Eastgate is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
located within
Churchill County,
Nevada
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,
United States
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. It is located on
Nevada State Route 722
State Route 722 (SR 722) is a state highway in Churchill County and Lander County in the U.S. state of Nevada. The highway is an old routing of U.S. Route 50 (US 50), and previously the Lincoln Highway. What is now route 722 crosses the Desatoy ...
, which was formerly known as the
Lincoln Highway
The Lincoln Highway is the first transcontinental highway in the United States and one of the first highways designed expressly for automobiles. Conceived in 1912 by Indiana entrepreneur Carl G. Fisher, and formally dedicated October 31, 1913 ...
. Other alternate unofficial names include East Gate, Eastgate Station, and Gibralter Gate.
[
Eastgate was once a station on the ]Central Overland Route
The Central Overland Route (also known as the "Central Overland Trail", "Central Route", "Simpson's Route", or the "Egan Trail") was a transportation route from Salt Lake City, Utah south of the Great Salt Lake through the mountains of central Ne ...
.[
]
References
External links
Rediscovered Lincoln Highway Gas Station In Nevada
American Road.
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Unincorporated communities in Nevada
Unincorporated communities in Churchill County, Nevada