End of US highway 275 |
1931-1939
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1939-1963
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1963-present
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Later, US 36 was redirected to run along 10th Street, to the east (left) of there. So US 136 turned left there on Jules, and ended at the five-way intersection of 10th Street and Frederick Avenue:
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This photo was looking east on Jules. The cross street is 10th, but the cars stopped at the light are on Frederick, which comes in at a diagonal. Those drivers are on southbound Business I-29, which continues off the right edge of the photo. That was a later routing of US 36, so this perspective shows another historic south end of US 275:
The original north end of US 275 was in Council Bluffs. But in 1939 the US 275 designation was extended to its current terminus in O'Neill:
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Despite its number, US 275 is signed east/west in Nebraska, so in that sense it is fitting that it ends not at its junction with the east/west US 20, but rather at the north/south US 281. These photos were looking west on Douglas Street, which carries US 20 traffic through town. Douglas also serves as US 275 until this intersection (4th Street), where it ends. US 281 comes in from the south (at left) on 4th, then is routed straight ahead with US 20 for about six blocks, and then heads north again:
This shot was looking the opposite direction (east) on Douglas, at the west beginning of US 275:
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O'Neill -- a city quite proud of its Irish heritage -- has painted a giant shamrock in the middle of the intersection. US 275 begins straight ahead, via eastbound US 20. The sign visible at far left is for traffic on northbound US 281; it is shown face-on here:
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Rock Port is to the left about a mile. Historically US 275 continued that way, and a few miles further east to Tarkio. From there it was overlapped with US 59 about 70 miles south, to St. Joseph. Apparently after US 136 was commissioned it no longer made sense to have US 275 co-signed with other routes for its southernmost 80 miles, so the designation was truncated back to Rock Port. Behind the green sign, the red-and-white hatch pattern on the sign at the intersection is visible; that is also shown in this photo (behind the 275 arrow):
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There, we are heading east on US 136; the south beginning of US 275 is to the left. Travelers who take that turn will soon see the first northbound US 275 sign:
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That assembly is also visible in this photo, which shows the south beginning of US 275 as seen from westbound US 136:
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Research and/or photo credits: Joseph Barnes; Neil Bratney; Mark Handler; Jeff Morrison; Dale Sanderson; Dale Sauter; Michael Summa; Stephen Taylor
Page originally created 2000;
last updated Jul. 13, 2020.
last updated Jul. 13, 2020.