State Route 223 (SR 223) is a
state highway
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in
Elko County
Elko County is a county in the northeastern corner of Nevada, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 53,702. Its county seat is Elko. The county was established on March 5, 1869, from Lander County.
Elko County is the fourth ...
,
Nevada
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, United States. Co-signed with Interstate 80 Business (I-80 Bus.), it serves the town of
Wells
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* Wells, Somerset, a cathedral city in Somerset, England
* Well, an excavation or structure created in the ground
* Wells (name)
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England
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Route description
State Route 223 begins at the intersection of Humboldt Avenue and Angel Lake Road (
SR 231) in western Wells. From there, the highway follows Humboldt Avenue northward, crossing underneath
Interstate 80
Interstate 80 (I-80) is an east–west transcontinental freeway that crosses the United States from downtown San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey, in the New York metropolitan area. The highway was designated in 1956 as one o ...
(I-80), curving easterly as the road borders residential areas of the town. After about , Humboldt Avenue intersects Sixth Street. SR 223 turns southeasterly to follow Sixth Street for about before reaching its terminus at the intersection with
U.S. Route 93
U.S. Route 93 (US 93) is a major north–south United States highway, numbered highway in the western United States. The southern terminus is at U.S. Route 60 in Arizona, US 60 in Wickenburg, Arizona. The northern terminus is at the ...
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History
Prior to 1976, the portion of SR 223 along Sixth Street was part of old State Route 1 and U.S. Route 40.[
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Major intersections
See also
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References
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Year 223 ( CCXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Maximus and Aelianus (or, less frequently, year 976 ' ...
Transportation in Elko County, Nevada