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State Route 877 (SR 877) is a
state highway A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...
in rural Washoe County, Nevada. It runs along Franktown Road in the western reaches of the
Washoe Valley The Washoe Valley is a geographical region in the United States covering in southern Washoe County in the state of Nevada. Located between Reno and Carson City, it is named for the Washoe people, Native Americans who lived there before the arr ...
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Route description

SR 877 begins in Washoe Valley, north of the
Carson City Carson City is an Independent city (United States), independent city and the capital of the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 58,639, making it the List of cities in Nevada, sixth largest ...
– Washoe County line. The route begins at the intersection of Bowers Mansion Road/
U.S. Route 395 Alternate U.S. Route 395 Alternate (US 395 Alt) is a alternate route of U.S. Route 395 in Nevada, U.S. Route 395 (US 395) in Washoe County, Nevada, Washoe County, Nevada. Route description Bowers Mansion Road The route begins at the intersection of East ...
(US 395 Alt.) and Franktown Road. From there, the highway follows Franktown Road west and then north for about through the eastern foothills of the Carson Range on the western side of Washoe Valley. Franktown Road comes to an end at a second intersection with US 395 Alt., just south of
Bowers Mansion The Bowers Mansion is a mansion located between Reno and Carson City, Nevada. It was built in 1863 by Lemuel "Sandy" Bowers and his wife, Eilley Orrum Bowers, and is a prime example of the homes built in Nevada by the new millionaires of the Co ...
. According to Deke Castleman, author of the ''Nevada Handbook'' (Moon Publications), "this few-mile drive along Franktown Road is one of the state's prettiest scenic valley and foothill stretches of road."


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References

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