U.S. 77 North

Paralleling Salt Creek, U.S. 77 enters southern reaches of Lincoln along a four lane, divided highway. The route upgrades to a freeway at N-2 (Van Dorn Street).

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U.S. 77 meets the west end of N-2 at Van Dorn Street. N-2 travels 51.4 miles to the Missouri River, where it becomes Iowa 2 east to Fort Madison.

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U.S. 77 curves northwest through a single point urban interchange (SPUI) with N-2 / Van Dorn Street. Bridges span Haines Branch through the exchange.

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Van Dorn Street extends west from U.S. 77 and N-2 to Coddington Avenue near Pioneers Park.

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Turning northward between several subdivisions, U.S. 77 spans BNSF / AMTRAK railroad tracks beyond this confirming marker.

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The succeeding exit joins U.S. 77 (Homestead Expressway) north with Rosa Parks Way.

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Coddington Avenue ties into Rosa Parks Way just west of the Homestead Expressway. Rosa Parks Way east provides a high speed route into Downtown Lincoln.

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Curving northwest, U.S. 77 enters the SPUI with Rosa Parks Way. Rosa Parks Way was formerly named Capital Parkway West.

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The exchange with Rosa Parks Way was completed in 2007.

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U.S. 77 (Homestead Expressway) advances north three quarters of a mile to a diamond interchange with U.S. 6 (O Street).

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U.S. 77 combines with I-80 east for 8.2 miles across the north side of Lincoln.

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U.S. 77 (Homestead Expressway) elevates across a BNSF Railroad yard along a 1,719 foot long viaduct completed in 1983.¹

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U.S. 6 (O Street) parallels I-80 west to Emerald. East from U.S. 77, U.S. 6 runs south of Capitol Beach Lake into Downtown Lincoln.

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Spanning U.S. 6 (O Street), U.S. 77 (Homestead Expressway) enters the trumpet interchange with Interstate 80.

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Interstate 80 travels west from Lincoln to Grand Island, Kearney and North Platte and northeast to Omaha. U.S. 77 combines with I-80 east by Lincoln Airport (LNK) to N 56th Street (L-55X).

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U.S. 75/77 head north from 164th Street / Roth Drive into South Sioux City, next meeting the entrance road to the Dakota/Thurston County Fairgrounds.

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A cloverleaf interchange joins U.S. 75/77 with Interstate 129 and U.S. 20 beyond the fairgrounds.

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The fair grounds are located at the site of Atokad Park, a horse racing track shuttered in 2012.

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The ensuing 1.3 mile stretch of U.S. 77 north through the Kingsbury Interchange with Interstate 129 is a limited access highway.

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A third northbound lane opens ahead of the entrance ramp for I-129/U.S. 20 east to Sioux City, Iowa.

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U.S. 75 turns east alongside U.S. 20 from U.S. 77 and South Sioux City to a freeway bypassing the east side of Sioux City, Iowa.

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Interstate 129 connects U.S. 20 east from Jackson and U.S. 75/77 with I-29 across the Missouri River.

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U.S. 20 continues west with four lanes 5.1 miles to Josephs Way outside the village of Jackson. The US route crosses the width of Nebraska from South Sioux City to Valentine, Chadron and Wyoming west of Harrison.

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Leaving the cloverleaf interchange with I-129/U.S. 20-75, 3.2 miles of U.S. 77 north remain.

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U.S. 77 enters the South Sioux City limits alongside Crystal Cove Park.

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S Ridge Drive and Futures Drive converge with U.S. 77 at the first traffic light north of Interstate 129.

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29th Street intersects U.S. 77 west of the South Sioux City center across from Old Highway 20.

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U.S. 77 north and U.S. 20 Business east ascend onto the Siouxland Veterans Memorial Bridge above 4th Street in South Sioux City. A split diamond interchange follows in 0.4 miles with Interstate 29.

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The tied arch bridge for U.S. 77/20 Business crossing the Missouri River initially opened to traffic on January 15, 1981. The span however was closed from May to December 1982 for repairs due to a major fracture in one of the supporting tie girders.²

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A multi use path accompanies the northbound lanes of U.S. 77 from 6th Street in South Sioux City, Nebraska to the Riverfront Trail in Sioux City, Iowa.

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The Siouxland Veterans Memorial Bridge crests at 80 feet above the Missouri River.²

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Formerly a three level interchange with Interstate 29, U.S. 77 concludes at the north end of the Siouxland Veterans Memorial Bridge.

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U.S. 20 Business briefly overlaps with I-29 south to Virginia Street, which links with Gordon Drive east. Wesley Parkway extends north from the end of U.S. 77 along Perry Creek west of Downtown Sioux City.

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Interstate 29 joins Sioux City with Council Bluffs and Omaha, Nebraska to the south. Iowa 12 formerly overlapped with the freeway between Downtown and Riverside Boulevard.

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North from Sioux City, Interstate 29 travels to Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Fargo, North Dakota.

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