Welcome to USRoute281.com
This website is intended to bring you information related to US Route 281.
- History
- Points of Interest
- Trip Planning
- Current Events
US Route 281
- Is a major North-South highway
- Spans 1,875 miles
- Runs from the Canadian border to Brownsville, Texas (or, arguably, Pharr, Texas)
- Crosses North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas
- Runs largely through rural country
- Is the longest continuous three-digit U.S. Route
- Was originally part of the Military Telegraph Road
U.S. Route 281
25or6to4, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The section of the highway that goes through Red Cloud, Nebraska is actually surfaced in brick. It is being reconstructed. Go here to see snapshots and video of the reconstruction Project.