San Miguel Canyon Road is an approximately 8.3-mile-long rural highway located in northern Monterey County. San Miguel Canyon Road begins at San Juan Road (Monterey County Route G11) and heads south towards Prunedale. The corridor of San Miguel Canyon Road picks up the designation of Monterey County Route G12 at Hall Road and carries it south to US Route 101 in Prunedale. San Miguel Canyon Road has served the Prunedale community since the 1890s. As the name suggests much of the roadway corridor passes through San Miguel Canyon. As northern Monterey County grew in the second half the twentieth century San Miguel Canyon Road would become a major local highway. In 1965 the Hall Road-US Route 101 segment of San Miguel Canyon Road was added as component of Monterey County Route G12. Part 1; the history San Miguel Canyon Road San Miguel Canyon Road serves to connect the community of Prunedale northward to San Juan Road (Monterey County Route G11...
Nevada State Route 157 (Kyle Canyon Road) is a 21.562-mile corridor which serves as direct access for the Las Vegas area to Mount Charleston in the Spring Mountains. Nevada State Route 157 begins at Interstate 11/US Route 95 exit 96 and begins a rapid ascent into the Spring Mountains via Kyle Canyon to the site of Mount Charleston Lodge. The origins of Kyle Canyon Road can be traced back to the Kiel sawmill during the 1870s and 1880s. The Kiel sawmill site was repurposed as the location for the Griffith campground in 1905. The Griffith campground was connected to Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad Tule Station via Kyle Canyon Road. The original Mount Charleston Lodge was constructed at the western end of Kyle Canyon Road in 1915. During the 1932-1934 Nevada Department of Highways Biennium funds obtained from the Bureau of Public Roads which would be used to modernize Kyle Canyon Road with a gravel surface. The then newly graveled Kyle ...