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State Route 231 (SR 231) is an unsigned state highway in Elko County, Nevada, United States. Known as Angel Lake Road , the highway connects Angel Lake to the town of Wells . SR 231 is a Nevada Scenic Byway .
In 1858, hearing of the overland route, the U.S. Army sent an expedition led by Captain James H. Simpson to survey it for a military road to get supplies to the Army's Camp Floyd in Utah. Simpson came back with a surveyed route that was also about 280 miles (450 km) shorter than the "standard" California Trail route along the Humboldt River.
State routes in a county are grouped together with similar numbers, which are assigned in order based upon alphabetical order of county names. SR 28, SR 88 and SR 140 are the three exceptions to this numbering scheme—all three are highways that continue into an adjoining state, making SR 28 and SR 88 the only state highways assigned a two ...
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]
Route corridor supplanted by I-80: US 50: 408.82: 657.93 US 50 on California state line in Stateline: US 6 / US 50 on Utah state line towards Delta, Utah: 1926: current US 91 — — US 91 on California state line in Primm: US 91 on Arizona state line in Mesquite: 1926: 1974 [2] Route corridor supplanted by I-15: US 93: 527: 848
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After crossing over the Marys River and, quickly thereafter, the Humboldt River, [3] SR 230 meets Starr Valley Loop (which continues south to Nevada State Route 229) before heading eastward. After about 1.7 miles (2.7 km), the route turns northeast, passing near the edge of the Humboldt National Forest. The road then turns abruptly northward to ...
State Route 223 begins at the intersection of Humboldt Avenue and Angel Lake Road in western Wells. From there, the highway follows Humboldt Avenue northward, crossing underneath Interstate 80 (I-80), curving easterly as the road borders residential areas of the town. After about 0.9 miles (1.4 km), Humboldt Avenue intersects Sixth Street.