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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.
English: West-southwest along U.S. Route 6 and U.S. Route 50, at about mile marker 19, in the Ferguson Desert in western Millard County, Utah, with the Snake Range in the distance, March 2006 Date Taken on 6 March 2006
A single building settlement called Middlegate, Nevada, at the junction of U.S. Route 50 and Nevada State Route 361, that has served as a stopover for travelers since the pony express era of the 1800's. This portion of US 50 is colloquially known as "The Loneliest Road in America".
U.S. Route 50 or U.S. Highway 50 (US 50) is a major east–west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching 3,019 miles (4,859 km) from Interstate 80 (I-80) in West Sacramento, California, to Maryland Route 528 (MD 528) in Ocean City, Maryland, on the Atlantic Ocean.
The first continuous route of US-50 across eastern Nevada and western Utah was an arch shaped route. US-50 proceeded north from Ely along what is now numbered U.S. Route 93 and Alternate US-93 where the highway would merge with the Victory Highway (U.S. Route 40 along the Wendover Cut-off, since replaced by I-80) to
The mid-morning Sierra slide had forced an emergency closure.
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]
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