State Route 264 (SR 264) is a
state highway
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in
Esmeralda County,
Nevada
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, United States. It connects
California State Route 266
State Route 266 (SR 266) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California. The route traverses Fish Lake Valley, which is part in California and part in Nevada. The route connects two Nevada state routes that traverse the Nevada po ...
to
U.S. Route 6
U.S. Route 6 (US 6), also called the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, honoring the American Civil War veterans association, is a main route of the U.S. Highway system. While it currently runs east-northeast from Bishop, California, to P ...
(US 6) via the town of
Dyer, Nevada
Dyer is an unincorporated town, located in Fish Lake Valley, Esmeralda County, Nevada, United States. It had a population of 324 as of the 2018 American Community Survey. The town serves the surrounding area's sparse rural population of mainly r ...
. The majority of the route is known as Fish Lake Valley Road, with the northern portion referred to as the ''Dicalite Cutoff''. A majority of the route was originally designated State Route 3A.
Route description
SR 264 begins at the
California
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State line approximately north of
Oasis, California on
California State Route 266
State Route 266 (SR 266) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California. The route traverses Fish Lake Valley, which is part in California and part in Nevada. The route connects two Nevada state routes that traverse the Nevada po ...
. From there, the highway follows Fish Lake Valley Road north to pass through the small community of Dyer. As the route heads north from Dyer through
Fish Lake Valley
The Fish Lake Valley is a longNevada, DeLorme Atlas & Gazetteer, c 2010, p. 58-59. endorheic valley in southwest Nevada, one of many contiguous inward-draining basins collectively called the Great Basin. The alluvial valley lies just northwest ...
,
Boundary Peak, the highest point in the state of Nevada, comes into view on the west side of the highway.
About north of Dyer is a junction with
State Route 773, where Fish Lake Valley Road turns off of the route. At this point, SR 264 curves northwest to follow the Dicalite Cutoff. The route reaches its terminus at US 6, approximately east of
Basalt
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.
History
The southern of State Route 264 and all of State Route 773 were both previously designated State Route 3A.
[
SR 3A first appears on state highway maps in 1933 as an unimproved road stretching from the California–Nevada state line to the junction of State Route 3 (now ]US 95
US Route 95 (US 95) is a major north–south US Highway in the western United States. It travels through the states of Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon, and Idaho, staying inland from the Pacific Coast. US 95 begins in San Luis, ...
) and State Route 15 (now US 6) at Coaldale.
Major intersections
See also
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References
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Transportation in Esmeralda County, Nevada