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Nebraska Highway 43

state highway in Nebraska, United States

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ2391284 ↗
Source-derived summary

Nebraska Highway 43 (N-43) is a highway in southeastern Nebraska. It runs for a length of 30 miles (48 km) in a south-to-north direction. Its southern terminus is near Adams at an intersection with N-41. Its northern terminus is at an intersection with U.S. Highway 34 (US 34) in Eagle.

Route description

Nebraska Highway 43 begins near Adams at an intersection with N-41. The highway heads due north into farmland until Bennet. Shortly after Bennet, the highway meets N-2. N-2 and N-43 overlap until Palmyra, which is where N-43 turns north. N-43 goes north for four miles (6 km), west for one, and then north for three more miles, where it meets US 34 in Eagle and ends.

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“Nebraska Highway 43” enters the record as state highway in Nebraska, United States. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Nebraska, Highway and state can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current 118-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1925. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Nebraska, Highway and state.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2391284. Authority coordinates are 42.269, -103.667. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

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This entry incorporates text from “Nebraska Highway 43” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.