Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Nevada/History notes
Names of laws
[edit]CHAP. 169—An Act to provide a general highway law for the State of Nevada.
pp. 309-321
CHAP. 15—An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide a general highway law for the State of Nevada," approved March 23, 1917.
pp. 23-25
1921-02-24, 1-6 [Assembly Bill No. 55—Mr. King] CHAP. 29—An Act to amend section 8 of an act entitled "An act to provide a general highway law for the State of Nevada," approved March 23, 1917.
pp. 31-32
1921-03-11, 1-7 [Senate Bill No. 59—Senator Scott] CHAP. 82—An Act to amend section 8 of an act entitled "An act to provide a general highway law for the State of Nevada," approved March 23, 1917, as amended by act approved February 21, 1919, as amended February 24, 1921.
pp. 139-140
1921-03-25, 1-9 [Assembly Bill No. 232—Mr. Mack] CHAP. 244—An Act to amend section 8 of an act entitled "An act to provide a general highway law for the State of Nevada," approved March 23, 1917, as amended by act approved February 21, 1919, as amended 1921.
pp. 383-384
[Assembly Bill No. 31—Mr. Stites] CHAP. 210—An Act to amend sections 8, 10, 11, 13, 18, and 21 of an act entitled "An act to provide a general highway law for the State of Nevada," approved March 23, 1917.
pp. 381-386
[Senate Bill No. 62—Senator Pittman] CHAP. 38—An Act to amend section 8 of an act entitled "An act to provide a general highway law for the State of Nevada," approved March 23, 1917, as amended.
pp. 41-44
[Senate Bill No. 48—Committee on Public Highways] CHAP. 126—An Act to amend section 8 of an act entitled "An act to provide a general highway law for the State of Nevada," approved March 23, 1917, together with acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.
pp. 285-294
- 52nd (1963) (also [1])
Numbered state routes
[edit]1940 is the last map to show proposed routes; 1937 is the last one with all unsigned routes assigned to U.S. Highways.
- 1917 law: Route 1. Beginning at a point east of Tecoma, at the Utah state-line, running thence in a westerly direction through the towns of Montello, Cobre, Wells, Deeth, Halleck, Elko, Carlin, Beowawe, Battle Mountain, Golconda, Winnemucca, Imlay, Lovelock, Fernley, and Wadsworth to the city of Reno, thence westerly through the town of Verdi and to the California-Nevada state-line.
- 1923 law: Route 1. Beginning at a point on the Nevada-Utah state-line near Wendover, running thence in a westerly direction through the towns of Montello[sic], Cobre, Wells, Deeth, Halleck, Elko, Carlin, Beowawe, Battle Mountain, Golconda, Winnemucca, Imlay, Lovelock, Fernley, and Wadsworth to the city of Reno, thence westerly through the town of Verdi and to the California-Nevada state-line.
- 1925 law: Route 1. Beginning at a point on the Nevada-Utah state line near Wendover, running thence in a westerly direction through the towns of Wells, Deeth, Halleck, Elko, Carlin, Battle Mountain, Golconda, Winnemucca, Imlay, Lovelock, Hazen, Fernley, and Wadsworth to the city of Reno, thence westerly through the town of Verdi and to the California-Nevada state line.
