State Highway 23
Nebraska Highway 23 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NDOT
Length	159.91 mi[1] (257.35 km)
Major junctions
West end	SH 23 at Venango
Major intersections	N-61 in Grant US 83 north of Wellfleet US 283 in Elwood
East end	US 6 / US 34 at Holdrege
Location
Country	United States
State	Nebraska
Counties	Perkins, Lincoln, Frontier, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps
Highway system
Nebraska State Highway System Interstate US State Link Spur State Spurs Recreation
← N-22 → N-24

Nebraska Highway 23 is a 159.91-mile (257.35 km) highway in southwestern Nebraska, United States. Its western terminus is on the Colorado border at Venango, where the highway continues west as Colorado State Highway 23. The eastern terminus of NE 23 is at Holdrege at an intersection with U.S. Routes 6 and 34.

Route description

Nebraska Highway 23 begins at the Colorado border at Venango. It passes northeasterly through farmland towards Grant, where it meets Nebraska Highway 61. After a brief concurrency, NE 23 and NE 61 separate and NE 23 continues east. Near Wallace, NE 23 meets Nebraska Highway 25. It continues east and near Wellfleet, meets U.S. Route 83. NE 23 turns south with US 83 and continues south until near Maywood, where they separate. After going east through Maywood, NE 23 continues east and meets Nebraska Highway 18 at Curtis. After a brief segment which runs northward, it passes Moorefield and continues on through Farnam. Near Farnam, NE 23 meets Nebraska Highway 47 and turns southeasterly. It passes through Eustis and meets Nebraska Highway 21. It continues southeasterly and meets U.S. Highway 283 in Elwood. It continues in a southeastern direction through Smithfield, Bertrand, and Loomis and ends at an intersection with US Routes 6 and 34 at the western end of Holdrege.^[1][2]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Perkins	Venango	0.00	0.00	SH 23 west – Amherst, Holyoke	Western terminus
	Grant	18.29	29.43	N-61 north (Central Avenue) – Ogallala	Western end of N-61 concurrency
		21.38	34.41	N-61 south – Imperial	Eastern end of N-61 concurrency
Lincoln	Wallace	49.25	79.26	N-25 – Sutherland, Hayes Center
	​	70.41	113.31	US 83 north – North Platte	Western end of US 83 concurrency
Frontier	Maywood	84.06	135.28	US 83 south – McCook	Eastern end of US 83 concurrency
	Curtis	91.55	147.34	N-18 east (Center Avenue) – Stockville
Lincoln	No major junctions
Dawson	Farnam	113.11	182.03	N-47 north (South Lake Avenue) – Gothenburg
Frontier	Eustis	122.77	197.58	N-21 north – Cozad
Gosper	Elwood	132.53	213.29	US 283 (Smith Avenue) – Lexington, Arapahoe
Phelps	Holdrege	159.91	257.35	US 6 / US 34 (West 4th Avenue)	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus