Nevada State Route 34 Explained

State:NV
Type:SR
Route:34
Maint:none
Established:?
Deleted:1978
Direction A:South
Terminus A: in Gerlach
Junction:Former
Direction B:North
Terminus B:Coleman Valley Road

State Route 34[1] is a decommissioned state highway in Nevada from prior to the state's highway restructuring in 1978. Today a portion of former SR 34 is maintained by the Washoe County as a county highway with the not well known designation CR 34.[2] A portion of State Route 447 was formerly SR 34,[3] though the former SR 34 road bed is still used from Gerlach, Nevada to near Vya, Nevada.[4]

History

In the 1950s the pavement ended and became gravel[5] just past the sand dunes north of Nixon. In 1953, south of Gerlach, the paving was incomplete and State Route 81 from Gerlach to the California state line was not surfaced.[6] By 1963, the road was paved to Gerlach[7] and State Route 81 was partly paved from Gerlach to the California State Line.

Before 1978 SR 34 followed present day SR 447 route, from Gerlach to Wadsworth, Nevada.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Official Road Map of the State of Nevada . 1941 . Nevada Department of Highways . December 30, 2007.
  2. Web site: Budget Presentation FY 2008‐2009 . Washoe County Department of Public Works . 14 . August 29, 2009.
  3. Web site: Nevada's State Maintained Highways, Descriptions, Index and Maps . December 30, 2007 . PD . 120 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091109231856/https://www.nevadadot.com/reports_pubs/state_maintained/pdf/sm_book.pdf . November 9, 2009 . mdy-all .
  4. Web site: Nevada Log: Routes 0 through 99 . December 30, 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081024225159/http://www.rockymountainroads.com/nv-000.html . October 24, 2008 . mdy-all .
  5. News: . Larry . Wilson . Small towns hit the 'bust' in Nevada's 'boom and bust' history . dead . https://archive.today/20130408005822/http://www.dailysparkstribune.com/view/full_story/10550153/article-Small-towns-hit-the-%E2%80%98bust%E2%80%99-in-Nevada%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98boom-and-bust%E2%80%99-history?instance=secondary_story_left_column . April 8, 2013 . mdy-all .
  6. News: Residents of Gerlach Like to Think of It As One of the last Genuine Frontier Towns . John . Burns. Frank . Johnson . amp . . February 9, 2013 . April 26, 1953.
  7. Ground Water Appraisal of the Black Rock Desert Area, Northwestern Nevada . W.C.. Sinclair . October 1, 1963 . 20 . Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology .
  8. Nevada Department of Highways . Official Highway Map of Nevada . 1978–79 . 1978 . April 16, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150122214240/http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?%2Fhmaps%2C535 . January 22, 2015 . dead .

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