Nevada State Route 88

State Route 88 (SR 88) is a state highway in Douglas County, Nevada. It runs from California State Route 88 at the California state line along Woodfords Road to U.S. Route 395 in Minden. Prior to 1957, the highway existed as State Route 37. It is one of 3 state routes in Nevada that continues into California with the same number (the others being SR 28 and SR 266).

Route description

The route enters Nevada from California near Woodfords, California. Just after exiting the Sierra Nevada via the Carson River. The road loosely follows the river, and the Carson Valley due north on the western edge of communities of Gardnerville, Centerville and Minden where the highway ends at a Y junction with U.S. Route 395.

Although it follows an almost true north–south alignment in Nevada, the road is signed east–west. This helps maintain continuity with the route in California, which is much longer and follows a primarily east–west alignment.

History

The highway shares much of its history with its California counterpart. Both formed part of a trail that went under such names as "Emigrant Trail", "Kit Carson Emigrant Trail" which has existed since the 1840s.^[2] The trail's use diminished with the establishment of the First Transcontinental Railroad which was completed in 1869.^[2] Newer names for the road have included "Carson Pass Road" after Carson Pass in California.

Woodsford Road first appears on state maps in 1934 as a gravel and graded highway.^[3] By 1935, State Route 37 had been established along the roadway.^[4] The route remained unchanged until being renumbered as State Route 88 by 1957.^[5]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Douglas County.

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