State Route 233 (SR 233) is a
state highway
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in rural eastern
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. The highway follows the route of the
First transcontinental railroad
North America's first transcontinental railroad (known originally as the "Pacific Railroad" and later as the " Overland Route") was a continuous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail netwo ...
from
Interstate 80 (I-80) to the
Utah
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state line. The highway was formerly numbered State Route 30.
Route description
I-80 follows the route of the First Transcontinental Railroad throughout most of Nevada, but departs this corridor east of
Wells. The historical route went around the north end of the
Pequop Mountains
The Pequop Mountains are a mountain range located in eastern Elko County, in northeastern Nevada in the western United States. The range runs generally north-south for approximately The high point of the range is an unnamed peak (at an ele ...
, towards the north shore of the
Great Salt Lake
The Great Salt Lake is the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere and the eighth-largest terminal lake in the world. It lies in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah and has a substantial impact upon the local climate, particu ...
. Modern I-80 directly crosses these mountains en route to the south shore of the lake. State Route 233 exits I-80 at Exit 378 in
Oasis
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The location of oases has been of critical imp ...
, on the other side of the Pequops from Wells. Route 233 proceeds on a northeast course to rejoin the route of the railroad. The highway passes through the community of
Monetello en route to the Utah state line, where the highway continues as
Utah State Route 30
State Route 30 (SR-30) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah. It is the only highway signed as a Utah state route (with the beehive shaped route marker) to traverse the entire width of the state. Legislatively the highway exists as 3 separ ...
.
In Utah, the route also loosely follows the historical routes of the railroad around the north side of the Great Salt Lake until connecting with
Interstate 84.
History
This corridor parallels the route of the First Transcontinental Railroad.
The highway was originally State Route 30. The highway first appeared on the official Nevada state highway map in 1933.
[ The connecting highway in Utah was originally numbered State Route 70, but was renumbered Route 30 in 1966.]Nevada Department of Transportation
The Nevada Department of Transportation (Nevada DOT or NDOT) is a government agency in the U.S. state of Nevada. NDOT is responsible for maintaining and improving Nevada's highway system, which includes U.S. highways and Interstate highways withi ...
state highway map was the first to show both numbers, with the 1982 edition the first to use only the 233 designation.
Major intersections
See also
* List of state highways in Nevada
References
External links
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Transportation in Elko County, Nevada