Nevada State Route 487

State Route 487
Baker Road
Route information
Maintained by NDOT
Length: 11.472 mi[1] (18.462 km)
Existed: 1976 – present
Major junctions
West end: US 6 / US 50
East end: SR-21 at the NV-UT state line
Highway system

Nevada highways

← SR 485 SR 488 →

State Route 487 (SR 487) follows Baker Road, an east–west state highway in White Pine County, Nevada. The State Route designation is applied to the portion of Baker Road from Cattleguard at UT/NV State line to US 6. This route is designated as a Nevada Scenic Byway.[2]

Contents

Route description

SR 487's northwestern terminus is at an intersection with the concurrent routes of U.S. Route 50 and US 6. The road heads southeast through a desert terrain before entering Baker, near which there are pockets of farmland. In Baker, the route intersects Lehman Caves Road which has a designation as State Route 488. From Baker, SR 487 turns southward before turning back southeast into desert. The designation ends at the Utah state line; the road continues as Utah State Route 21 towards Milford and Beaver.[3]

Major intersections

The entire route is in White Pine County.

Location Mile Destinations Notes
0.00 US 6 / US 50 – Ely, Delta
Baker SR 488 (Lehman Caves Road) serves Great Basin National Park
11.47 SR-21 – Milford
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ Nevada Department of Transportation (January 2008). "Nevada State Maintained Highways: Descriptions, Index and Maps". http://www.nevadadot.com/reports_pubs/State_Maintained/. Retrieved 2008-06-28. 
  2. ^ "Nevada's Scenic Byways". Nevada Department of Transportation. http://www.nevadadot.com/pub_involvement/scenicbyways/the-byways.asp. Retrieved 2008-09-19. 
  3. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – SR 487 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=US-50+W%2FUS-6+W&daddr=NV-487&hl=en&ll=39.009314,-114.102974&spn=0.132188,0.264187&sll=38.948804,-114.048241&sspn=0.004134,0.008256&geocode=FU4pVAIdYd4x-Q%3BFYxRUgIdbMEz-Q&vpsrc=6&mra=me&mrsp=1,0&sz=18&t=h&z=13. Retrieved November 23, 2011. 

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