McLean: US 81: W of Randolph: 20 looking east
McLean sits on the Great Plains in northeastern Nebraska, United States, where U.S. Highways 20 and 81 intersect among cultivated fields and dispersed farmsteads. The junction is west of Randolph and typifies this agricultural part of the state: gently rolling ground, crop acreage, pasture and tree belts around rural homes. U.S. 20 forms an east–west route across northern Nebraska, while U.S. 81 provides a north–south corridor through the state. Both are part of the U.S. Highway System, created in 1926, and their crossing supports everyday travel and the movement of agricultural goods between small towns and regional markets. Here, road traffic and working farmland define the local setting more strongly than an urban centre.
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