- 1917 law, 1932 map, 1949 law, 1963 law, 1980 map: California to Utah
- Old US 40, I-80 and:
- 1932 map, 1949 law, 1963 law, 1980 map: SR 3/US 95/US 95A Schurz to SR 1/US 40/US 95/US 95A
- US 95
- 1932 map, 1949 law, 1963 law, 1980 map: SR 2B/US 95A to SR 1/US 40/US 95A Fernley
- US 95A
- 1949 law, 1963 law, 1980 map: SR 1B/US 95A to SR 2A/US 50
- N/A (Ramsey Weeks Cutoff)
- 1917 law, 1932 map, 1949 law, 1963 law, 1980 map: SR 1/US 40/US 95A Fernley to Utah
- US 50A, US 50, SR 722, US 50, US 93, N/A (Old Lincoln Highway)
- 1921 law, 1932 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: SR 3/US 50/US 395 Carson City to SR 2/US 50/US 50A west of Fallon
- ex-SR 530 (William Street), US 50
- 1932 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: SR 3/US 95A Yerington to SR 2A/US 50 northeast of Dayton
- SR 340, SR 339, US 95A, N/A (Fort Churchill Road)
- 1937 map, 1949 law: SR 3/US 95 Walker Lake to SR 3 Yerington
- N/A (Reese River Canyon)
- 1917 law, 1932 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: California to SR 1/US 40 Reno, California to SR 3/US 50/US 395 Carson City
- 1978 map: SR 266, SR 208
- SR 266, US 95, US 95A, SR 208, US 395, SR 529, US 395, US 395 Alternate (ex-SR 429, SR 430; US 50
- 1933 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: California to SR 15/US 6 west of Coaldale
- 1978 map: SR 264
- SR 264, SR 773
- 1942 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: SR 3/US 395 north of Carson City to SR 3/US 395 northeast of Washoe City
- 1978 map: SR 428
- ex-SR 428
- 1946 map, 1949 law: California to SR 3 south of Yerington
- 1980 map: Cory Peak to SR 3 south of Yerington
- N/A (East Walker Road)
- 1917 law, 1932 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: SR 3/US 6/US 95 Tonopah to SR 2/US 6/US 50 Ely
- US 6
- 1919 law, 1932 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: California to SR 3/US 95 south of Goldfield
- US 95, SR 582, ex-SR 601, SR 579, SR 599, US 95
- 1949 law: SR 6B to SR 5/SR 6 Las Vegas
- SR 579
- 1949 law: SR 5/SR 6 to SR 5A Las Vegas
- SR 602
- 1919 law: Jean to Arizona
- 1921 law, 1932 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: California to Arizona
- Old US 91, I-15 and:
- 1949 law: SR 6 to SR 5/SR 6 Las Vegas
- ex-SR 601
- 1949 law: SR 5/SR 6 to SR 6 Las Vegas
- SR 604
- 1949 law: SR 6 to SR 6 Las Vegas east bypass
- Never built?
- 1921 law: Las Vegas to Ely
- 1932 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: SR 6/US 91 Glendale to SR 2/US 6/US 50/US 93 Ely
- SR 168, US 93, SR 321, US 93
- 1978 map: SR 168
- 1921 law: Winnemucca to California
- 1932 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: SR 1/US 40 Winnemucca to Oregon
- US 95
- 1932 map, 1949 law: SR 4/US 6 east of Tonopah to SR 1/US 40 Battle Mountain, California to SR 8/US 95
- 1980 map: SR 4/US 6 east of Tonopah to SR 1/US 40 Battle Mountain, California to SR 140
- 1978 map: SR 376, SR 305
- SR 376, SR 305, N/A
- 1921 law, 1932 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: SR 1/US 40/SR 3/US 395 Reno to California
- US 395 (see SR 70 for old alignments)
- 1932 map, 1949 law, 1963 law: SR 13/US 93 to Idaho
- Section north of SR 11A renumbered SR 51 in 1964-1965 to match Idaho and to number the corridor with one state highway number.
- 1980 map: SR 13/US 93 to SR 1/US 40 Halleck, SR 51 north of Elko to SR 51 Owyhee
- 1978 map: SR 229, SR 226
- SR 229; SR 226
- 1949 law: SR 11 north of Jack Creek to Idaho
- 1933 map, 1963 law: SR 11 north of Jack Creek to SR 11 Owyhee
- Section north of SR 43 renumbered SR 51 in 1964-1965 to match Idaho and to number the corridor with one state highway number.
- 1980 map: SR 11 north of Jack Creek to SR 51 south of Mountain City
- SR 732??
- 1932 map, 1937 map: Arizona to SR 6/US 91 Glendale
- 1939 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: Lake Mead to SR 6/US 91 Glendale
- 1978 map: SR 169
- SR 169
- 1932 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: SR 10/US 6 to SR 3/US 6/US 95 Coaldale
- US 6
- 1932 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: California to SR 5/US 95
- 1978 map: SR 160
- N/A (Hafen Ranch Road), SR 160
- 1932 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: SR 1/US 40 Golconda to SR 11 east of Tuscarora
- SR 789, N/A (Midas-Tuscarora Road)
- 1949 law, 1950 map, 1963 law: SR 1/US 40 Battle Mountain to SR 18 east of Golconda
- SR 806, N/A
- 1932 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: SR 3/US 50 Stateline to California
- 1978 map: SR 207, SR 206
- SR 207, SR 206, SR 757, US 395
- 1932 map, 1949 law, 1963 law: SR 4/US 6 Currant to SR 1/US 40 Carlin
- Section north of SR 2/US 50 renumbered SR 51 in 1964-1965 to match Idaho and to number the corridor with one state highway number.
