State Route 228 (SR 228), also known as Jiggs Highway, is a

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, United States, that connects Jiggs with

Nevada State Route 227 State Route 227 (SR 227), most of which is more commonly known locally as Lamoille Highway, is a state highway in Elko County in northeastern Nevada. Route description SR 227 starts at SR 535/Interstate 80 Business Loop (Idaho Street) in the ...

(SR 227/Lamoille Highway) in

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Route description

2013-10-20 16 22 59 View south just south of the north end of Nevada State Route 228 where it intersects Nevada State Route 227

SR 228 begins at an

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with Circle Ranch Road near the southern end of Mound Valley, just south of the

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of Jiggs. (The road continues south from SR 228 as Harrison Pass Road R 717 heading southeasterly toward

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and the southern terminus of State Route 767

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asphalt paved until just before reaching Harrison Pass (Nevada)">Harrison Pass in the Ruby Mountains">Asphalt concrete">asphalt paved until just before reaching Harrison Pass (Nevada)">Harrison Pass in the Ruby Mountains.] Circle Rand Road heads west as a dirt road toward Huntington Valley.) From its southern terminus, SR 228 heads northerly as an asphalt paved, Single carriageway, two-lane, undivided highway and immediately crosses an unnamed creek (a tributary of Smith Creek). Next the route passes through Jiggs and crosses Smith Creek itself (within the community). North of Jiggs, SR 228 briefly curves to the northeast before resuming its northerly course to ascend out of the Mound Valley. Continuing northerly it passes by the east side of Zunino Reservoir and the Zunino/Jiggs Reservoir Recreation Area North of the reservoir, SR 228 curves slightly and briefly to the northwest before crossing Cottonwood Creek and resuming its northerly course. After crossing Willow Creek it connects with the west end of Woods Lane (which heads east toward the unincorporated community of

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). Farther north, the highway curves slightly west to pass by west side of the main part of the

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for the South Fork Band of the Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians (South Fork Reservation). After crossing the

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the route again resumes a northerly course and passes to the east of the

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and the

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. SR 228 continues north to pass between several

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areas of the South Fork Reservation and pass through the east side of and then the northwest corner of two more exclave areas of the reservation, crossing Tenmile Creek along the way. Curving slightly east, SR 228 begins running along the southwestern border of the

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of Spring Creek before reaching its northern terminus at an intersection with SR 227 (Lamoille Highway). (Beyond the northern terminus of SR 228, the road continues north–northeast into Spring Creek as Spring Valley Parkway to loop clockwise back to itself. SR 227 heads southeast for about to end in Lamoille and northwest for about to end at State Route 535 daho Street/I-80 Busin Elko.)

History

What is now SR 228 was designated as part of State Route 46 prior to 1976.

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Transportation in Elko County, Nevada

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