U.S. Route 275

U.S. Route 275
Route information
Auxiliary route of US 75
Length:	265.82 mi[lower-alpha 1] (427.80 km) 15.576 miles (25.067 km) in Missouri 59.391 miles (95.581 km) in Iowa 190.85 miles (307.14 km) in Nebraska
Major junctions
South end:	US 136 at Rock Port, Mo.
	US 34 near Glenwood, Iowa I-29 in Council Bluffs, Iowa US 75 in Omaha, Neb. I-80 in Omaha, Neb. US 30 / US 77 in Fremont, Neb. US 81 in Norfolk, Neb.
North end:	US 281 / US 20 in O'Neill, Neb.
Location
States:	Missouri Iowa Nebraska
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Bannered Divided Replaced

U.S. Route 275 (US 275) is a north–south United States highway. It is a branch of US 75, originally terminating at that route in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The highway's northern terminus is in O'Neill, Nebraska, at an intersection with U.S. Highway 20 and U.S. Highway 281. Its southern terminus is near Rock Port, Missouri, at an intersection with U.S. Highway 136.

Its former route which has been replaced by Interstate 29 was celebrated in the 1971 Brewer & Shipley Tarkio Road album which featured the song One Toke Over the Line.^[1]

Route description

U.S. 275 is signed north–south in Missouri and Iowa, while in Nebraska, it is signed east–west.

Missouri

Southern terminus of US 275 at US 136 near Rock Port, Missouri

U.S. Route 275 begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 136 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Rock Port. It travels to the north and to the northwest through Atchison County for 16 miles (26 km).^[2]

Iowa

U.S. Route 275 crosses into Iowa 1 ¹⁄₂ miles (2.4 km) south of Hamburg. It enters Hamburg and intersects Iowa Highway 333 (Iowa 333), which connects to Interstate 29 (I-29) 1 ¹⁄₂ miles (2.4 km) to the west. North of Hamburg, it intersects Iowa 2, and the two routes share 5 miles (8.0 km) of road. US 275 and Iowa 2 then bypass Sidney on its east side, and east of Sidney, US 275 and Iowa 2 separate. From east of Sidney, US 275 continues north for 20 miles (32 km) through Tabor until it intersects U.S. Route 34 east of Glenwood. US 275 and US 34 then overlap for 8 miles (13 km), mostly bypassing Glenwood. West of Glenwood, US 34 and US 275 split at an interchange with I-29; US 34 follows southbound I-29, while US 275 follows northbound I-29. For 13 miles (21 km), US 275 overlaps I-29, ending at an interchange with Iowa 92 in southern Council Bluffs. Turning west, US 275 / Iowa 92 travel together for 5 miles (8.0 km) in Iowa and cross the new South Omaha Veterans Memorial Bridge over the Missouri River.^[3]

Nebraska

US 275 enters Nebraska in Omaha in the South Omaha neighborhood paired with Nebraska Highway 92. It goes through Omaha as a four-lane highway until meeting Nebraska Highway 31. The street designations for US 275 in Omaha are, from east to west, Missouri Avenue, L Street, Industrial Road and West Center Road. It crosses the Elkhorn River, which it will follow for most of the rest of the route, then separates from NE 92. It goes northwest and becomes freeway until Fremont. It meets U.S. Route 30 and they are paired together around Fremont until meeting U.S. Route 77. US 275 turns north with US 77, meets Nebraska Highway 91 and separates from US 77 near Winslow.

It turns northwest with NE 91 and they separate near Scribner, Nebraska. US 275 goes north through West Point, turns northwest through Wisner, and then turns west. At Norfolk it meets U.S. Route 81. It continues west-northwest, meets U.S. Route 20 near Inman and the two routes overlap until US 275 ends at an intersection with U.S. Route 281 in downtown O'Neill.

History

US 275 and Iowa 2 concur near Sidney

At its creation in 1932, US 275 ran from Council Bluffs to Saint Joseph, Missouri. In 1939 the route was extended northwest into Nebraska. In 1963 US 275 was truncated to its current end in northwestern Missouri.

Prior to 1963, US 275 extended south to St. Joseph. The route followed current U.S. Route 136 east from Rock Port to its intersection with U.S. Route 59 near Tarkio, then south with US 59 to St. Joseph.

Before November 2001, US 275 ran alongside the Union Pacific tracks between Waterloo and Fremont, Nebraska. This routing was replaced by a new freeway segment built as part of a project to connect Fremont via freeway to Omaha. This segment is officially called Reichmuth Road in Douglas County and Bell Street in Fremont.

Prior to July 1, 2003, US 275 followed a winding two-lane road between Council Bluffs and Glenwood, Iowa. The segment moved to a concurrency with U.S. Route 34 and Interstate 29 that day as part of a mass decommissioning of highways in Iowa. This road is now Mills County and Pottawattamie County Road L35.

