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U.S. Route 50 (US 50) is a transcontinental highway in the United States, stretching from West Sacramento, California, in the west to Ocean City, Maryland, on the east coast. The Nevada portion crosses the center of the state and was named " The Loneliest Road in America " by Life magazine in July 1986.
US 50 Alt/US 95 Alt southbound, overlooking Silver Springs and the junction of U.S. Route 50. The routing of US 50 Alternate between Fernley and Fallon dates back to the establishment of the Nevada's highway system. The road first became a numbered highway with the designation of State Route 2 in 1917, comprising the western end of the route. [3]
The route was established in the 1920s, when it connected US 50 near Florence to Colorado Springs. By 1950, the west terminus was fixed to SH 120. The US 50 interchange was built by 1977, when the entire route was paved. A small change in the routing near its east end occurred in 2007. [2]
US 395 on California state line near Cold Springs — c. 1976: Continued into California US 50 Alt. — — US 6 / US 50 / US 93 in Ely: Old US 40 / US 50 Alt. on Utah state line in West Wendover — 1976 [4] Continued to Moark Junction, Utah: US 50 Alt. 32.6: 52.5 US 50 / US 95 Alt. in Silver Springs: US 50 west of Fallon: 1976 [4] current
Lake Mead Nat'l Rec Area boundary east of Henderson 2002: current SR 573: 5.330: 8.578 I-11 / US 95 in Las Vegas: SR 604 in Las Vegas 1976: current Route has two sections SR 574: 10.668: 17.168 I-11 / US 95 in Las Vegas: SR 612 in Las Vegas 1976: current SR 578: 0.661: 1.064 I-15 in Las Vegas: Las Vegas Boulevard in Las Vegas 1976
The survey ranks Kentucky’s Mountain Parkway as the sixth most feared in the country, just behind Nevada’s U.S. Route 50, a desert highway known as the loneliest road in America.
U.S. Route 50 Alternate (US 50 Alt.) was a 292-mile (470 km) alternate route of US 50 in Nevada and Utah. It existed from the 1953 to the 1976 and followed the original routing of US 50 from Ely , Nevada to Moark Junction , Utah (roughly 11 miles [18 km] south-southeast of Provo in what is what is now the east edge of Spanish Fork ), via Salt ...
U.S. Highway 50 begins in Colorado at the Utah state line, concurrent with Interstate 70 as well as U.S. Highway 6. At Interstate 70 exit 11, U.S. Highway 6 & 50 end their concurrency with Interstate 70 and begin using the old highway alignment directly north of Interstate 70 while they travel through the communities of Mack, Loma, and Fruita ...