Nevada’s Great Renumbering 1978
In 1978 Nevada renumbered all its highways
This is a quick and dirty page to celebrate that fact.
The table runs from southwest to northeast;
Counties are indicated.
Based on a 1978 Official State Map of Nevada provided by Adam Prince
Numbers in the table reflect the changes at that time.
Subsequent changes or renumberings are not reflected.
“--” indicates the absence of a prior or subsequent number as shown by the map.
White-on-black numerals at the lower left of a shield indicate more than one marked alignment of a route.
County Origin
and
Destination
New Number Old Number
Clark
To
Davis Dam(AZ line)
Clark CA Line near Nipton
To
at Searchlight.
Clark S of Boulder City
To
Nelson
Clark 7 miles to
Lake Mojave Shore;
Unsealed Spur SW to
from Nelson
--
Clark Jean(-j12)
to
Goodsprings

Clark
Goodsprings
To
Sandy
Unsealed road to
CA State Line at Sandy
--
Clark OLD
east of
()
Clark Blue Diamond Road
(j33) near Arden
To
Pahrump
--
Nye
Pahrump
to
Nye Unsealed Road
7 miles SW of Pahrump
to Clark County Line
--
Clark near Henderson(j27)
To
JN Northshore Road
(Current )
Clark JN Current
(Northshore Road)
To
east of Boulder City
Clark From JN of Northshore
and Lakeshore Roads
To
JN E Lake Mead Blvd and
Northshore Road
Clark From j45A(Las Vegas)
To
JN E Lake Mead Blvd and
Northshore Road
--
Clark From JN East Lake Mead Blvd and
Northshore Road
TO
JN Current
South of Overton
--
Clark From j75
To
JN Current
South of Overton
Clark From JN Current
Through Overton
To
at j93
Clark From j112
To
Mesquite Blvd(/)
at Mesquite
()
Clark Rainbow Blvd
From Blue Diamond Road() at Arden
To
W Charleston Blvd() in Las Vegas
--
Clark Charleston Blvd
From 8 mi west of Arden
To
Fremont Blvd in Las Vegas
( and in 1978)
--
Clark
From 4 mi W of JN
In Toiyabe National Forest
To
NW of Las Vegas
Clark Link between
()
and ()
Nye CA State Line( east end)
To
() at Pahrump
Clark Lee Canyon
To
13 mi S of Indian Springs
Clark north of
To
j90 at Glendale
Nye From CA-NV State Line
(N end of )
to
at Lathrop Wells
Nye From CA State Line near Daylight Pass
(Death Valley)
To
at Beatty
Nye From Rhyolite
To
() 2mi west of Beatty.
--
Esmeralda
Nye
From CA State Line near
Scotty’s Castle
(N end of Death Valley)
To
at Scotty’s Junction
Esmeralda From CA-NV State Line east of Oasis, CA
(East end of )
To
15 mi S of Goldfield
Esmeralda From Gold Point
To
() 7 mi west of the jn
Esmeralda From CA State Line north of Oasis, CA
(N end of )
To
west of Coaldale
Esmeralda From Silverpeak
to
JN - 6 mi east of Coaldale
Esmeralda
Nye
Unsealed Road
From - JN 3 mi W of Tonopah
To
JN () 6 mi S of Gabbs
--
Nye
Lander
From JN 5 mi east of Tonopah
To
JN approx 12 mi E of Austin
Nye From () JN
To
Manhattan
Nye From JN ()
To
Round Mountain
Nye
Eureka
Mostly unsealed road
From JN () 13 mi N of JN
To
JN approx 19 mi W of Eureka
--
Nye
Lincoln
“The Extraterrestrial Highway”
From JN at Warm Springs
To
JN near Hiko
Lincoln
Nye
White Pine
Partially Sealed Road
From JN near JN
To
approx 23 mi SW of Ely
Lincoln From Elgin
To
JN west of Caliente
--
Lincoln From Kershaw State Recreation area
To
JN at Caliente
--
Lincoln From JN at Panaca
To
Utah State Line
(West end of )
Lincoln From JN ()
9 mi E of Panaca
To
UT State Line
--
Lincoln From JN near Panaca
To
Cathedral Gorge State Park
--
Lincoln From JN near Pioche
To
Spring Valley Reservoir via Ursine
Lincoln From JN () 4 mi E of JN
To
Echo Canyon Dam
--
Lyon From CA State Line
(N end of )
To
Wellington(JN /)
Mineral From CA State Line (east end of )
To
Hawthorne
Mineral From JN west of Coaldale
To
JN 8 mi S of Mina
Mineral
Churchill
Mostly unsealed road
From Hawthorne
To
2mi W of Frenchman
(or “Freedom man” these days..)
Mineral
Nye
Churchill
From JN at Luning
To
JN approx 15 mi E of Frenchman
Nye From JN () N of Gabbs
16 mi E to unsealed road junction w/(NV 21) for Ione
Nye
Lander
From Unsealed road JN with NV 844(NV 91)
To
JN () 8 mi west of Austin
--
Churchill
Lander
From JN 3 mi east of JN ()
To
JN 2 mi E of Austin
via East Gate, Carroll Summit, and Railroad Pass
--
Eureka
White Pine
Nye
Unsealed Road
From Duckwater
To
JN 10 mi S of Eureka
--
Nye From JN at Currant
To
Duckwater
White Pine From Kimberly
To
JN near Ruth
White Pine From JN -- SE of Ely
To
JN approx 17 mi N of Ely
--
White Pine From JN - 2 mi E of Major’s Place
To
JN () east of JN
--
White Pine From UT State Line at Garrison
(N end of )
To
JN - 7 mi west of UT State Line via Baker
White Pine From Lehman Caves National Monument
To
JN ()at Baker
White Pine Unsealed Road
From JN approx 40 mi N of Ely
To
UT State Line near Ipabah
(Tooele County Road)
--
White Pine From Cherry Creek
To
JN 6 mi N of () JN
(approx 46 mi N of Ely)
Douglas
Lyon
From JN 3 mi N of CA-NV State Line
To
JN at Yerington
Mineral
Lyon
Unsealed Road
From Mineral County Road, extending 51 mi N
To
JN () 8 mi S of Yerington
--
Douglas From CA-NV State Line 5 mi north of Woodfords
(N end of )
To
JN 1 mi NW of Minden
Douglas From 6 mi S of () JN
To
JN 1 mi S of jn
--

