Nevada State Route 90
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State Route 90 was a short state highway
in Nye County
, Nevada
that served the town of Rhyolite
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In 1978, Nevada began changing its state route numbers in an effort to simplify and consolidate its numbering system. The 1978-79 state highway map showed new route numbers along with the original numbers, but SR 90 was not shown with a new number. The route, having never been paved, was removed from the state highway system by 1982. Rhyolite is now reachable by a paved road that connects to SR 374 south of the town, instead of to the east as SR 90 did.
State highway
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in Nye County
Nye County, Nevada
-National protected areas:* Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge* Death Valley National Park * Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest * Spring Mountains National Recreation Area -Demographics:...
, Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
that served the town of Rhyolite
Rhyolite, Nevada
Rhyolite is a ghost town in Nye County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. It is located in the Bullfrog Hills, about northwest of Las Vegas, near the eastern edge of Death Valley. The town began in early 1905 as one of several mining camps that sprang up after a prospecting discovery in the surrounding...
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Route description
State Route 90 began at the small town of Rhyolite. The road curved east around a small mountain to connect to State Route 58 (now State Route 374) about two miles (3 km) southwest of BeattyBeatty, Nevada
Beatty is a census-designated place along the Amargosa River in Nye County in the U.S. state of Nevada. U.S. Route 95 runs through the CDP, which lies between Tonopah, about to the north, and Las Vegas, about to the southeast. State Route 374 connects Beatty to Death Valley National Park, about ...
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History
State Route 90 first appears as an unimproved road on official state maps in 1960 and was graded by 1969.In 1978, Nevada began changing its state route numbers in an effort to simplify and consolidate its numbering system. The 1978-79 state highway map showed new route numbers along with the original numbers, but SR 90 was not shown with a new number. The route, having never been paved, was removed from the state highway system by 1982. Rhyolite is now reachable by a paved road that connects to SR 374 south of the town, instead of to the east as SR 90 did.