- Nevada State Route 318
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State Route 318 Sunnyside Road Route information Maintained by NDOT Length: 110.775 mi[1] (178.275 km) Major junctions South end: US 93 near Hiko North end: US 6 northwest of Preston Highway system ← SR 317 SR 319 → State Route 318 (SR 318) runs from U.S. Route 93 (US 93) at Crystal Springs, Nevada north to a location on U.S. Route 6 approximately 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Ely. It is often used as a shortcut between Ely and Las Vegas.
State Route 318 runs through Lincoln, Nye and White Pine Counties. Areas served by State Route 318 include Nesbitt Lake, Hiko, Sunnyside, and Lund. A particularly remote stretch of highway, State Route 318 is closed twice a year for the Nevada Open Road Challenge and Silver State Classic Challenge road races.
The racing videogame Need For Speed: Pro Street features a portion of the highway as a racing track for Speed Challenges.
Major intersections
Note: Mileposts in Nevada reset at county lines; the start and end mileposts for each county are given in the county column.
County Location Mile[2] Destinations Notes Lincoln
0.00–48.83Crystal Springs 0.00 US 93 – Las Vegas, Ely SR 375 (Extraterrestrial Highway) – Rachel Nye
0.00–38.69No major junctions White Pine
0.00–22.56SR 895 – Preston 22.56 US 6 – Ely, Tonopah 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi References
- ^ "Nevada State Maintained Highways: Descriptions, Index and Maps". Nevada Department of Transportation. January 2008. http://www.nevadadot.com/reports_pubs/State_Maintained/. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
- ^ "Maps of Milepost Location on Nevada's Federal and State Highway System by County". Nevada Department of Transportation. May 2008. http://www.nevadadot.com/traveler/maps/StateMaps/pdfs/MilepostBook2008.pdf. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
External links
Categories:- State highways in Nevada
- Nevada road stubs
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