- 1980 map: SR 4/US 6 Currant to SR 2/US 50 south of Eureka
- 1978 map: SR 379
- SR 379
- 1932 map: SR 2/US 50 Austin to SR 1/US 40 Beowawe
- 1933 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: SR 91 Ione to SR 1/US 40 Beowawe
- 1978 map: SR 306
- N/A (Reese River Road), N/A (Grass Valley Road), SR 306
- 1932 map: SR 7/US 93 Panaca to Utah
- 1933 map, 1949 law, 1956 map: SR 4/US 6 Tonopah to Utah
- 1957 map, 1980 map: SR 4/US 6 Warm Springs to Utah
- 1978 map: SR 375, SR 319
- SR 375, SR 318, SR 319
- 1932 map, 1937 map: SR 42/US 93 Boulder City to SR 5/US 95 Railroad Pass
- extended to Arizona over SR 42 in 1937-1940
- 1949 law, 1980 map: Arizona to SR 5/US 95 Railroad Pass
- US 93
- 1932 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: SR 28 Incline Village to SR 3/US 395 north of Steamboat
- 1978 map: SR 431
- SR 431
- 1933 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: California to SR 3/US 50 Glenbrook
- SR 28
- 1933 map, 1949 law, 1961 map: California to SR 3/US 95 Hawthorne
- 1963 law, 1963 map, 1980 map: California to SR 2/US 50 Frenchman
- 1978 map: SR 359, SR 839
- SR 359, SR 839
- 1935 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: SR 1/US 40 Sparks to SR 33
- SR 445
- 1949 law, 1963 law: SR 1/US 40 to SR 32 Sparks
- SR 646? (no longer a state highway there)
- 1935 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: SR 1/US 40 Reno to Pyramid Lake
- 1978 map: SR 445
- SR 443? (no longer a state highway there), SR 880, SR 445
- 1949 law: SR 3/US 395 to SR 9/US 395 Reno
- SR 660
- 1949 law: SR 1/US 40 to SR 3/US 395 Reno
- SR 648
- 1935 map, 1942 map: SR 1/US 40 Wadsworth to Mud Lake
- 1946 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: SR 1/US 40 Wadsworth to Oregon
- 1978 map: SR 447
- SR 447, N/A
- 1946 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: SR 34 to SR 8A
- N/A
- 1949 law: Cherry Creek to SR 2/US 93
- 1935 map, 1980 map: Cherry Creek to SR 24/US 93
- 1978 map: SR 489
- ex-SR 489
- 1935 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: SR 3/US 50/US 395 to Stewart
- SR 518
- 1935 map, 1949 law: California to SR 3/US 395 Minden
- renumbered SR 88 in 1956-1957 to match California
- SR 88
- 1935 map, 1942 map: Lund to SR 4/US 6 southwest of Ely
- Extended over SR 38A in 1942-1946
- 1946 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: SR 25 Hiko to SR 4/US 6 southwest of Ely
- 1978 map: SR 318
- SR 318
- Old alignment: SR 895
- 1937 map: SR 60 Hiko to SR 38 Lund
- 1939 map: SR 25 Hiko to SR 38 Lund
- became part of SR 38 in 1942-1946
- 1946 map: part of SR 38
- SR 318
- 1935 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: SR 6/US 91 to SR 12 Lake Mead
- 1978 map: SR 169
- SR 169 (no longer a state highway there)
- 1935 map, 1940 map, 1949 law: SR 5/US 93/US 95 to SR 40
- 1941 map, 1942 map: not shown at all
- 1946 map: SR 5/US 93/US 95 to Lake Mead
- 1963 law, 1980 map: SR 6/US 91 to SR 26/US 93 west of Hoover Dam
- 1978 map: SR 146, SR 147, SR 166
- SR 146, I-215, SR 564, ex-SR 166
- 1949 law, 1963 law, 1980 map: SR 41 to West End
- 1978 map: SR 147
- SR 147 (no longer a state highway there)
- 1935 map, 1937 map: Arizona to SR 26/US 93 Boulder City
- Became part of SR 26 in 1937-1940
- US 93
- created in 1937-1940
- 1940 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: SR 2/US 50 east of Fallon to Stillwater
- 1978 map: SR 116
- SR 116
- 1935 map, 1949 law, 1963 law: SR 11 north of Elko to SR 11A south of Mountain City
- Renumbered SR 51 in 1964-1965 to match Idaho and to number the corridor with one state highway number.
