Nevada State Route 34

State Route 34
Route information
Existed:	? – 1978
Major junctions
South end:	CR 447 in Gerlach
	Former SR 8A
North end:	Coleman Valley Road
Highway system
Highways in Nevada Interstate U.S. State pre-1976 Scenic

The junction of Nevada 447 and CR 34. Notice that the shield for CR 34 is a circle, this is to indicate that CR 34 is not a state route.

Former SR 34^[1] is a signed decommissioned State highway in Nevada from prior to the state's highway restructuring in 1978. Today a portion of former SR 34 is maintained by the Washoe County as a county highway with the not well known designation CR 34.^[2] A portion of State Route 447 was formerly SR 34,^[3] though the former SR 34 road bed is still used from Gerlach, Nevada to near Vya, Nevada.^[4]

A milemarker for CR 34, located about 5 miles north of Gerlach

History

In the 1950s the pavement ended and became gravel^[5] just past the sand dunes north of Nixon. In 1953, south of Gerlach, the paving was incomplete and State Route 81 from Gerlach to the California state line was not surfaced.^[6] By 1963, the road was paved to Gerlach^[7] and State Route 81 was partly paved from Gerlach to the California State Line.

Before 1978 SR 34 followed present day SR 447 route, from Gerlach to Wadsworth, Nevada.^[8]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Washoe County.

Location	Destinations	Notes
Gerlach	CR 447	To SR 447
	Northern end of CR 34 and southern end of SR 34
Vya	SR 8A east	Southern end of SR 8A overlap
	SR 8A west	Northern end of SR 8A overlap
Oregon state line	Coleman Valley Road	To OR 140 – Adel, Lakeview, Denio
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

↑ Official Road Map of the State of Nevada (Map). Nevada Department of Highways. 1941. Retrieved December 30, 2007.
↑ "Budget Presentation FY 2008‐2009" (PDF). Washoe County Department of Public Works. p. 14. Retrieved August 29, 2009.
↑ "Nevada's State Maintained Highways, Descriptions, Index and Maps" (PD). p. 120. Retrieved December 30, 2007.
↑ "Nevada Log: Routes 0 through 99". Retrieved December 30, 2007.
↑ Wilson, Larry. "Small towns hit the 'bust' in Nevada's 'boom and bust' history". Daily Sparks Tribune.
↑ Burns, John & Johnson, Frank (April 26, 1953). "Residents of Gerlach Like to Think of It As One of the last Genuine Frontier Towns". Nevada State Journal. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
↑ Sinclair, W.C. (October 1, 1963). Ground Water Appraisal of the Black Rock Desert Area, Northwestern Nevada (PDF) (Technical report). Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology. 20.
↑ Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map) (1978–79 ed.). Nevada Department of Highways. 1978.

Black Rock Desert

Geography	Antelope Range Badger Mountains Black Rock Range Calico Hills Division Range Empire Fox Range Gerlach Granite Range Hannan Range High Rock Canyon Hills Hog Ranch Mountains Jackson Mtns Kamma Mtns Kings River Lake Lahontan Little High Rock Mountains Massacre Range Montana Mountains Pine Forest Range Poker Brown Mountains Quinn River Selenite Range Sentinel Hills Seven Troughs Range Sheephead Mountains Smoke Creek Desert Smoke Creek Mountains Yellow Hills

History	Peter Lassen Applegate Trail Thrust2 land speed record (1983) Thrust SSC land speed record (1997) CSXT Space Shot (2004)

Protected areas	Black Rock–High Rock NCA Black Rock Desert Wilderness Calico Mountains Wilderness East Fork High Rock Canyon Wilderness High Rock Canyon Wilderness High Rock Lake Wilderness Little High Rock Canyon Wilderness North Black Rock Range Wilderness North Jackson Mountains Wilderness Pahute Peak Wilderness South Jackson Mountains Wilderness

Transportation	Empire Airport Old SR 34 Old SR 48 Old SR 49/Jungo Road SR 447

Uses and Activities	Burning Man Camping High Power Rocketry Land sailing Mining Rockhounding

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