# U.S. Route 275

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

## Route description

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

### Missouri

US 275 begins at an intersection with US 136 one 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).

### Iowa

US 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 run concurrently for five miles (8.0 km). 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 US 34 east of Glenwood. US 275 and US 34 then overlap for eight 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 five miles (8.0 km) in Iowa and cross the new South Omaha Veterans Memorial Bridge over the Missouri River.

### Nebraska

US 275 enters Nebraska in Omaha in the South Omaha neighborhood paired with Nebraska Highway 92 (N-92). It goes through Omaha as a four-lane highway until meeting N-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 N-92. It goes northwest and becomes freeway until Fremont. It meets US 30 and they are paired together around Fremont until meeting US 77. US 275 turns north with US 77, meets N-91 and separates from US 77 near Winslow.
It turns northwest with N-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 US 81. It continues west-northwest, meets US 20 near Inman and the two routes overlap until US 275 ends at an intersection with US 281 in downtown O'Neill.

## History

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 US 136 east from Rock Port to its intersection with US 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 US 34 and I-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 | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
| Missouri | Atchison | Rock Port | 0.000 | 0.000 | | US 136 / Lewis and Clark Trail – Rock Port, Phelps City | |
| | | | 15.5760.000 | 25.0670.000 | | Lewis and Clark Trail ends; Loess Hills National Scenic Byway begins Missouri–Iowa line | Lewis and Clark Trail ends; Loess Hills National Scenic Byway begins Missouri–Iowa line |
| Iowa | Fremont | Hamburg | 2.126 | 3.421 | | Iowa 333 west / Loess Hills National Scenic Byway north | |
| Iowa | Fremont | Washington–Sidney township line | 7.947 | 12.789 | | Iowa 2 west / CR J46 east – Riverton, Nebraska City | Southern end of Iowa 2 overlap; former Iowa 42 |
| Iowa | Fremont | Sidney | 12.667 | 20.386 | | Iowa 2 east – Shenandoah | Northern end of Iowa 2 overlap |
| Iowa | Fremont | Sidney–Green township line | 18.652 | 30.017 | | CR J24 – Thurman | Former Iowa 145 |
| Iowa | Fremont | Green Township | 22.650 | 36.452 | | CR J18 / Loess Hills National Scenic Byway south – Randolph | Former Iowa 184 |
| Iowa | Mills | Center Township | 33.548 | 53.990 | | US 34 east – Red Oak | Southern end of US 34 concurrency |
| Iowa | Mills | Center Township | 35.108 | 56.501 | | CR H30 – Glenwood | Former US 34 |
| Iowa | Mills | Glenwood | 37.881 | 60.964 | 8 | CR L35 / Loess Hills National Scenic Byway north – Glenwood, Pacific Junction | Exit number follows US 34; former US 275 and Iowa 385 |
| Iowa | Mills | Plattville Township | 41.298– 42.110 | 66.463– 67.769 | | I-29 south / US 34 west – Kansas City, South Bellevue | Northern end of US 34 concurrency; southern end of I-29 overlap; I-29 exit 35A |
| Iowa | Mills | St. Marys Township | 48.834 | 78.591 | 42 | CR H10 – Bellevue | Exit number follows I-29; former Iowa 370 |
| Iowa | Pottawattamie | Council Bluffs | 54.037 | 86.964 | | I-29 north to I-80 – Sioux City Iowa 92 east (Veterans Memorial Highway) | Northern end of I-29 concurrency; southern end of Iowa 92 overlap; I-29 exit 47 |
| Missouri River | Missouri River | Missouri River | 59.158190.82 | 95.206307.10 | South Omaha Veterans Memorial Bridge; Iowa–Nebraska line Iowa 92 ends / N-92 begins | South Omaha Veterans Memorial Bridge; Iowa–Nebraska line Iowa 92 ends / N-92 begins | South Omaha Veterans Memorial Bridge; Iowa–Nebraska line Iowa 92 ends / N-92 begins |
| Nebraska | Douglas | Omaha | 189.53 | 305.02 | | US 75 (Kennedy Freeway) to I-80 | Interchange |
| Nebraska | Douglas | Omaha | 185.71 | 298.87 | | 72nd Street | Interchange |
| Nebraska | Douglas | Omaha | 184.71 | 297.26 | | N-85 south (84th Street) | |
| Nebraska | Douglas | Omaha | 182.19 | 293.21 | | I-680 north / I-80 | Cloverleaf interchange with I-80 C/D lanes; I-80 exit 445; I-680 south exit 1 |
| Nebraska | Douglas | Omaha | 180.72 | 290.84 | | 132nd Street / Millard Avenue (N-50 south) to I-80 | Northern terminus of N-50 |
