Do you Remember Highway 71 or 3?

Does anyone remember this marker??

Alignment: Haigler to Kansas border

History and Notes: This short road, connecting Haigler with the Kansas border a mile or so away, was unmarked for a long time, but is now a short segment of N-27. The N-71 designation was in place from around 1933 until at least 1955.

How about this one?


Alignment: Colorado border west of Haigler to Iowa border near Brownville

History and Notes: N-3 was an early designation of US-34 (Colorado border to Edison) and US-136 (Edison to Missouri border), and was numbered as such beginning in 1926. Prior to this, in 1922, the Colorado to Culbertson segment was N-70 (aka "Burlington Hwy"), and the Culbertson to Oxford segment was N-67 ("Omaha-Lincoln-Denver Hwy"). The Colorado to Edison segment became US-34 in 1939, and the balance of the route was renumbered US-136 in 1960.

Of course we all recognize this one:




Grant Highway

Alignment:
Segment 1: South Dakota border (SD-391) north of Gordon to Ellsworth (N-2)
Segment 2: Oshkosh (US-26) to I-80 east of Chappell
Segment 3: Haigler (US-34) to Kansas border (K-27) south of Haigler

Distance:

Segment 1: 68.72 miles.
Segment 2: 27.11 miles.
Segment 3: 0.78 mile.

Intersecting Interstates: I-80 at exit 95

Multiplexing: 2 mile shared segment with US-30 east of Chappell

History and Notes: Alignment 1 was part of the Grant Highway from the early 1920's. In the numbering system in use in the mid 1920's, this was N-1C, then renamed as N-27 in 1926.

Maps from the 1930's show an additional segment, between N-2 and US-26. However, a 1940 map showed much of this as "proposed" (previously consisting of a dirt road). By 1947, this was not indicated as being numbered north of Oshkosh, although the the segment between US-20 and N-2 was numbered as extension took place. The full numbering between US-20 and N-2 was complete by 1955.

N-27 previously extended to the Colorado border. This was aligned along US-30 from Chappell 7 miles eastward (the current N-27 terminus), and along current US-385 from Chappell southward. This was truncated to its current position with the implementation of US-385 in 1958.

Another route with sparse towns along the way (only two over the course of the split segments). The town-less stretch between Gordon and Ellsworth spans 55 miles.

Robert Hanolen was kind enough to tip me off to a third segment of N-27, which extends only about 1/2 mile south of Haigler and meets up with Kansas route 27. It is unknown how long this has been marked as such, but it appears to be a fairly recent occurrence (circa 2001 or earlier). In the past, this route had been marked as N-71 through at least 1955.

Attractions Along the Way: Mari Sandoz State Historical Marker (approximately 30 miles north of Ellsworth)

And then there is Highway 34:




Omaha- Lincoln- Denver Highway

Alignment: Colorado border (US-34) northwest of Haigler to Iowa border (US-34) at Plattsmouth

Distance: 383.12 miles

Intersecting Interstates: I-80 south of Grand Island and at Lincoln; I-180 at Lincoln

Freeway Segments: 4 miles in Lincoln (co-sign with I-180)

NHS: Grand Island to Hastings

Multiplexing: Shared alignment with N-61 around Benkelman (3 miles); US-6 from Culbertson to Hastings (140.31 miles); with US-83 through McCook; with N-44 for 2 miles either side of Axtell; with US-281 from Grand Island to Hastings (22 miles); with N-2 for 6.7 miles from Grand Island east; with US-81 for 1 mile north of York; with I-180 through Lincoln (3.47 miles); with US-75 from Plattsmouth to Union (13 miles)

Multi-Lane Segments: Hastings to Grand Island; northwest and east side of Lincoln

History and Notes: US-34 was extended west from Iowa to Grand Island in 1936, along the N-11 alignment. It was further extended in 1939, into Colorado, using N-3.

Toll bridge at the Iowa border.

Attractions Along the Way: Massacre Canyon Monument (east of Trenton)

Highway 38??? Never heard of it!!

Alignment: Colorado border west of Haigler to Omaha

History and Notes: Original 1926 route, decommissioned in 1932 and turned into part of US-6.

--Reference: Nebraska Highways