{{Short description|State highway in Nebraska, U.S.}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=NE |type=NE |route=56 |alternate_name= |map=Nebraska Highway 56 map.png |map_notes=Nebraska Highway 56 highlighted in red |length_mi=35.28 |length_ref=<ref name=ndor>{{cite web|title=Nebraska Highway Reference Log Book|url=http://www.roads.nebraska.gov/media/6920/logbook.pdf|publisher=Nebraska Department of Roads|accessdate=January 7, 2017|page=151|date=2015|archive-date=February 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215123307/https://dot.nebraska.gov/media/6920/logbook.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> |length_round=2 |established=1932<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dm.net/~chris-g/ne31-60.html#NE-56 |title=The Nebraska Highways Page: Highways 31 to 60 |access-date=2007-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208010032/http://www.dm.net/~chris-g/ne31-60.html#NE-56 |archive-date=2007-02-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |direction_a=West |terminus_a={{jct|state=NE|US|281}} south of Greeley |junction= *{{jct|state=NE|NE|52}} in Cedar Rapids *{{jct|state=NE|NE|14}} east of St. Edward |direction_b=East |terminus_b={{jct|state=NE|NE|39}} west of St. Edward |counties=Greeley, Boone |previous_type=NE |previous_route=53 |next_type=NE |next_route=57 }}
'''Nebraska Highway 56''' is a highway in central Nebraska. It is an east–west highway which has a length of {{convert|35|mi|km}}. The western terminus is near Greeley at U.S. Highway 281, and the eastern terminus is at Nebraska Highway 39 just west of St. Edward.
==Route description== Nebraska Highway 56 begins less than a mile south of Greeley at U.S. 281. It runs east through farmland to Cedar Rapids, where it meets Nebraska Highway 52. The two highway run concurrent east of Cedar Rapids for about a mile, then separate. After going northeast briefly, the highway continues east towards St. Edward, passing Nebraska Highway 14 and ending about a mile west of St. Edward at Highway 39.<ref name=ndor/><ref name="google">{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=nebraska+56+and+us+281&daddr=nebraska+56+and+nebraska+39&geocode=FU7SeQId0GUg-ikpTCBMl6ubhzGq4dTmNdh66Q%3BFc1IegIdP3Aq-il76wf193uahzHsSIFAnzLNzg&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=41.601067,-98.024139&sspn=0.468279,1.352692&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=11|title=overview of Nebraska Highway 56|accessdate=2010-11-04}}</ref>
==Major intersections== {{jcttop|state=NE|length_ref=<ref name=ndor/>}} {{NEint |county=Greeley |location=none |mile=0.00 |road={{jct|state=NE|US|281}} |notes=Western terminus }} {{NEint |county=Boone |cspan=4 |location=Cedar Rapids |mile=20.99 |road={{jct|state=NE|NE|52|dir1=north|name1=South 4th Street}} |notes=West end of N-52 overlap |type=concur }} {{NEint |location=none |mile=22.25 |road={{jct|state=NE|NE|52|dir1=south}} |notes=East end of N-52 overlap |type=concur }} {{NEint |location=none |mile=30.06 |road={{jct|state=NE|NE|14}} }} {{NEint |location=none |mile=35.28 |road={{jct|state=NE|NE|39}} |notes=Eastern terminus }} {{jctbtm|keys=concur}}
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==External links== {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} *[http://nebraskaroads.com/roads/nebroutes/41-60.html#56 Nebraska Roads: NE 41-60]
056 Category:Transportation in Greeley County, Nebraska Category:Transportation in Boone County, Nebraska