--
Douglas From JN 7 mi n of () JN
To
JN at Gardnerville
--
Douglas From JN near Stateline
To
JN
Douglas From JN
To
JN () S of Gardnerville
--
Douglas From JN -:
N on for 3 mi,
Then 3 mi east to -1 mi N of JN
--
Douglas From JN at Genoa
To
near Douglas County Airport junction
--
Douglas
Carson City
Washoe
From JN near Glenbrook
To
Crystal Bay at CA-NV State Line
(east end )
Washoe From near Incline Village
To - JN 2 mi north of Steamboat
Carson City From - north of JN
to
Stewart(Indian Agency)
--
Carson City From JN -(S Carson Street)
To
east of Carson City
via Nevada State Prison
--
Washoe From elevated junction on n of Carson City
on Carson-Washoe County Line
To
JN at Little Washoe Lake
Lyon
Washoe
From east of Carson City
To
and () JN 2 mi north of Steamboat
via Virginia City
Lyon
Washoe
Link From and To ()
Via Silver City and Gold Hill
Storey Unsealed Road
From Virginia City extending 8 miles east
--
Lyon 16 mile unsealed link road from
To
south of Silver Springs
--
Lyon Ramsey Cutoff
Link road from west of Silver Spring
To
south of Silver Spring
--
Churchill Extends west of in Fallon
Churchill From JN E of Fallon
To
Stillwater
Churchill Mostly unsealed road
From JN 6 mi east of Frenchman
To
Dixie Valley
--
Lander From Austin()
to Battle Mountain( j231)
Lander
Eureka
Unsealed Road
From between Austin and Scott Summits
E of Austin
To
Crescent Valley
--
Eureka From Crescent Valley
To
j261 via Beowawe
Eureka
Elko
From JN N of Eureka
To
j279 at Carlin
Elko From at Elko
To
Lamoille
--
Eureka
Elko
Unsealed Road
From JN N of Elko
To
JN Harrison Pass Road, 3mi S of Jiggs
--
Elko From JN Harrison Pass Road, 3 mi S of Jiggs
To
JN NV 227 7mi SE of Elko.
Elko From JN approx 28 mi S of Wells
To
at Halleck(j321)
Elko From JN approx 19 mi S of Wells
To
JN approx 5 mi S of Wells
--
Elko From at Oasis(j378)
To
NV-UT State Line 11 mi NE of Montello
(W end of )
Washoe From j2 at Verdi
To
Reno
()
Washoe From Temp
To
Boynton Lane, Reno
Washoe Wedekind Road
From Oddie Blvd, Reno
To
Pyramid Way, JN (), Sparks
--
Washoe From JN (), Sparks
To
JN at Pyramid Lake
Washoe Pyramid Way
From j18, Sparks
To
JN () Wedekind Road, Sparks
--
Washoe Clear Acre Lane, Sun Valley Drive
From () Wedekind Rd, Reno
Near IH 580- j70
To
?
--
Washoe Sullivan Lane
From () Wedekind Road, Sparks
To
JN -Clear Acre Ln(to s)-Sun Valley Road(to n)
--
Washoe From JN () at Pyramid Lake
What did Nefertiti say to her BF?
“Not tonite, I’m on my Pyramid”.

