Nevada State Route 715 rural highway located west of Fallon in Churchill County. Nevada State Route 715 is 2.135 miles and follows McLean Road from US Route 50 southeast to Nevada State Route 117. Functionally Nevada State Route 715 serves as a bypass of downtown Fallon between US Routes 50 and 95. Historically McLane Road served the California Trail stage community of Ragtown and was the location of an early bridge over the Carson River (now the Old Carson River). The current bridge carrying McLean Road over the Old Carson River was constructed in 1957. McLean Road was commissioned as Nevada State Route 715 in 1976 amid the larger state highway system renumbering. Part 1; the history of Nevada State Route 715 Nevada State Route 715 follows McLean Road from US Route 50 southeast 2.135 miles over the Carson River to Nevada State Route 117 (Sheckler Road). Functionally the roadway acts as a bypass of downtown Fallon as it can be used as a cu...
Nevada State Route 161 is rural highway located in southern Clark County. This highway begins at Interstate 15 in Jean and follows Goodsprings Road and Spring Street westward 7.277 miles to Esmeralda Street in Goodsprings. Goodsprings Road was part of the Silver Lake Cutoff which was adopted as the then new alignment of the Arrowhead Trail in 1920. When the Silver Lake Cutoff was commissioned, it saved approximately 90 miles of travel through the Mojave Desert between Las Vegas and Barstow. Originally the Arrowhead Trail passed through Searchlight south of Las Vegas and entered California near Bannock. The Silver Lake Cutoff followed Las Vegas Boulevard south to Jean and turned westward towards Goodsprings. Within Goodsprings the Arrowhead Trail passed through the community via Spring Street, Esmerald Street, Reimann Road and Columbia Mill Road. From Goodsprings the Silver Lake Cutoff crossed Columbia Pass via Sandy Valley Road and entered...