- SR 225
- 1935 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: Ruth and Kimberly to SR 2/US 50 west of Ely
- 1978 map: SR 485
- ex-SR 485
- 1935 map, 1949 law, 1963 law: SR 17 north of Virginia City to SR 1/US 40 east of Sparks
- N/A (Louisetown Road, Canyon Road)
- 1935 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: SR 2/US 50 Eureka to SR 1/US 40 Elko
- 1978 map: SR 228
- N/A (Railroad Pass Road), SR 228, SR 227
- 1942 map, 1949 law, 1963 law: Nivloc to SR 3/US 6/US 95 east of Coaldale
- 1935 map, 1941 map, 1980 map: Silver Peak to SR 3/US 6/US 95 east of Coaldale
- 1978 map: SR 265
- SR 265
- 1935 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: SR 34 Gerlach to SR 1/US 40 Lovelock
- 1978 map: SR 399
- N/A, SR 399, SR 854
- 1935 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: SR 48 Trego to SR 1/US 40 Winnemucca
- N/A (Jungo Road)
- 1935 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: SR 1/US 40 Oreana to SR 1/US 40 Mill City
- 1978 map: SR 400
- SR 858, N/A (Unionville Road), SR 400
- 1935 map, 1949 law, 1963 law: SR 17 Silver City to SR 2A Dayton
- renumbered SR 93 in 1964-1965 so SR 51 could be reused to match Idaho and to renumber a corridor with one number.
- N/A (Dayton Toll Road)
- 1980 map: SR 2/US 50 Eureka to Idaho
- 1978 map: SR 278, SR 225
- created 1964-1965 from part of SR 11, part of SR 11A, all of SR 43, concurrent with SR 11, concurrent with SR 1/US 40, and part of SR 20.
- SR 278, SR 225
- 1935 map, 1936 map: SR 39 Mount Charleston Park to SR 5/US 95 Indian Springs
- 1937 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: California to SR 5/US 95
- 1978 map: SR 372, SR 156
- SR 372, N/A (Wheeler Pass Road, Wallace Canyon), SR 156
- 1935 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: California to SR 6/US 91 Jean
- 1978 map: SR 161
- N/A (Sandy Valley Road), SR 161
- 1935 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: Cathedral Gorge to SR 7/US 93 Panaca
- 1935 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: US 93 Caliente to Kershaw Ryan
- SR 317, N/A
- 1937 map, 1949 law, 1963 law, 1980 map: SR 88 (ex-SR 37) Centerville to SR 3 Gardnerville
- SR 756
- 1937 map: SR 25 to Hiko
- became part of SR 38A in 1937-1939
- SR 318
- 1941 map, 1949 law, 1963 law, 1980 map: SR 5 south of Railroad Pass to Colorado River, SR 5 north of Searchlight to SR 60 Nelson
- 1978 map: SR 165
- SR 165, N/A
- 1941 map, 1949 law, 1963 law, 1980 map: Conrad Place to SR 1A Fallon, on Bass Road to SR 61
- 1978 map: SR 117
- SR 117, N/A
- 1940 map, 1949 law, 1963 law: Harrigan Lane (ex-SR 2) Fallon southeast
- SR 118
- 1940 map, 1949 law, 1963 law: SR 3 Reno east
- SR 654??? (Gentry Way; later Moana Lane)
- 1940 map, 1949 law, 1963 law, 1980 map: SR 3 Reno southeast
- 1978 map: SR 655
- ex-SR 655 (Peckham Lane)
- 1949 law, 1963 law, 1980 map: SR 3 Carson City east, Carson River to SR 65
- ex-SR 513 (East 5th Street)
- 1940 map, 1949 law, 1963 law, 1980 map: SR 48 Lovelock north
- SR 398
- 1941 law: Route 69. Beginning at a point on route 8a approximately 37 miles north of its junction with route 4; thence easterly to Manhattan.
- 1942 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: SR 8A to Manhattan
- 1978 map: SR 377
- SR 377
- 1941 law: Route 70. Beginning at a point on route 8a approximately 49 miles north of its junction with route 4; thence easterly and southeasterly to Round Mountain.
- 1942 map, 1949 law, 1963 map: SR 8A to Round Mountain
- renumbered SR 92 in 1964 so SR 70 could be reused to match California.
- ex-SR 378
- created in 1964 to match California.
- US 395 Bus. in Reno?
- SR 430, SR 673? (no longer a state highway there)
- 1941 law: Route 71. Beginning at a point on route 3 approximately 7½ miles southwest at[sic] its junction with route 5, thence southwesterly to Gold Point, thence southerly and southwesterly via Oriental wash to the Nevada-California state line en route to Sand Springs, California.
