Nevada State Route 374 Explained

State:NV
Type:SR
Route:374
Alternate Name:Death Valley Road
Map Custom:yes
Map Notes:SR 374 highlighted in red
Length Mi:8.840
Length Round:3
Length Ref:[1]
Established:1976
Direction A:South
Terminus A:Death Valley Nat'l Park boundary
Direction B:North
Terminus B: in Beatty
Previous Type:SR
Previous Route:373
Next Type:SR
Next Route:375

State Route 374 (SR 374) is a state highway in Nye County, Nevada, United States. It serves as Nevada's gateway to Death Valley National Park, connecting the park to Beatty. The highway was known as State Route 58 prior to 1976.

Route description

SR 374 begins at the boundary to the Nevada portion of Death Valley National Park in Nye County. From there, it runs due northeast across the open desert. The route curves eastward as it passes through the mountains southwest of Beatty. The road becomes Main Street as it enters the town's southern limits. The route ends at US 95, where Main Street intersects Second Street. The route terminates in the northwest regions of the Amargosa Desert, and Amargosa Valley.

History

The highway first appeared on Nevada state highway maps as State Route 58 in 1937.[2]

In the 1976 renumbering of Nevada's state highways, the route was reassigned to SR 374.[3] The number change was first seen on state maps in 1978.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps. Nevada Department of Transportation. Nevada Department of Transportation. January 2017. April 12, 2017.
  2. . Official Road Map of the State of Nevada . 1937 . 2008-12-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120205001206/http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fhmaps&CISOPTR=574&REC=15 . 2012-02-05 . dead .
  3. Book: Nevada State Maintained Highways: Descriptions, Index and Maps . January 2001 . Nevada Department of Transportation . 112 .
  4. Nevada Department of Highways . Official Highway Map of Nevada . 1978-79 . 1978 . F4 . 2009-01-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150122214240/http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?%2Fhmaps%2C535 . 2015-01-22 . dead .