Nebraska Hwy 2

We used it several years ago. The western part (up to Thedford) is miles and miles of narrow road with small shoulders, and views of sand and sagebrush with a few, off road villages, and not a rest stop in sight. :) We were informed later that the villages offered a rest stop respite had we chosen to explore them.
East of Thedford, there is the Nebraska National Forest with campground, but we didn't explore that either. We headed south toward North Platte.

Lived in NE all of my life. It is a good road through the Sandhills and quite a few small towns along the way. Broken Bow has a good modern truck stop. It is pretty much flat country all the way.

Nebraska native.

I’ve taken it many times, will be taking it again in two weeks, lovely road, much better than I-80.

We followed Hwy 2 from Grand Island to Alliance and found the road to be pleasant with low traffic, and we enjoyed the scenery.

We went all the way across Rt 2 last summer & had a blast. Spent a few nights at the Bessey Rec Complex and floated down the Middle Loup River. Moved NW and eventually spent 4 nights at Chadron SP & that place was spectacular. I'd go back & do all that stuff again, it was great.