Nebraska Highway 8

Nebraska Highway 8
Route information
Maintained by NDOR
Length:	148.88 mi[1] (239.60 km)
Major junctions
West end:	N-14 in Superior
	US 81 in Chester N-15 in Fairbury
East end:	US 73 in Falls City
Location
Counties:	Nuckolls, Thayer, Jefferson, Gage, Pawnee, Richardson
Highway system
Nebraska Highways Link Spur Recreation ← N-7 N-9 →

Nebraska Highway 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 in Falls City. It runs through the southern tier of counties in Nebraska and is always within 10 miles (16 km) of the Kansas border.

Route description

Nebraska Highway 8 begins at Nebraska Highway 14 in Superior and goes east through farmland until it meets U.S. Highway 81 in Chester. When the highway reaches Hubbell, it begins a segment where it goes northeasterly towards Fairbury until it meets Nebraska Highway 15. It goes north with NE 15 into Fairbury, crosses the Little Blue River, then turns southeast towards Steele City. It goes straight east through Odell and Barneston, passing U.S. Highway 77 between those two villages. At Nebraska Highway 99, the highway turns north, overlapping NE 99 for 5 miles (8.0 km). It then turns east towards Pawnee City. At Pawnee City, it meets Nebraska Highway 50 and goes east and then south with it, separating just before Du Bois. It turns east, meets U.S. Highway 75 south of Dawson and ends in downtown Falls City at an intersection with U.S. Highway 73.^[1][2]

History

Route 8 was previously Route 3S. Route 8 was created in about 1960.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Nuckolls	Superior	0.00	0.00	N-14 (East 3rd Street/North Idaho Street)
Thayer	Byron	16.01	25.77	S-85A south
	Chester	24.10	38.79	US 81
	Hubbell	30.17	48.55	S-85B south
Jefferson	Fairbury	50.99	82.06	N-15 south	West end of N-15 overlap
		52.70	84.81	N-15 north (K Street)	East end of N-15 overlap
	Steele City	62.62	100.78	S-48A south (South Railroad Street)
	​	67.55	108.71	N-103 north (581st Avenue)
Gage	​	71.56	115.16	N-112 south (West 103 Road)	West end of N-112 overlap
	​	77.60	124.89	N-112 north	East end of N-112 overlap
	​	82.58	132.90	US 77
	Liberty	91.56	147.35	S-34A north
Pawnee	​	98.60	158.68	N-99 south	West end of N-99 overlap
	​	103.23	166.13	N-99 north	East end of N-99 overlap
	Pawnee City	113.29	182.32	N-65 south (A Street)	West end of N-65 overlap
		113.66	182.92	N-50 / N-65 north (Sherman Street)	East end of N-65 overlap; west end of N-50 overlap
	​	123.12	198.14	N-50 south	East end of N-50 overlap
Richardson	​	128.26	206.41	N-105 north
	​	135.25	217.66	US 75
	Falls City	148.88	239.60	US 73 (Harlan Street)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

• The Nebraska Highways Page: Highways 1 to 30
• Nebraska Roads: NE 1-10