Nevada State Route 854

State Route 854
Lone Mountain Road, Western Avenue
Route information
Maintained by NDOT
Length:	4.120 mi[1] (6.630 km)
Existed:	1976 – present
Major junctions
West end:	SR 399 near Lovelock
East end:	SR 398 in Lovelock
Highway system
Nevada highways ← SR 844 SR 856 →

State Route 854 (SR 854) is a state highway in Pershing County, Nevada serving the vicinity of Lovelock. The route comprised a portion of former State Route 48.

Route description

State Route 854 begins northwest of Lovelock at an intersection with Pitt Road/Eagle Picher Mine Road (SR 399). From there, the two-lane highway travels south along Lone Mountain Road for about 1.6 miles (2.6 km), passing a local cemetery. The route then turns east and heads through farmlands towards downtown Lovelock.^[2] Entering the city limits at Jamestown Road, the road now follows Western Avenue through residential areas. SR passes by the Pershing County Courthouse and then turns northeast on Dartmouth Avenue to terminate at an intersection with Main Street (SR 398) in downtown Lovelock.^[3][1]

History

SR 854 was a part of former State Route 48.

SR 854 was originally designated as the easternmost end of the much longer State Route 48. SR 48 followed the current highway away from Lovelock, then turned westward along present-day State Route 399 passing near the Seven Troughs Mine area to terminate at State Route 34 at Gerlach.^[4] That route was designated by 1935.^[5] On July 1, 1976, this section of SR 48 was reassigned to State Route 854 as part of the renumbering of Nevada's state highway system.^[6]

Major intersections

The route lies entirely within Pershing County.

Location	Mile[7]	Junction	Notes
	0.00	SR 399 (Pitt Road, Eagle Picher Mine Road)	Western terminus
Lovelock	4.12	SR 398 (Main Street)	Eastern terminus

References

Nevada portal

1. ^ ^{a b} Nevada Department of Transportation (January 2008). "Nevada State Maintained Highways: Descriptions, Index and Maps". http://www.nevadadot.com/reports_pubs/State_Maintained/. Retrieved 2009-07-08. 
2. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Overview of SR 854 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Pitt+Road+and+Lone+Mountain+Road,+Pershing+County,+NV&daddr=40.180119,-118.522997+to:Western+Ave+%26+Dartmouth+Ave,+Lovelock,+NV&hl=en&geocode=&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=14&via=1&sll=40.191355,-118.49722&sspn=0.042618,0.090895&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=14. Retrieved 2009-07-08. 
3. ^ Nevada Department of Transportation (2004). Lovelock Area (Map). http://www.nevadadot.com/traveler/maps/areamaps/pdfs/lovelock.pdf. Retrieved 2009-07-08. 
4. ^ State of Nevada Laws Relating to Highways and State Parks. Carson City, Nevada: State Printing Office. 1951. p. 15. 
5. ^ Nevada State Highway Department (1935). Official Road Map of Nevada (Map). http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,465. Retrieved 2009-07-08. 
6. ^ Nevada State Maintained Highways: Descriptions, Index and Maps. Nevada Department of Transportation. January 2001. p. 113. 
7. ^ Nevada Department of Transportation (May 2008). "Maps of Milepost Location on Nevada's Federal and State Highway System by County". http://www.nevadadot.com/traveler/maps/StateMaps/pdfs/MilepostBook2008.pdf. Retrieved 2009-07-08.