Major intersections

Mileposts reset at state line crossings. In Nebraska, US 275 is considered an east–west highway, its mileposts run from west to east

State	County	Location	mi[3][4][5]	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Missouri	Atchison	Rock Port	0.000	0.000		US 136 – Rock Port, Phelps City
			15.576 0.000	25.067 0.000	Missouri–Iowa state line
Iowa	Fremont	Hamburg	2.129	3.426		Iowa 333 west	Eastern terminus of Iowa 333
		Riverton	7.950	12.794		Iowa 2 west	South end of Iowa 2 overlap
		Sidney	12.671	20.392		Iowa 2 east	North end of Iowa 2 overlap
	Mills	Glenwood	33.544	53.984		US 34 east	South end of US 34 overlap
			41.824	67.309		I-29 south / US 34 west	North end of US 34 overlap; south end of I-29 overlap; I-29 exit 35
		Saint Marys–Oak township line	49.152	79.102	42	CR H10 – Bellevue, Neb., Offutt Air Force Base	Former Iowa 370; exit number follows I-29
	Pottawattamie	Council Bluffs	54.212	87.246		I-29 north / Iowa 92 east	North end of I-29 overlap; south end of Iowa 92 overlap; I-29 exit 47
Missouri River			59.391 190.85	95.581 307.14	South Omaha Veterans Memorial Bridge; Iowa–Nebraska state line
Nebraska	Douglas	Omaha	189.53	305.02		US 75 (Kennedy Freeway)
			185.69	298.84		72nd Street	Interchange
			184.69	297.23		N-85 south (84th Street)	Northern terminus of N-85
			181.93	292.79		I-680 north / I-80	Cloverleaf interchange with I-80 C/D lanes
			180.70	290.81		N-50 south (Millard Avenue)	Northern terminus of N-50
			174.18	280.32		US 6 / N-31 (204th Street)
		​	171.14	275.42		N-92 west (West Center Road)	West end of N-92 overlap
		​	168.53	271.22		L-28B east (West Dodge Expressway) to US 6	East end of freeway section; western terminus of L-28B
		Waterloo	168.05	270.45	—	Blondo Street
			166.55	268.04	—	N-64 east (West Maple Road) – Waterloo	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; east end of N-64 overlap
		Valley	164.99	265.53	—	Meigs Street
			163.02	262.36	—	N-64 west – Valley	West end of N-64 overlap
		Mercer	158.48	255.05	—	N-36 – Bennington, Fremont, North Omaha
	Dodge	Fremont	154.72	249.00	—	Morningside Road
			153.69	247.34	—	Military Avenue
			152.14	244.85	—	US 30 east (Lincoln Highway) – Fremont, Blair	East end of US 30 overlap
						Luther Road	West end of freeway section
			148.51	239.00		US 30 west (Lincoln Highway) / US 77 south – Columbus, Fremont	Interchange; east end of US 77 overlap; west end of US 30 overlap
		Nickerson	144.70	232.87		N-91 east	East end of N-91 overlap
		Winslow	140.85	226.68		US 77 north	Interchange; west end of US 77 overlap; westbound exit and eastbound entrance only
		Pebble Township	126.82	204.10		N-91 west	West end of N-91 overlap
	Cuming	West Point	118.15	190.14		N-32 east	East end of N-32 overlap
			117.49	189.08		N-32 west	West end of N-32 overlap
			116.04	186.75		N-9 north	Southern terminus of N-9
		Beemer	109.27	175.85		L-20A north	Southern terminus of L-20A
		Wisner	100.80	162.22		N-51 east	Western terminus of N-51
	Stanton	Pilger	96.08	154.63		N-15 north	East end of N-15 overlap
			94.08	151.41		N-15 south	West end of N-15 overlap
		Spurville	86.06	138.50		N-57 south	Northern terminus of N-57
	Madison	Norfolk	77.47	124.68		N-24 south / N-35 north	Western terminus of N-24; western terminus of N-35
			75.12	120.89		US 81
		Battle Creek	65.71	105.75		N-121 south	Northern terminus of N-121
	Antelope	Tilden	53.39	85.92		N-45 south	Northern terminus of N-45
		Neligh	39.63	63.78		N-14
	Holt	Ewing	21.29	34.26		L-45B north	Southern terminus of L-45B
		Golden Township	13.03	20.97		US 20 east	East end of US 20 overlap
		O'Neill	0.00	0.00		US 20 west / US 281 south	West end of US 20 overlap; highway continues as US 20 west / US 281 north
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Route transition

See also

Related routes

• U.S. Route 75
• U.S. Route 175

Bannered routes

• U.S. Route 275 Business - Fremont, Nebraska

Footnotes

References

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

• Endpoints of US highways
• Nebraska Transportation On New Bridge

Browse numbered routes
← Route 273	MO	Route 283 →
← I-235	IA	I-280 →
← N-250	NE	US 281 →