Nevada State Route 164
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| State Route 164 |
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| Nipton Road | |||||||||||||
| Length: | 18.600 mi[1] (29.934 km) | ||||||||||||
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| Formed: | 1978 (SR 68 by 1940) | ||||||||||||
| West end: | CA state line near Nipton, CA | ||||||||||||
| East end: |  US 95 in Searchlight |
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| Major cities: | Searchlight | ||||||||||||
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State Route 164 is a state highway in southern Clark County, Nevada. The route, along with an unnumbered road in California, connects the small town of Nipton, California to U.S. Route 95 in Nevada and Interstate 15 just south of Primm, Nevada. The route is also known as Nipton Road and was formerly designated State Route 68.
[edit] Route description
SR 164 begins at the California-Nevada state line about 3 miles east of Nipton. From there, the highway travels approximately 18.6 miles east to its eastern terminus at US 95 in the middle of Searchlight.[1]
In 2003, a sign near Searchlight designated SR 164 as the Joshua Tree Highway, due to the abundance of Joshua trees located along the route.
[edit] History
The highway connecting Searchlight to Nipton first appears on maps as a county road in 1933.[2] By 1940, the unimproved road was had been assigned State Route 68.[3] The road had been graded by 1950 and was finally paved by 1963.[4][5]
In 1978, Nevada's highway department began a project to simplify and renumber the state highway system. During this process, the road was reassigned to State Route 164.[6] The route has been largely unchanged since.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Nevada Department of Transportation. Nevada State Maintained Highways, Descriptions, Index and Maps, January 2008. Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
- ^ Nevada State Highway Department. Official Road Map of Nevada [map]. (1934) Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
- ^ Nevada State Highway Department. Official Road Map of the State of Nevada [map]. (1940) Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
- ^ Nevada Department of Highways. Official Highway Map of Nevada [map]. (1950) Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
- ^ Nevada State Highway Department. Official Highway Map of Nevada [map]. (1963-64) Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
- ^ Nevada State Highway Department. Official Highway Map of Nevada [map]. (1978-79) Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
