Nevada State Route 844 Explained

State:NV
Type:SR
Route:844
Alternate Name:Ione Road
Map Custom:yes
Map Notes:SR 844 highlighted in red
Length Mi:12.319
Length Round:3
Length Ref:[1]
Established:1976
Direction A:West
Terminus A: north of Gabbs
Direction B:East
Terminus B:East of Humboldt-Toiyabe Nat'l Forest boundary
County:Nye
Previous Type:SR
Previous Route:839
Next Type:SR
Next Route:854

State Route 844 (SR 844) is a 12.319miles state highway in central Nevada, United States. The route follows Ione Road, covering part of the connection between State Route 361 and Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park. SR 844 was formerly known as State Route 91, which extended further northeast to Ione.

Route description

State Route 844 begins at a junction with Gabbs Valley Road (SR 361) about 2miles north of Gabbs. The route heads east from there, passing through a small section of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The state maintained highway ends in Ione Valley 2miles east of the national forest boundary. The road continues past the SR 844 terminus to connect to Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park near the town site of Berlin and also provides connections to the town of Ione.[2]

History

45px|thumb|right|SR 844 was formerly a part of the longer State Route 91.The routing of SR 844 first appears on state maps in 1960 as State Route 91. This route was a graded road from State Route 23 (now SR 361) north of Gabbs east 3miles to near Iron Stakes Mine. From there, the route extended east another 13miles along an unpaved road towards the Ichthyosaur State Park area before turning north and traveling another 7miles to Ione.[3] By 1968, the entire highway from the west terminus to the state park turn-off had been graded;[4] this section was paved by 1973.[5]

The route was changed in the 1976 renumbering of Nevada's state highway system. SR 91 was renumbered as State Route 844 on July 1, 1976.[6] The new number was first shown on the 1978–79 edition of the state highway map.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps . Nevada Department of Transportation . Nevada Department of Transportation . January 2017 . 2017-01-12.
  2. Nevada Department of Transportation . Official Highway Map of Nevada . 2007-08 . 2007 . D3 .
  3. Nevada State Highway Department . Official Highway Map of Nevada . 1960 . E3 . 2009-01-29 .
  4. Nevada State Highway Department . Official Highway Map of Nevada . 1968 . E3 . 2009-01-29 .
  5. Nevada State Highway Department . Official Highway Map of Nevada . 1973 . E3 . 2009-01-29 .
  6. Book: Nevada State Maintained Highways: Descriptions, Index and Maps . January 2001 . . 112 .
  7. Nevada State Highway Department . Official Highway Map of Nevada . 1978-79 . 1978 . D3 . 2009-01-28 . https://archive.today/20120709050308/http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,535 . 2012-07-09 . dead .