U.S. Route 138
Length:	72 mi[1] (116 km)
West end:	US 6 in Sterling, CO
Major junctions:	I-80 in Big Springs, NE
East end:	US 30 in Big Springs, NE
United States Numbered Highways Spur of US 38 List - Bannered - Divided - Replaced

U.S. Route 138, commissioned in 1926, is a short (71 miles) east-west highway in Colorado and Nebraska that runs predominantly northeast to southwest paralleling the South Platte River. The western terminus is in Sterling, Colorado, where it met U.S. Route 38 from 1926 to 1931 (US 38 became U.S. Route 6); the eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 30 north of Big Springs, Nebraska. US 138 is an example of a "child" route that has long outlived its "parent"; before U.S. Route 99 was decommissioned in 1964, US 138 was the only US route to not have a "parent" route. The route runs parallel to Interstate 76. Image File history File links US_138. ... “Miles” redirects here. ... “km” redirects here. ... Image File history File links US_6. ... U.S. Route 6 is a main route of the U.S. Highway system, running east-northeast from Bishop, California to Provincetown, Massachusetts. ... Sterling is a city in Logan County, Colorado, United States. ... Image File history File links I-80. ... Interstate 80 (abbreviated I-80) is the second-longest Interstate Highway in the United States. ... Big Springs is a village located in Deuel County, Nebraska. ... Image File history File links US_30. ... U.S. Route 30 is an east-west main route of the system of United States Numbered Highways. ... Big Springs is a village located in Deuel County, Nebraska. ... Current U.S. Route shield Current U.S. Route shield in California The system of United States Numbered Highways (often called U.S. Routes or U.S. Highways) is an integrated system of roads and highways in the United States numbered within a nationwide grid. ... U.S. Highway 38 is the early, long-defunct (since 1932) designation of an east-west route connecting Omaha, Nebraska and Denver, Colorado. ... This list of U.S. Highways is grouped by the 1- or 2-digit parent highway, although in some cases, a 3 digit highway is totally unrelated to its apparent parent. ... // Types of bannered routes in the United States A bannered highway is an auxiliary route (alternate route, loop, or spur) designated with a banner plate above (or occasionally below) the route shield, or a suffix after the number in the shield of U.S. Highways and state highways The following... Some U.S. Routes are given directional suffixes to indicate a split of the main route - for instance, U.S. Route 25 splits into U.S. Route 25E (east) and U.S. Route 25W (west) between Newport, Tennessee and Corbin, Kentucky, and U.S. Route 9W is an alternate of... The Interstate Highway System and its numbering as approved June 27, 1958; several of these numbers were modified by 1960 This is a list of highways, mostly U.S. Routes, bypassed by Interstate Highways. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Official language(s) English Capital Denver Largest city Denver Largest metro area Denver-Aurora Metro Area Area  Ranked 8th  - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²)  - Width 280 miles (451 km)  - Length 380 miles (612 km)  - % water 0. ... Official language(s) English Capital Lincoln Largest city Omaha Largest metro area Omaha Area  Ranked 16th  - Total 77,421 sq mi (200,520 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 430 miles (690 km)  - % water 0. ... The South Platte River in Denver, Colorado The South Platte River is one of the two principal tributaries of the Platte River and itself a major river of the American West, located in the U.S. states of Colorado and Nebraska. ... Sterling is a city in Logan County, Colorado, United States. ... U.S. Highway 38 is the early, long-defunct (since 1932) designation of an east-west route connecting Omaha, Nebraska and Denver, Colorado. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... U.S. Route 6 is a main route of the U.S. Highway system, running east-northeast from Bishop, California to Provincetown, Massachusetts. ... U.S. Route 30 is an east-west main route of the system of United States Numbered Highways. ... Big Springs is a village located in Deuel County, Nebraska. ... Ù U.S. Route 99 was the main north-south highway on the West Coast of the United States until 1964, running from Calexico, California on the U.S.-Mexico border to Blaine, Washington on the U.S.-Canada border. ... Interstate 76 (abbreviated I-76) is an interstate highway that runs from Interstate 70 in Arvada, Colorado (near Denver) to an intersection with Interstate 80 near Big Springs, Nebraska. ...

References

1. ^ Nebraska @ RockyMountainRoads.com - U.S. 138

Browse numbered routes
< SH 136	CO		SH 139 >
< N-137	NE		US-159 >