U.S. Highway 81 and Nebraska Highway 15. The eastern segment goes through Saunders and Douglas counties between U.S. Highway 77 and U.S. Highway 75.

Route description

Western segment

The western segment of Nebraska Highway 64 begins at an intersection with U.S. Highway 81 on the Butler/Polk County border south of Columbus. It goes east through farmland to Bellwood, then ends at an intersection with Nebraska Highway 15 north of David City.[1]

Eastern segment

The eastern segment of Nebraska Highway 64 begins at an intersection with U.S. Highway 77 south of Fremont. It then proceeds east through farmland, then briefly north near Leshara. After meeting Nebraska Spur 78J, it turns east, crosses the Platte River, then turns northeast and meets the U.S. Highway 275 freeway northwest of Valley. The two highways run concurrent until just northwest of Waterloo. They separate, and NE 64 goes east as a divided highway past the Elkhorn River into increasing areas of residential and commercial development and meets Nebraska Highway 31 in the Elkhorn neighborhood of Omaha. The road continues east on a divided highway which is called West Maple Road. Between 108th Street and 102nd Street in Omaha, NE 64 meets Interstate 680. The highway then becomes Maple Street and continues east, becoming a two lane road as it passes through the Benson neighborhood. East of the Benson business district, at an intersection with Nebraska Link 28K, NE 64 becomes divided highway again, and goes east, then south along Northwest Radial Highway, then east along Cuming Street, and terminates at a freeway interchange with U.S. Highway 75 near Creighton University.[1]

History

State:NE
Type:NE 1926
Route:130
Location:Douglas County
Length Mi:32.14
Length Round:2
Formed:1941
Decommissioned:1957

The eastern segment of N-64 was previously known as State Highway 130.

Prior to the construction of the US 275 freeway in the Valley area, Nebraska Highway 64 used to go through Valley on what is now Reichmuth Road, though it is often locally known as Old Highway 275. This road parallels the Union Pacific railroad tracks.

The east end of Nebraska Highway 64 has also been altered with the reconstruction of the Interstate 480/U.S. Highway 75 interchange. The east end was at the one way pair of Cuming and Burt Streets, with Cuming going west and Burt going east, but with reconstruction, Cuming Street was modified into a two way road at its interchange with US 75.

Major intersections

Eastern segment

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nebraska Highway Reference Log Book. Nebraska Department of Roads. January 7, 2017. 162–164. 2015.
  2. Web site: The Nebraska Highways Page: Highways 61 to 100. 4 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20061207133913/http://www.dm.net/~chris-g/ne61-100.html#NE-64. 7 December 2006. dead.