{{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=79 |alternate_name= |map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=240|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Nebraska Highway 79}}}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=N-79 highlighted in red |length_mi=60.36 |length_round=2 |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|pages=200–201|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> |established=1934<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dm.net/~chris-g/ne61-100.html#NE-79 |title=The Nebraska Highways Page: Highways 61 to 100 |access-date=2008-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061207133913/http://www.dm.net/~chris-g/ne61-100.html#NE-79 |archive-date=2006-12-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |direction_a=South |terminus_a={{jct|state=NE|US|34}} northwest of Lincoln |junction={{jct|state=NE|NE|92}} west of Weston<br>{{jct|state=NE|US|30}} in North Bend |direction_b=North |terminus_b={{jct|state=NE|NE|91}} in Snyder |counties=Lancaster, Saunders, Dodge |previous_type=NE |previous_route=78 |next_type=I |next_route=80 }} '''Nebraska Highway 79''' is a highway in eastern Nebraska. It is a north–south highway which has a length of {{convert|60.28|mi|km}}. The southern terminus of Highway 79 is northwest of Lincoln near Lincoln Airport at U.S. Highway 34. The northern terminus of Highway 79 is in Snyder.
==Route description== Nebraska Highway 79 begins northwest of Lincoln near Lincoln Municipal Airport at U.S. 34. The highway goes north into farmland, then northwest and meets Nebraska Highway 66 in Valparaiso. It goes north until meeting Nebraska Highway 92, with which it runs east concurrently for one mile (1.6 km). It turns north and passes through Prague. It continues north, turns east briefly, then turns north to enter Morse Bluff. It then crosses the Platte River and enters North Bend, where it intersects U.S. Highway 30. It continues north from North Bend, then ends at Nebraska Highway 91 in Snyder.<ref name=ndor/><ref name="google">{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=nebraska+79+and+us+34&daddr=nebraska+79+and+nebraska+91&geocode=FRjhbwIdag47-intee08U8aWhzH-FxceZB4BVA%3BFcNjfAIdUxo7-ikhV8WuiQqRhzGCHAfvSSO5Qg&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=40.942564,-96.556091&sspn=0.94605,2.705383&ie=UTF8&ll=41.296381,-96.800537&spn=0.940964,2.705383&t=h&z=9|title=overview of Nebraska Highway 79|accessdate=2010-11-05}}</ref>
==Major intersections== {{Jcttop|length_ref=<ref name=ndor/>}} {{NEint |county=Lancaster |cspan=2 |location=none |mile=0.00 |road={{jct|state=NE|US|34|name1=W. Alvo Road/Purple Heart Highway}} }} {{NEint |location=Raymond |mile=5.03 |road={{jct|state=NE|Spur|55J|dir1=east|name1=W. Raymond Road}} }} {{NEint |county=Saunders |cspan=3 |location=Valparaiso |mile=13.49 |road={{jct|state=NE|NE|66|dir1=west}} }} {{NEint |location=none |type=concur |mile=22.53 |road={{jct|state=NE|NE|92|dir1=west}} |notes=Southern end of N-92 overlap }} {{NEint |location=none |type=concur |mile=23.55 |road={{jct|state=NE|NE|92|dir1=east}} |notes=Northern end of N-92 overlap }} {{NEint |county=Dodge |cspan=2 |location=North Bend |mile=43.22 |road={{jct|state=NE|US|30|name1=6th Street}} }} {{NEint |location=Snyder |mile=60.36 |road={{jct|state=NE|NE|91|name1=4th Street}} }} {{Jctbtm|keys=concur}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category|Nebraska Highway 79}} {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} * [http://nebraskaroads.com/roads/nebroutes/61-80.html#79 Nebraska Roads: NE 61-80]
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079 Category:Transportation in Lancaster County, Nebraska Category:Transportation in Saunders County, Nebraska Category:Transportation in Dodge County, Nebraska