To
JN () at Nixon
--
Washoe From Wadsworth
To
Gerlach
Washoe Unsealed road
From Gerlach
to
Lake County Road at NV-OR State Line
--
Washoe
Humboldt
Unsealed Road
From () 13 mi S of NV-OR State Line
To
JN () 5 mi w of JN ()
--
Washoe From Gerlach
To
Surprise Valley Road(Lassen County Road)
at CA-NV State Line
Washoe
Humboldt
Unsealed Road
From CA-NV State Line 9 mi E of Cedarville, CA
(E end of )
To
JN ()11 mi SE of NV-OR State Line
--
Wahoe
Pershing
Unsealed Road
From JN () between Empire and Gerlach
To
Sulphur and JN ()on Pershing-Humboldt County Line
--
Pershing
Humboldt
From Sulphur
To
JN north of Winnemucca
--
Humboldt From NV-OR State Line
(SE end of )
To
JN 31 mi N of Winnemucca
Pershing From Eagle Picher Mine
To
Lovelock
Pershing From 7 mi S of Lovelock
To
Lovelock
Pershing From Lovelock, extending 3 mi N --
Pershing Partly unsealed road
From Oreana( j119)
to near Mill City(j149)
Humboldt From JN 22 mi n of Winnnemucca
to
Paradise Valley
Humboldt
Elko
Unsealed Road
From Golconda( j194)
To
JN () 7 mi E of Tuscarora
--
Elko From JN () 27 mi north of Elko
To
JN () 6 mi N of Jack Creek
Elko Unsealed Road
From JN () 6 mi N of Jack Creek
To
JN () at Owyhee
--
Elko Unsealed Road
From JN ()
To
JN () 5 mi S of Mountain City
--
Elko From Elko( j301)
To
NV-ID State line 4 mi N of Owyhee
(S end of )

The Lost Highway!

Jason Pawloski was out and about, exploring the countryside in northwestern Nevada,
when he happened upon a highway junction between two highways
that stopped being state roads back in 1978 when Nevada switched to it’s present numbering scheme.
 
This is a heartening sine, innit? I don’t think I'd want to be here in winter.
This is the COLD stinking desert. Not the nice hot one like down by Las Vegas
where you have glittery casinos, and scantily-clad young ppl undulating their anatomies
in an intriguing and attractive manner.
A NV 34 sign.
A longer shot, including both sines, and NV 34.
Except that NV 34 was retired in 1978 during the great renumbering,
Google does show the route number at medium zoom. The direction of view is south.
Beautiful Downtown Vya, Nevada.
Another long-retired route, NV 8A. This section at Vya is also not a state road anymore.
This section of NV 8A is discontinuous with the main section,
Which ran from US 6 east of Tonopah, met US 50 near Austin,
And ended at US 40(IH 80) in Battle Mountain.
This section of NV 8A is east-west and ran from CA 299 at the CA state line
to a junction with NV 140 approximately 32 miles west of Denio Junction.
Look at the sign closely. It says DEAD END underneath(Adam Prince noticed that).
The ‘Cedarville’ on this sign is Cedarville, CA.
Continuing in this direction leads you to CA 299.
The view is approximately west.
Downtown Vya, NV, plenty of free parking!
1969 H.M. Goushá area map.
Linquage:
Nevada 1935 Highway List!
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