End of US highway 283 in Lexington NE

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Photo credits: me

(Note: if you haven't yet seen my main US 283 page, the map of Lexington shown there may help to illustrate the descriptions below.)

Northbound US 283 traffic in Lexington encounters several "End" signs. If your destination is not US 30, these signs are presumably there to let you know that it may be counterproductive to continue following the route of US 283. But the result is that Lexington easily holds the national record for the most "End" signs at a single terminus. Witness: this first shot is looking north on Jackson, right before the viaduct comes back down to the surface:

me, Aug. 2005

The assembly in the distance is shown close-up below:

me, Aug. 2005

That's north on Jackson at 5th; technically US 283 continues to the right. If you turn that way, you'll see the assembly below before you reach the next block (Jefferson):

me, Aug. 2005

Turning right again (south on Jefferson), we see the assembly below...

me, Aug. 2005

...and the assembly in the distance (behind the stop sign at US 30) is shown close-up below:

me, Aug. 2005

That would be the true north endpoint of US 283, although it seems the DoT has made every effort to keep you from coming this far! And that's still not the last "End" sign - I saw one more:

me, Aug. 2005

The assembly at left is for traffic heading south on Grant... which seems a little odd, since northbound 283 traffic is not directed onto that road... but maybe if you know your way around and you want westbound US 30 (as opposed to eastbound), you use it. The assembly at right marks the north beginning of US 283 for traffic on eastbound US 30. The signage below is heading the opposite direction (west on US 30):

me, Aug. 2005

The Madison Street viaduct is visible three blocks in the distance. Washington is just one block ahead, and the original north beginning of US 283 was to the left there. But now southbound US 283 is directed right onto Grant (not Jefferson, the reason being so that traffic has only right-hand turns to get to the viaduct). Heading north on Grant, there was this "south" sign...

me, Feb. 2000

...which is technically correct, but may still cause confusion. At the next block, traffic is directed east on 5th thus:

me, Aug. 2005

One block to the right (at Jackson), you're directed right again (south) over the viaduct. Where that comes back down on the south side, I took the photo below because of the vintage US highway shield:

me, Feb. 2000

That had been replaced by the time of my next visit in 2005. A few blocks ahead, this newer highway joins the original alignment of US 283. Lexington may be a small city, but it has a large collection of interesting roadsigns...

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