| Nebraska | Douglas | Omaha | 174.20 | 280.35 | | US 6 / N-31 (204th Street) – Gretna, Elkhorn | Interchange |
| Nebraska | Douglas | Waterloo Precinct | 171.16 | 275.46 | | N-92 west (West Center Road west) – Wahoo | Western end of N-92 overlap; former US 30A west |
| Nebraska | Douglas | Waterloo Precinct | 168.90 | 271.82 | | L-28B east (West Dodge Expressway east) to US 6 – Omaha | East end of expressway section; L-28B is former US 275 Conn., previously US 30A |
| Nebraska | Douglas | Waterloo Precinct | 168.07 | 270.48 | — | Blondo Street | |
| Nebraska | Douglas | Waterloo Precinct | 166.57 | 268.07 | — | N-64 east (West Maple Road) – Waterloo | Eastern end of N-64 overlap; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; former N-130 |
| Nebraska | Douglas | Valley | 165.01 | 265.56 | — | Meigs Street / 252nd Street | |
| Nebraska | Douglas | Valley | 163.04 | 262.39 | — | N-64 west – Valley | Western end of N-64 concurrency |
| Nebraska | Douglas | Platte Valley Precinct | 158.50 | 255.08 | — | N-36 – Bennington, Fremont, North Omaha | |
| Nebraska | Dodge | Elkhorn Township | 155.56 | 250.35 | — | US 77 south / Old Highway 8 – Lincoln | Eastern end of US 77 concurrency |
| Nebraska | Dodge | Fremont | 154.56 | 248.74 | — | Morningside Road | |
| Nebraska | Dodge | Fremont | 153.54 | 247.10 | — | Military Avenue – Historic Downtown | |
| Nebraska | Dodge | Fremont | 152.14 | 244.85 | — | US 30 east (Lincoln Highway) – Fremont, Blair | Eastern end of US 30 concurrency; western end of West Dodge Expressway |
| Nebraska | Dodge | Fremont | 148.51 | 239.00 | | US 30 west (Lincoln Highway) – Columbus | Western end of US 30 concurrence; interchange |
| Nebraska | Dodge | Nickerson Township | 144.70 | 232.87 | | N-91 east – Nickerson | Eastern end of N-91 concurrency |
| Nebraska | Dodge | Hooper Township | 140.85 | 226.68 | | US 77 north – Sioux City | Western end of US 77 concurrency; westbound exit and eastbound entrance; interchange |
| Nebraska | Dodge | Hooper Township | 138.41 | 222.75 | | S-27D south – Hooper | |
| Nebraska | Dodge | Pebble Township | 126.82 | 204.10 | | N-91 west – Snyder, Albion | Western end of N-91 concurrency |
| Nebraska | Cuming | West Point | 118.15 | 190.14 | | N-32 east – Oakland | Eastern end of N-32 concurrency |
| Nebraska | Cuming | West Point | 117.49 | 189.08 | | N-32 west | Western end of N-32 concurrency |
| Nebraska | Cuming | West Point | 116.04 | 186.75 | | N-9 north – Pender | |
| Nebraska | Cuming | Beemer | 109.27 | 175.85 | | L-20A north | |
| Nebraska | Cuming | Wisner | 100.80 | 162.22 | | N-51 east – Bancroft | |
| Nebraska | Stanton | Pilger | 96.09 | 154.64 | | N-15 north – Wayne | Eastern end of N-15 concurrency |
| Nebraska | Stanton | Pilger | 94.08 | 151.41 | | N-15 south – Pilger | Western end of N-15 concurrency |
| Nebraska | Stanton | Dewey Precinct | 86.06 | 138.50 | | N-57 south – Stanton | |
| Nebraska | Madison | Norfolk | 77.47 | 124.68 | | N-24 east – Stanton N-35 north – Norfolk | |
| Nebraska | Madison | Norfolk | 75.12 | 120.89 | | US 81 (Johnny Carson Boulevard) | |
| Nebraska | Madison | Battle Creek | 65.71 | 105.75 | | N-121 south – Battle Creek | |
| Nebraska | Antelope | Tilden | 53.39 | 85.92 | | N-45 south | |
| Nebraska | Antelope | Neligh | 39.63 | 63.78 | | N-14 (S Street) | |
| Nebraska | Holt | Ewing | 21.39 | 34.42 | | L-45B north | |
| Nebraska | Holt | Golden Township | 13.03 | 20.97 | | US 20 east – Orchard | Eastern end of US 20 concurrency |
| Nebraska | Holt | O'Neill | 0.00 | 0.00 | | US 20 west / US 281 | Western terminus; western end of US 20 concurrency; highway continues as US 20 west/US 281 north (Douglas Street west) |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus ||||||||

## Special route

U.S. Route 275 Connector (US 275 Conn.) was a spur route of US 275 that existed in Elkhorn, Nebraska. The route provided a direct connection from US 6 west of Omaha to US 275 south of Fremont. The route, which ran along a portion of West Dodge Road in Douglas County, was formerly known as US 30 Alternate (US 30A). US 275 Conn. was eventually replaced in its entirety by Nebraska Link 28B (L-28B).
Major junctions The entire route was in Douglas County.
| Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
| Waterloo Precinct | 0.00 | 0.00 | US 275 – Fremont, Wahoo | Western terminus |
| Elkhorn | 3.4 | 5.5 | US 6 / N-31 | Interchange; eastern terminus; highway continued east as US 6 (West Dodge Road) |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |||||