Nebraska Highway 16

Nebraska Highway 16
	Nebraska Highway 16 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by NDOT
Length	28.15 mi [1] (45.30 km)
Existed	1936 [2] – present
Major junctions
South end	N-51 southeast of Bancroft
	N-9 south of Pender
North end	N-35 south of Wakefield
Location
Counties	Cuming, Thurston, Wayne
Highway system

Last updated April 27, 2019

Nebraska Highway 16 is a highway in northeastern Nebraska. Its southern terminus is southeast of Bancroft at an intersection with NE 51. Its northern terminus is at NE 35 south of Wakefield.

Nebraska is a state that lies in both the Great Plains and the Midwestern United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwest; and Wyoming to the west. It is the only triply landlocked U.S. state.

Bancroft is a village in Cuming County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 495 at the 2010 census.

Nebraska Highway 51 is a highway in eastern Nebraska. It has a length of 36.63 miles (58.95 km) and runs from west to east. It has a western terminus at U.S. Highway 275 northwest of Wisner and an eastern terminus at the Burt County Missouri River Bridge at the Missouri River in Decatur.

Route description

Nebraska Highway 16 begins at an intersection with NE 51 and NE 1 just southeast of Bancroft. It heads in a northwesterly direction, intersecting NE 9 south of Pender. It turns northward, running concurrently with NE 9 before splitting off to the west just north of Pender. It continues westward before turning to the north. It ends at an intersection with NE 35 south of Wakefield.

Nebraska Highway 1 (N-1) is a highway in eastern Nebraska. Its southern terminus is at U.S. Route 34 (US-34) south of Elmwood, and its eastern terminus is at US-34 and US-75 east of Murray.

Nebraska Highway 9 is a highway in northeastern Nebraska. The southern terminus is located just north of West Point at an intersection with U.S. Highway 275. Its northern terminus is at an intersection with Nebraska Highway 12 just south of Ponca.

Pender is a village in Thurston County, Nebraska, United States. On March 22, 2016, the United States Supreme Court resolved a disagreement as to whether Pender is located on the Omaha Indian Reservation, holding unanimously that "the disputed land is within the reservation’s boundaries." The predominantly European-American population was 1,002 at the 2010 census.

History

The original Nebraska Highway 16 went from North Platte to Omaha on an alignment which follows current U.S. Highway 83 from North Platte to Stapleton and Nebraska Highway 92 from Stapleton east to Omaha. The original designation of the current Nebraska Highway 16 was Nebraska Highway 92, but in 1936, the two highway numbers were swapped.^[2]

North Platte is a city in and the county seat of Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States. It is located in the southwestern part of the state, along Interstate 80, at the confluence of the North and South Platte Rivers forming the Platte River. The population was 24,733 at the 2010 census.

Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 10 miles (15 km) north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 40th-largest city, Omaha's 2018 estimated population was 466,061.

Stapleton is a village in and the county seat of Logan County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 305 at the 2010 census.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Cuming		0.00	0.00	N-51 – Wisner, Decatur	Southern terminus
Cuming		10.29	16.56	N-9 south – West Point	Southern end of N-9 concurrency
Thurston	Pender	11.94	19.22	N-94 east (Main Street) – Walthill	Western terminus of N-94
Thurston		12.36	19.89	N-9 north – Emerson	Northern end of N-9 concurrency
Wayne		28.15	45.30	N-35 – Wayne, Wakefield	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

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References

1 2 "Nebraska Highway Reference Log Book" (PDF). Nebraska Department of Roads. 2015. p. 62. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
1 2 The Nebraska Highways Page: Highways 1 to 30 Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine.

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[NHR-1] 1 2 "Nebraska Highway Reference Log Book" (PDF). Nebraska Department of Roads. 2015. p. 62. Retrieved January 7, 2017.

[NH-2] 1 2 The Nebraska Highways Page: Highways 1 to 30 Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine.