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The Overland Trail (also known as the Overland Stage Line) was a stagecoach and wagon trail in the American West during the 19th century.While portions of the route had been used by explorers and trappers since the 1820s, the Overland Trail was most heavily used in the 1860s as a route alternative to the Oregon, California, and Mormon trails through central Wyoming.
Nearly all stage lines were heavily subsidized to carry the mail. After the American Civil War, Wells Fargo & Co. absorbed the Butterfield stage lines and ran stage coaches and freight wagons along the Central Route as well as developing the first agriculture in the Ruby Valley in Nevada to help support their
The 1982 Official Nevada Highway Map was the first to note I-80 as a contiguous freeway across the state. All of the business loops for I-80 in Nevada use the historical route of US 40. I-80 is also known in Nevada as the Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway after the former president of the same name and the Purple Heart Trail after such military ...
In the U.S. state of Nevada, U.S. Route 93 (US 93) is a major United States Numbered Highway traversing the eastern edge of the state. The highway connects the Las Vegas area to the Great Basin National Park, and provides further connections to Ely and Wells. US 93 also provides the majority of the most direct connection from the major ...
Urban routes (500–699) Urban state routes, numbered in the 500s and 600s, typically lie on arterial roadways in larger metropolitan areas. Urban state routes are grouped together sequentially, assigned by alphabetical order of the name of the city in which they primarily reside. Nevada DOT has been attempting to remove some urban routes from ...
The Overland Limited leaving 16th Street station (Oakland), in 1906. The Overland Route was a train route operated jointly by the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad/Southern Pacific Railroad, between the eastern termini of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska, [1] and the San Francisco Bay Area, over the grade of the first transcontinental railroad (aka the "Pacific ...
US. State. Pre‑1976. Scenic. The following is a list of Interstate highways in the U.S. state of Nevada. All active mainline Interstates are maintained by the Nevada Department of Transportation, except for a portion of Interstate 215. Interstate business loops are only state-maintained where they overlap with an active State Route or U.S. route.
State Route 232 Clover Valley Road Route information Maintained by NDOT Length 14.531 mi (23.385 km) Existed 1976–present Major junctions South end 5 miles south of Steeles Creek North end US 93 south of Wells Location Country United States State Nevada Highway system Nevada State Highway System Interstate US State Pre‑1976 Scenic ← SR 231 → SR 233 State Route 232 (SR 232) is a state ...