State: | NV |
Type: | SR |
Route: | 490 |
Alternate Name: | Ely Prison Road |
Map Custom: | yes |
Map Notes: | SR 490 highlighted in red |
Length Mi: | 8.931 |
Length Round: | 3 |
Length Ref: | [1] |
Direction A: | West |
Terminus A: | Ely State Prison entrance |
Direction B: | East |
Terminus B: | near Ely |
Previous Type: | SR |
Previous Route: | 489 |
Next Type: | SR |
Next Route: | 500 |
State Route 490 (SR 490) is a state highway in White Pine County, Nevada. The route serves a state prison north of Ely.
The route begins at the entrance to the Ely State Prison, a maximum-security penitentiary north of Ely. From there, the route follows Lackawanna Road in a southeasterly direction through desert terrain for nearly 3miles. SR 490 then cuts through a short mountain gap and turns nearly due south. After another 3miles, the route turns easterly at a T-intersection. SR 490 then travels about 2miles further to the southeast to reach its terminus at a junction on U.S. Route 93 northeast of Ely and just south of the Ely Airport.[1]
SR 490 was added to the state highway system on January 17, 1992.[2]