- 1942 map, 1949 law: CA to SR 3
- 1980 map: Gold Point to SR 3
- 1978 map: SR 774
- SR 774
- 1941 law: Route 72. Beginning at a point on route 5 approximately 19 miles southeast of its junction with route 3, thence southwesterly via Grapevine canyon to the Nevada-California state line en route to "Scotty's Castle."
- 1942 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: CA to SR 5/US 95 Scotty's Junction
- 1978 map: SR 267
- SR 267
- 1941 law: Route 73. Beginning at a point on state route 14 north of Baker, thence southeasterly through Baker to the Nevada-Utah state line en route to Milford, Utah.
- 1942 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: SR 14/US 6/US 50 to UT
- 1978 map: SR 487
- SR 487
- 1941 law: Route 74. Beginning at a point on state route 14 near Baker thence westerly to Lehman caves in Lehman cave national monument.
- 1942 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: Lehman Caves to SR 73 Baker
- 1978 map: SR 488
- SR 488
- 1941 law: Route 75. That portion of road in Nine-Mile rock, nine miles east of Panaca, to the Utah-Nevada state line due east through Crestline, a distance of approximately fifteen miles.
- 1942 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: SR 25 east of Panaca to UT
- N/A
- 1941 law: Route 76. Beginning at a point on route 5 about 10 miles south of Searchlight thence to Ft. Mohave.
- 1942 map, 1949 law: SR 5/US 95 to Fort Mohave
- SR 162 (not Needles Highway!)
- 1941 law: Route 77. Beginning at a point on route 5 at or near the Nevada-California line and thence in an easterly direction to Bull's damsite.
- 1942 map: SR 76 to Bullshead Dam
- 1949 law, 1980 map: SR 5/US 95 to Bullshead Dam
- 1978 map: SR 163
- SR 163
- 1941 law: Route 78. Road from Moapa to Comstock approximately 6 miles, joining U. S. route 93 with 91.
- 1949 law, 1963 law: SR 6/US 91/US 93 New Comstock to SR 7/US 93 Moapa
- N/A (Hidden Valley Road)
- 1941 law: Route 79. Beginning in Virginia City thence through Six-mile canyon to a point on Highway 50 approximately 2 miles east of Dayton near Sutro Tunnel.
- 1942 map, 1949 law: SR 17 Virginia City to SR 2A/US 50 northeast of Dayton
- 1980 map: SR 17 Virginia City east
- N/A (6 Mile Canyon Road)
- 1941 law: Route 80. Beginning at Virginia City thence through Gold Hill and Silver City to a point on the Virginia City-[?]
- 1942 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: SR 17 Silver City to SR 17 Virginia City
- 1978 map: SR 342
- SR 342
- 1941 law: Route 81. Beginning on route 34, at Gerlach, thence northwesterly through Squaw valley and Duck flat to Nevada-California boundary at southerly end of Suprise[sic] valley; approximately 56 miles.
- 1942 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: SR 34 Gerlach to CA
- 1978 map: SR 447
- SR 447 (no longer a state highway there)
- 1941 law: Route 82. Beginning at a point on route 8a at a point approximately twelve miles north of its junction with route 4, thence northeasterly via Belmont to Potts ranch, thence via Antelope valley to a connection with route 2 approximately twenty miles west of Eureka.
- 1942 map, 1949 law, 1980 map: SR 8A to SR 2/US 50 west of Eureka
- N/A
- 1948 map, 1949 law, 1963 law: Comet Coalition Mine to Caselton Mill
- N/A (Comet Road)
- 1949 law, 1963 law: Ely Valley Mine to Pioche Consolidated Mines Company Mill
- N/A (Ely Mine Road)
- 1947 map, 1949 law: SR 16 to SR 5C Las Vegas
- N/A, SR 159
- 1980 map: SR 85 to Echo Canyon Dam
- N/A (Echo Dam Road)
- SR 87 never existed
- 1980 map: CA to SR 3/US 395 Minden
- SR 88
- 1958 map: SR 3/US 6/US 95 west of Tonopah to SR 23 south of Gabbs
- N/A (Pole Line Road)
- 1958 law, 1960 map, 1980 map: Rhyolite to SR 58
- N/A
- 1967 map: SR 17 Silver City to SR 2A/US 50 Dayton
- N/A (Dayton Toll Road)
- SR 16 Pahrump to SR 6 Las Vegas [2]
- N/A (Trout Canyon, Lovell Summit, Red Rock Summit, Red Rock Canyon)