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State Route 229 (SR 229) is a
The southeastern portion of SR 229, between the junction of SR 767 and it eastern terminus at US 93, follows the alignment of the
state highway
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either Route number, numbered or maintained by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered ...
in Elko County
Elko County is a county in the northeastern corner of Nevada, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 53,702. Its county seat is Elko. The county was established on March 5, 1869, from Lander County. Elko County is the fourth ...
, Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...
, United States. It is a routing from Interstate 80
Interstate 80 (I-80) is an east–west transcontinental freeway that crosses the United States from San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey, in the New York metropolitan area. The highway was designated in 1956 as one of the ori ...
around Halleck Halleck may refer to:
People Given name
* Halleck J. Mantz (1877–1958), jurist
* Halleck Tustenuggee (c. 1807–?), Seminole warchief
Surname
* Charles A. Halleck (1900–1986), American politician
* DeeDee Halleck (born 1940), American med ...
, heading south through Secret Pass, to where it meets ''Ruby Valley Road'' ( State Route 767). From there it heads northeast to U.S. Route 93
U.S. Route 93 (US 93) is a major north–south U.S. Numbered Highway in the western United States, that connects U.S. Route 60 (US 60) in Wickenburg, Arizona, with British Columbia Highway 93 at the Canadian border (north of ...
.
History
The southeastern portion of SR 229, between the junction of SR 767 and it eastern terminus at US 93, follows the alignment of the Hastings Cutoff
The Hastings Cutoff was an alternative route for westward emigrants to travel to California, as proposed by Lansford Hastings in ''The Emigrant's Guide to Oregon and California''. The ill-fated Donner Party infamously took the route in 1846.
D ...
, a route which at the time was thought to be a more direct route of the California Trail
The California Trail was an emigrant trail of about across the western half of the North American continent from Missouri River towns to what is now the state of California. After it was established, the first half of the California Trail f ...
through the northeastern part of Nevada.
Prior to 1976, SR 229 comprised a portion of State Route 11.
Major intersections
See also
*List of state highways in Nevada
The following is a list of all State Routes that have existed in the U.S. state of Nevada since July 1, 1976. All active state- numbered highways in this list are maintained by the Nevada Department of Transportation.
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References
External links
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Year 229 ( CCXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Severus and Cassius (or, less frequently, year 982 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 22 ...
Transportation in Elko County, Nevada