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Highway 50 Revisited: America's Loneliest Road from the Las Vegas Sun (August 2011) Loneliest Road: US-50 by Road Trip USA; The Blue Butterfly at the end of the Loneliest Road by Erik Gauger, Notes from the Road; Nevada's "Loneliest Road in America" Celebrates 20 Years Archived 2021-06-14 at the Wayback Machine Ron Bernthal, Travel Writers Magazine
In Nevada, the highway crosses a series of north–south running mountain ranges that break up the Nevada desert which are called Basin and Range. East of Carson City, the road enters the heart of the Great Basin, passing by few communities and minimal services, giving it the name "Loneliest Road in America" until reaching Utah. [4]
Road name Length (mi) Length (km) Southern or western terminus Northern or eastern terminus Cash tolls (automobile) Notes Joe Mallisham Parkway 4.9 7.9 I-20 / I-59 – Tuscaloosa: US 82 – Northport: $1.50 bridge only Cash or Freedom Pass Emerald Mountain Expressway 1.2 1.9 Wares Ferry Road – Montgomery: Rifle Range Road – Montgomery
Clear Creek Road south of Carson City 1976: current SR 706 — — — — — — absorbed into SR 513 [15] SR 715: 2.135: 3.436 SR 117 southwest of Fallon: US 50 west of Fallon 1976: current SR 718: 2.903: 4.672 Curry Road south of Fallon: US 95 south of Fallon 1976: current SR 720: 3.248: 5.227 US 95 south of Fallon: Pasture Road south of ...
The funds to fast-track the USA Parkway build-out were obtained by deferring maintenance projects on seven low-priority northern Nevada highways. [19] [16] The contract price was $75.9 million. [20] 80 workers were on site 24/6 building the road in stages, [21] [22] with paving started in October 2016. [23] A two-lane roundabout was built at US 50.
Ten solar energy arrays, totaling 451 kilowatts, have been installed along Nevada 447 with the help of Burning Man-related not-for-profit Black Rock Solar and Nevada's "Solar Generations" rebate program. Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons issued an August 18, 2010 proclamation declaring the road "to be America's Solar Highway". [9]