Nevada State Route 3C
State Route 3C | |
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Map Route 3C as depicted in the 1948 USGS map in Red, alternate depiction seen in NDOT and other USGS maps in Blue | |
| Route information | |
| Length | 57 mi[1] (1946 length) (92 km) |
| Existed | mid 1940s–circa 1982 |
| Major junctions | |
| South end | California state line near Bodie (1946-73) Lucky Boy Road in Mineral County (1973-81) |
| North end |  SR 3 (now  SR 208) south of Yerington |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| Highway system | |
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State Route 3C (SR 3C) is the former designation of a dirt road that mostly parallels the East Walker River and a tributary named Bodie Creek through remote and rugged mountains in Lyon and Mineral counties in Nevada.[2] It is an unimproved road that runs from the California state line southwest of Hawthorne (known in California as Bodie Road, and further south becomes a paved highway, California State Route 270) to SR 208 south of Yerington. The road can be used to access the ghost towns of Aurora, Nevada and Bodie, California.
State Route 3C was commissioned in the mid-1940s. For the northernmost portion of Route 3C, dirt roads exist on either side of the East Walker River. Earlier maps disagree about which of these roads officially carried the 3C designation. The 1948 edition of the United States Geological Survey map shows route 3C routed to the south of the river,[3] while the 1964 edition shows 3C forking with both the road to the south and a road along the northern bank of the river used.[4] Nevada DOT maps only show route 3C along the north bank for this portion. Circa 1973 the southern terminus was truncated to 8 miles (13 km) north to Lucky Boy Road in Mineral County.[5] SR 3C was decommissioned by 1982.[6]
References
- ^ Nevada Department of Highways (1946). Official Road Map of the State of Nevada (Map). Scale not given. Carson City: Nevada Department of Highways.
- ^ DeLorme (2005). Street Atlas 2005 USA (Map) (2005 ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme.
- ^ Army Map Service (1948). NV Walker Lake (Map). 1:250,000. Denver: United States Geological Survey.
- ^ Army Map Service (1964). NV Walker Lake (Map). 1:250,000. Denver: United States Geological Survey.
- ^ Nevada Department of Highways (1973). Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map). Scale not given. Carson City: Nevada Department of Highways.
- ^ Nevada Department of Transportation (1982). Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map). Scale not given. Carson City: Nevada Department of Transportation.