Nevada State Route 293

State Route 293 marker

State Route 293
Kings River Valley Road
Route information
Maintained by NDOT
Length: 23.989 mi[1] (38.607 km)
Existed: 1976 – present
Major junctions
West end: Kings River Valley
East end: US 95 at Orovada
Highway system
  • Highways in Nevada
← SR 292SR 294 →

State Route 293 (SR 293) is a state highway in Humboldt County, Nevada. It connects the Kings River Valley to U.S. Route 95 at the town of Orovada.

Route description

View east from the west end of SR 293

SR 293 begins at a Nevada Department of Transportation monument in the north-central portion of Humboldt County, just a few miles east of the Kings River.[1][2] From there, the route heads east through a mountain pass and then southward. After crossing the Quinn River, SR 293 heads eastward through the Quinn River Valley to its terminus at US 95 at the town of Orovada.[2]

History

The road first appears on official state maps 1968, although it was not labeled as being part of Nevada's numbered highway system at that time.[3] The highway was fully paved by 1971, but still had no route number on the state map.[4] Interestingly, the entire road was removed from state highway maps entirely beginning with the 1973 edition.[5] Despite this, the highway officially became State Route 293 on July 1, 1976, when Nevada officials began renumbering the state's numbered routes.[6] The road returned to the state highway map, complete with the SR 293 designation, in the 1982 edition.[7]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Humboldt County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
 23.9938.61Kings River Valley
Orovada0.000.00 US 95 – Winnemucca, McDermitt
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps". Nevada Department of Transportation. 1st Quarter, 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2010. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map) (2007–08 ed.). Nevada Department of Transportation. 2007. § A2-A3.
  3. ↑ 1968 Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map). Nevada State Highway Department. 1968. § A3. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
  4. ↑ 1971 Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map). Nevada State Highway Department. 1971. § A2-A3. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
  5. ↑ Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map). Nevada State Highway Department. 1973. § A2-A3. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
  6. ↑ Nevada State Maintained Highways: Descriptions, Index and Maps. Nevada Department of Transportation. January 2001. p. 107.
  7. ↑ Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map). Nevada Department of Transportation. 1982. § A2-A3. Retrieved 19 May 2010.