Nevada State Route 774

State Route 774
Gold Point Road
Route information
Maintained by NDOT
Length: 7.445 mi[1] (11.982 km)
Existed: 1976 – present
Major junctions
South end: 3rd St in Gold Point
North end: SR 266 near Lida
Highway system

Nevada highways

← SR 773 SR 780 →

State Route 774 (SR 774) is a 7.445-mile (11.982 km) state highway in Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA. It is known as Gold Point Road, connecting the town of Gold Point to State Route 266. The route was originally part of former State Route 71.

Contents

Route description

The highway begins at Third Street in the middle of Gold Point. From there, the route heads northeast to its terminus approximately 12 miles (19 km) east of Lida on State Route 266.

History

Gold Point Road first shows up on state highway maps in 1942 as State Route 71, an unimproved highway. The alignment followed that of the present-day SR 774 and extended further southwest of Gold Point to the California state line.[2] With no major road or town connection beyond Gold Point into California, the southern end of SR 71 was truncated to Gold Point by 1968.[3]

SR 71 was renumbered to State Route 774 on July 1, 1976,[4] a change which first appeared on the state highway map in 1978.[5]

SR 774 regularly appears on state highway maps beginning with the 1991–92 edition. By that time, it was the only state-maintained highway in Nevada that had not been constructed into a paved highway.[6] Paving had taken place by 2002.[7]

Major intersections

Note: The route's mileposts are assigned from north to south.

The entire route is in Esmeralda County.

Location Mile[8] Destinations Notes
Gold Point 7.45 3rd Street
0.00 SR 266 – Lida To US 95
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 2009-01-11. 
  2. ^ Nevada State Highway Department (1942). Official Road Map of the State of Nevada (Map). http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,477. Retrieved 2009-01-11. 
  3. ^ Nevada State Highway Department (1968). Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map) (1968 ed.). Section G3. http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,519. Retrieved 2009-01-11. 
  4. ^ Nevada State Maintained Highways: Descriptions, Index and Maps. Nevada Department of Transportation. January 2001. p. 104. 
  5. ^ Nevada State Highway Department (1978). Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map) (1978-79 ed.). Section E2. http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,535. Retrieved 2009-01-11. 
  6. ^ Nevada Department of Transportation (1991). Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map) (1991-92 ed.). Section E3. http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,549. Retrieved 2009-01-11. 
  7. ^ Nevada Department of Transportation (2002). Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map) (2002-03 ed.). Section E3. http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,563. Retrieved 2009-01-11. 
  8. ^ Nevada Department of Transportation (May 2008). "Maps of Milepost Location on Nevada's Federal and State Highway System by County". http://www.nevadadot.com/traveler/maps/StateMaps/pdfs/MilepostBook2008.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-11.