U.S. Route 136 in Nebraska

U.S. Highway 136
Heritage Highway
Route information
Maintained by NDOR
Length:	239.88 mi[1] (386.05 km)
Major junctions
West end:	US 6 / US 34 near Edison
	US 183 in Alma US 281 in Red Cloud US 81 in Hebron US 77 in Beatrice US 75 in Auburn
East end:	US 136 at the Missouri state line (Missouri River)
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Bannered Divided Replaced Nebraska Highways Link Spur Recreation ← N-133 N-137 →

In the U.S. state of Nebraska, U.S. Highway 136 is a highway which goes from U.S. Highway 6 and U.S. Highway 34 near Edison in the west to the Missouri border in the east at Brownville. It is signed as the Heritage Highway in its entirety.

Route description

US-136 begins north of Edison at US-6 and US-34. After going through Edison, it turns southeast and at Oxford, intersects Nebraska Highway 46. It continues southeast and meets and overlaps with Nebraska Highway 89 in Orleans. It then turns east and intersects and overlaps with U.S. Highway 183, turning south into Alma. It turns east at Alma, and passes through Republican City before intersecting Nebraska Highway 10 in Franklin. It continues east from Franklin through Riverton and Inavale before meeting U.S. Route 281 in Red Cloud. It continues east, intersecting Nebraska Highway 78 near Guide Rock and turns north at Nebraska Highway 14. After overlapping Highway 14, it turns east and passes through Ruskin before intersecting Nebraska Highway 5 in Deshler. It then continues east to intersect U.S. Route 81 near Hebron.

US-136 continues east from US-81 and after passing through Gilead, it intersects Nebraska Highway 53. It continues east and intersects Nebraska Highway 15 in Fairbury. It turns slightly northeastward and passes through Jansen and Harbine. It then intersects the southern portion of Nebraska Highway 103. It then heads due east before turning north and entering Beatrice. It then turns east and begins an overlap with Nebraska Highway 4 on the west side of Beatrice. In downtown Beatrice, US-136 and NE 4 then meet U.S. Route 77. They continue to overlap until shortly before Filley. It goes northeast through Filley and turns east near Crab Orchard. It then enters Tecumseh and intersects Nebraska Highway 50. It continues east out of Tecumseh and briefly overlaps Nebraska Highway 105 near Johnson. It then passes through Auburn, where it intersects U.S. Route 75. It continues east and overlaps Nebraska Highway 67 before entering Brownville. US-136 then leaves Nebraska to enter Missouri via the Brownville Bridge.

History

US-136 was originally commissioned in Nebraska in 1960, replacing Nebraska Highway 3.

Junction list

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Furnas	​	0.00	0.00	US 6 / US 34	National western terminus
	Oxford	9.98	16.06	N-46 south (Ogden Street)	Western end of N-46 overlap
Harlan		10.41	16.75	N-46 north	Eastern end of N-46 overlap
	​	22.20	35.73	N-89 west	Western end of N-89 overlap
	Orleans	22.72	36.56	N-89 east	Eastern end of N-61 overlap
	​	27.26	43.87	US 183 north	Western end of US-183 overlap
	Alma	29.27	47.11	US 183 south	Eastern end of US-183 overlap
Franklin	​	41.59	66.93	S-31C south
	​	50.62	81.46	L-31D east	Western terminus of L-31D
	Franklin	51.61	83.06	N-10 north	Western end of N-10 overlap
		52.12	83.88	N-10 south (16th Street) / L-31D west (M Street)	Eastern end of N-10 overlap; eastern terminus of L-31D
Webster	Red Cloud	75.25	121.10	US 281 (Webster Street)
	​	85.28	137.24	N-78
Nuckolls	​	99.19	159.63	N-14 south	Western end of N-14 overlap
	​	103.20	166.08	N-14 north	Eastern end of N-14 overlap
Thayer	​	121.20	195.05	N-5 north
	​	121.45	195.45	S-85E south
	​	128.26	206.41	L-85F south
	​	29.54	47.54	US 81
	​	139.30	224.18	N-53 north
Jefferson	Fairbury	150.78	242.66	N-15 (K Street)
	​	164.57	264.85	N-103 south
Gage	Beatrice	176.02	283.28	N-4 west (Sherman Street)	Western end of N-4 overlap
		177.52	285.69	US 77 (6th Street)
	​	185.51	298.55	N-4 east	Eastern end of N-4 overlap
Johnson	​	196.29	315.90	S-49C east
	Tecumseh	211.03	339.62	N-50 (12th Street)
Nemaha	​	219.99	354.04	N-105 south	Western end of N-105 overlap
	​	220.84	355.41	N-105 north	Eastern end of N-105 overlap
	Auburn	229.78	369.80	US 75 (J Street)
	​	235.80	379.48	N-67 north	Western end of N-67 overlap
	​	238.40	383.67	N-67 south	Eastern end of N-67 overlap
	Brownville	239.88	386.05	US 136 east (Brownville Bridge)	Continuation into Missouri
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

1. Nebraska Highway Reference Log Book

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

• The Nebraska Highways Page: Highways 101 to 300
• Nebraska Roads: US 136-183