- Nevada State Route 374
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State Route 374 Death Valley Road Route information Maintained by NDOT Length: 8.840 mi[1] (14.227 km) Existed: 1976 – present Major junctions South end: Death Valley Nat'l Park boundary North end: US 95 in Beatty Highway system ← SR 373 SR 375 → State Route 374 (SR 374) is a state highway in Nye County, Nevada, United States. It serves as Nevada's gateway to Death Valley National Park, connecting the park to Beatty. The highway was known as State Route 58 prior to 1976.
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Route description
SR 374 begins at the boundary to the Nevada portion of Death Valley National Park in Nye County. From there, it runs due northeast across the open desert. The route curves eastward as it passes through the mountains southwest of Beatty. The road becomes Main Street as it enters the town's southern limits. The route ends at US 95, where Main Street intersects Second Street. The route terminates in the northwest regions of the Amargosa Desert, and Amargosa Valley.
History
The highway first appeared on Nevada state highway maps as State Route 58 in 1937.[2]
In the 1976 renumbering of Nevada's state highways, the route was reassigned to SR 374.[3] The number change was first seen on state maps in 1978.[4]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Nye County.
Location Mile[5] Destinations Notes 0.00 Death Valley Road Continuation beyond terminus; Death Valley National Park boundary Beatty 8.84 US 95 – Tonopah, Las Vegas 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi References
- ^ Nevada Department of Transportation (January 2008). "Nevada State Maintained Highways: Descriptions, Index and Maps". http://www.nevadadot.com/reports_pubs/State_Maintained/. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
- ^ Nevada State Highway Department (1937). Official Road Map of the State of Nevada (Map). http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/hmaps&CISOPTR=574&REC=15. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
- ^ Nevada State Maintained Highways: Descriptions, Index and Maps. Nevada Department of Transportation. January 2001. p. 112.
- ^ Nevada Department of Highways (1978). Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map) (1978-79 ed.). Section F4. http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,535. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
- ^ 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 2009-01-14.
Death Valley and Death Valley National Park Fauna, flora and minerals Amargosa springsnail · Borax · Chuckwalla · Death Valley monkeyflower · Death Valley pupfish · Death Valley June beetle · Devil's Hole pupfish · Saratoga Springs pupfish
History Amargosa Opera House and Hotel · Badwater · Death Valley Railroad · Greenwater · Harmony Borax Works · Lake Manly (Badwater Basin) · Skidoo · Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad · Twenty-mule team
Places Amargosa Range / River / Valley · Ash Meadows NWR · Badwater Basin · Ballarat · Beatty · Black Mountains · Chloride City · Cottonwood Mountains · Darwin Falls · Death Valley Junction · Eureka Valley / Dunes · Funeral Mountains · Furnace Creek · Panamint City / Range / Springs / Valley · Racetrack · Rhyolite · Saline Valley · Saratoga Springs · Scotty's Castle · Stovepipe Wells · Telescope Peak · Trona · Ubehebe Crater · Zabriskie Point
Transportation Categories:- Amargosa Desert
- State highways in Nevada
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