Nevada State Route 164

State Route 164 marker

State Route 164
Nipton Road

Nevada State Route 164 begins at the California border and travels east to Searchlight.

Nevada State Route 164, highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NDOT
Length: 18.600 mi[1] (29.934 km)
Existed: 1976 – present
Major junctions
West end: CA state line near Nipton, CA
East end: US 95 in Searchlight
Highway system
  • Highways in Nevada
← SR 163SR 165 →

State Route 164 (SR 164) is a state highway in southern Clark County, Nevada. The route, along with an unnumbered California road, connects U.S. Route 95 (US 95) in Nevada to Interstate 15 in California just south of Primm, via the small town of Nipton, California. The highway is also known as Nipton Road.

Route description

Looking west towards SR 164 and the McCullough Range.

The route begins at the California-Nevada state line about 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Nipton. The highway treks east from there, curving slightly northeast to pass by the McCullough Range. At the northern tip of the mountains surrounding Crescent Peak, the highway turns slightly more southeast and decreases in elevation as it heads towards Searchlight, Nevada. SR 164 reaches its eastern terminus at the junction with US 95 in the center of Searchlight; however, the roadway continues east as Cottonwood Cove Road, entering the Lake Mead National Recreation Area and ending near Cottonwood Cove.

In 2003, a sign near Searchlight designated the route as the Joshua Tree Highway, due to the abundance of Joshua trees located along the roadway.

History

Joshua trees grow alongside State Route 164.

The highway connecting Searchlight to Nipton first appears on maps as a county road in 1933.[2] By 1940, the unimproved road was designated State Route 68.[3] The road had been graded by 1950 and was finally paved by 1963.[4][5]

In 1976, the Nevada Department of Transportation 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.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Clark County.

LocationmikmDestinationsNotes
 0.000.00Nipton Road – NiptonContinuation beyond California state line
Searchlight18.6029.93 US 95 – Las Vegas, Laughlin, Needles
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  1. ↑ Nevada Department of Transportation. "Nevada State Maintained Highways, Descriptions, Index and Maps, January 2008". Retrieved 2008-06-08.
  2. ↑ Official Road Map of Nevada (Map). Nevada Department of Highways. 1934. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
  3. ↑ Official Road Map of the State of Nevada (Map). Nevada Department of Highways. 1940. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
  4. ↑ Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map). Nevada Department of Highways. 1950. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
  5. ↑ Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map). Nevada Department of Highways. 1963–64. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
  6. ↑ Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map). Nevada State Highway Department. 1978–79. Retrieved 2008-06-08.