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Nevada DOT has been attempting to remove some urban routes from the state highway system since the 1990s, preferring to transfer control of these roadways to local municipalities. This is especially apparent in Carson City , where all of the city's state routes have been gradually removed since 2011.
[2] In 1983 The Nature Conservancy purchased 12,613 acres that had been slated for development to protect Ash Meadows. The Nature Conservancy transferred the land to the Fish and Wildlife Service and the refuge was created on June 18, 1984, to protect this extremely rare desert oasis in the Mojave Desert .
The southeastern portion of SR 229, between the junction of SR 767 and it eastern terminus at US 93, follows the alignment of the Hastings Cutoff, [2] a route which at the time was thought to be a more direct route of the California Trail through the northeastern part of Nevada. Prior to 1976, SR 229 comprised a portion of State Route 11. [1]
As the route heads north from Dyer through Fish Lake Valley, Boundary Peak, the highest point in the state of Nevada, comes into view on the west side of the highway. [2] About 15 miles (24 km) north of Dyer is a junction with State Route 773, where Fish Lake Valley Road turns off of the route. At this point, SR 264 curves northwest to follow ...
State Route 232 begins in the Clover Valley on Clover Valley Road about five miles (8.0 km) south of Steeles Creek, at the north end of Elko County Route 782. [2] From there, the route travels northward through the desert valley, somewhat paralleling U.S. Route 93 (US 93) to the east, as it traverses near the base of the East Humboldt Range. SR ...
The highway was fully paved by 1971, but still had no route number on the state map. [4] The entire road was removed from state highway maps entirely beginning with the 1973 edition. [ 5 ] Despite this, the highway officially became State Route 293 on July 1, 1976, when Nevada officials began renumbering the state's numbered routes. [ 6 ]
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State Route 829 (SR 829) is a state highway in Lyon County, Nevada. Also known as Wellington Road , the route serves as a shortcut connecting State Route 338 to State Route 208 near Wellington . History