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However, the Nevada Department of Transportation began renumbering its state highways in the mid 1970s. On July 1, 1976, the road was renumbered again, to State Route 278, the designation it carries today. [11] The number change was first seen on official state highway maps in 1978. [12] The route has remain substantially unchanged since then.
Bullfrog County, Nevada, formed in 1987 from part of Nye county. Creation was declared unconstitutional and abolished in 1989. [1] Lake County, Nevada, one of the original nine counties formed in 1861. Renamed Roop County in 1862. Part became Lassen County, California in 1864. Nevada remainder annexed in 1883 to Washoe county. [1]
U.S. Route 93 was not one of the original U.S. highways proposed in the 1925 Bureau of Public Roads plan. [citation needed] However, the revised numbering plan approved by the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO) on November 11, 1926 established US 93 from the Canada–US border near Eureka, Montana south through Montana and Idaho to a southern terminus at Wells, Nevada. [4]
The state maintained portion ends at Gerlach; however the highway continues as Washoe County Route 447 from Gerlach north to the California state line near Cedarville. A 4.5-mile (7.2 km) portion of this highway, along with portions of SR 445 and SR 446 , has been designated the Pyramid Lake Scenic Byway .
State Route 160 (SR 160) is a state highway in southern Nevada, United States. It connects the southern Las Vegas Valley to U.S. Route 95 (US 95) northwest of the city via the Pahrump Valley. The southern part of the route sees heavy traffic, mostly due to Pahrump's continued growth as a Las Vegas bedroom community.
In Nevada, US 50 was built mostly along the route of the Lincoln Highway, the first transcontinental highway in the United States, formed in 1913. [41] Through Nevada, the route of the Lincoln Highway had been previously used by the Pony Express, an early attempt at an express mail service, started in 1860. The Pony Express used the technique ...
Pershing County county line on Grass Valley Road: SR 794 in Winnemucca: 1981: current SR 304: 3.788: 6.096 I-80 in Battle Mountain: I-80 in Battle Mountain 1976: current SR 305: 87.717: 141.167 US 50 in Austin: SR 304 in Battle Mountain: 1976: current SR 306: 30.631: 49.296 Barrack Gold Mine east of Gold Acres: I-80 north of Beowawe: 1976
State Route 439 (SR 439) is a four-lane state highway in Lyon, Storey and Washoe Counties in Nevada.Better known as USA Parkway, the route connects U.S. Route 50 (US 50) in Silver Springs to Interstate 80 (I-80) in Clark via the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center (TRIC).