U.S. 77 South

U.S. 77 previously began at a three level interchange joining Wesley Parkway and U.S. 20 Business (Gordon Drive) with Interstate 29 on the west side of Downtown Sioux City. The I-29 Improvements Project completed in 2019 replaced the U.S. 77/20 Business overpass with one meeting the ramps with I-29 at-grade.

04/20/07

U.S. 77/20 Business cross the Missouri River into South Sioux City, Nebraska across a tied arch bridge.

04/20/07

Opened in 1981, the Siouxland Veterans Memorial Bridge taking U.S. 77 across the Missouri River measures 1,502 feet in length.¹

04/20/07

U.S. 77 and U.S. 20 Business split three blocks south of the succeeding traffic light at 9th Street.

04/20/07

6th Street heads east from U.S. 77 (Dakota Avenue) to Scenic Park and Riverview Drive and west through residential areas another seven and a half blocks.

04/20/07

U.S. 77 shifts west from Dakota Avenue (U.S. 20 Business) along an commercialized arterial bypass of South Sioux City. An Interstate 129 trailblazer stands south of 29th Street / Old Highway 20.

06/17/15

Dakota City lies four miles south of 29th Street (old U.S. 20) along U.S. 75/77. 97 miles away, Omaha represents the distance along former U.S. 73, which was replaced by a realignment of U.S. 75 in 1984.

06/17/15

Futures Drive east and S Ridge Drive west come together at a signalized intersection with U.S. 77 from an adjacent industrial park and residential area respectively.

06/17/15

The cloverleaf connecting U.S. 77 with I-129 east, U.S. 20 and U.S. 75 north is the Kingsbury Interchange.

06/17/15

Interstate 129 originates along U.S. 20 just west of U.S. 77 and the Lake Avenue underpass. The designation overlays U.S. 20 and U.S. 75 east 3.2 miles to Interstate 29 in Sioux City, Iowa.

06/17/15

U.S. 20 ventures west from U.S. 20 to Jackson, Laurel and O'Neill.

06/17/15

A loop ramp follows for I-129 east across South Sioux City to the Sergeant Floyd Memorial Bridge spanning the Missouri River.

06/17/15

U.S. 75 combines with I-129/U.S. 20 east from U.S. 77. U.S. 20/75 overlap along a freeway bypass of Sioux City, Iowa for 7.4 miles to Gordon Drive (U.S. 20 Business).

06/17/15

U.S. 75/77 run concurrently 15.9 miles south from I-129/U.S. 20 to the village of Winnebago.

06/17/15

U.S. 75/77 intersect the entrance road to the Dakota/Thurston County Fairgrounds across from Old Sawmill Road west to the North Shore neighborhood just beyond Interstate 129.

06/17/15

Advancing south toward 164th Street, U.S. 75/77 reach Dakota City in two miles.

06/17/15

U.S. 77 branches south from I-80 along the Homestead Expressway, a freeway bypassing the west side of Lincoln. Leading away from U.S. 6 (O Street), U.S. 77 proceeds a half mile to Rosa Parks Way.

03/29/19

U.S. 77 provides a high speed route from Interstate 80 to N-2 along Van Dorn Street. N-2 constitutes part of a multi state route east across southern Iowa.

03/29/19

The Homestead Expressway spans a BNSF Railroad yard across a 1,719 foot long viaduct completed in 1983.²

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Rosa Parks Way arcs southwest onto Coddington Avenue to surburban areas of west Lincoln and Pioneers Park. Rosa Parks Way east constitutes a controlled access spur into Downtown Lincoln.

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U.S. 77 curves east from the BNSF Railroad viaduct into the single point urban interchange (SPUI) with Rosa Parks Way.

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The SPUI with Rosa Parks Way (former Capital Parkway West) was built in 2007.

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Continuing from Rosa Parks Way, the Homestead Expressway navigates through an S-curve below A Street and across BNSF / AMTRAK railroad tracks.

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Beatrice, seat of Gage County, lies 39 miles south at the end of the four lane section of U.S. 77.

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U.S. 77 meets the west end of N-2 at Van Dorn Street in one half mile.

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N-2 travels 51.4 miles east from Lincoln to Nebraska City and the Missouri River into Iowa.

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Van Dorn Street leads N-2 east to the couplet of 9th/10th Streets south of Downtown Lincoln. The state highway turns from there along a controlled access arterial across south Lincoln.

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Entering the SPUI with N-2 east / Van Dorn Street on U.S. 77 (Homestead Expressway) south.

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The grade separation at U.S. 77 and N-2 (Van Dorn Street) was constructed in 1992.

03/29/19

U.S. 77 leaves the Lincoln city limits beyond the exchange with N-2.

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Beatrice is 37 miles south of N-2 at the crossroads with U.S. 136 and N-4.

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U.S. 77 transitions into an at-grade highway, intersecting Pioneers Boulevard at the ensuing traffic light.

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