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Nebraska Highway 52

highway in Nebraska

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ2391912
Source-derived summary

Nebraska Highway 52 is a highway in central Nebraska. It is 25.89 miles (41.67 km) in length and runs at a southeast-to-northwest angle, though signed north–south. The south terminus is at an intersection with Nebraska Highway 14 north of Fullerton. The northern terminus is located north of Primrose at an intersection with Nebraska Highway 91.

Route description

Nebraska Highway 52 begins north of Fullerton at Nebraska Highway 14. It goes west through farmland and turns north to pass through Belgrade. Shortly after Belgrade, the highway turns northwest and turns west when it meets Nebraska Highway 56. They overlap into Cedar Rapids, where Highway 52 turns north again. It goes north, then west, then turns northwest to go through Primrose. After passing through Primrose, the highway turns north and ends when it meets Nebraska Highway 91.

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The public source identifies “Nebraska Highway 52” as highway in Nebraska. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Nebraska, Highway and highway.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current 135-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1926. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Nebraska, Highway and highway providing the first useful test.
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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2391912. 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 52” 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.