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The road that is now SR 372 was established by 1937. The unimproved route was incorporated into the westernmost end of the State Route 52 alignment, which had been redefined to extend from the California state line, through Pahrump and the Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest north of Charleston Peak, to State Route 5 southeast of Indian Springs. [4]
SR 127 continues along the eastern edge of Death Valley National Park, passing by Eagle Mountain and the Amargosa River before intersecting SR 190 at Death Valley Junction. The road ends at the California-Nevada border, where Nevada State Route 373 begins. [3] It is the "Lost Highway" featured in David Lynch's film Lost Highway.
The second boom in Death Valley was tourism, started in the 1920s by Herman Eichbaum. After several failures in getting a toll road approved from Lida, Nevada or over Towne Pass, he scaled back plans to include only the part of the latter route between southeast of Darwin and his resort at Stovepipe Wells. The new Eichbaum Toll Road was ...
SR 160 east (Pahrump Valley Highway) – Pahrump: Amargosa Valley: 30: 48 — SR 373 south (Death Valley Junction Road) – Death Valley Junction: Beatty: 60: 97 — SR 374 south (Death Valley Road, Main Street) – Rhyolite, Death Valley 95: 153 — SR 267 west (Scotty's Castle Road) – Scotty's Castle: Esmeralda ES 0.00–44.19 4: 6.4 —
The second segment resumes four miles (6 km) west of Salisberry Pass in the southeasterly part of Death Valley National Park in Inyo County at what had been the former boundary of Death Valley National Monument until 1994. It then meets up with State Route 127. SR 178 then branches northward from SR 127 to the California-Nevada State Line.
The Death Valley community is still dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Hilary. Death Valley National Park’s Emigrant Canyon Road will be closed starting Jan. 6 for repairs.
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It connects the southern Las Vegas Valley to U.S. Route 95 (US 95) northwest of the city via the Pahrump Valley. The southern part of the route sees heavy traffic, mostly due to Pahrump's continued growth as a Las Vegas bedroom community. The route is known as Blue Diamond Road within the Las Vegas area, with the remainder referred to as the ...