Nevada State Route 264

State Route 264 (SR 264) is a 33.67-mile (54.19 km) state highway in Esmeralda County, Nevada, United States. It connects California State Route 266 to U.S. Route 6 (US 6) via the town of Dyer, Nevada. The majority of the route is known as Fish Lake Valley Road, with the northern portion referred to as the Dicalite Cutoff. A majority of the route was originally designated State Route 3A.

View from the north end of SR 264 looking southbound

State Route 264
Fish Lake Valley Road, Dicalite Cutoff
Route information
Maintained by NDOT
Length	33.667 mi[1] (54.182 km)
Existed	1976–present
Major junctions
South end	SR 266 towards Oasis, CA
North end	US 6 near Basalt
Location
Counties	Esmeralda
Highway system
Highways in Nevada Interstate U.S. State pre-1976 Scenic ← SR 233 → SR 265

Route description

SR 264 begins at the California State line approximately 4.3 miles (6.9 km) north of Oasis, California on California State Route 266. From there, the highway follows Fish Lake Valley Road north to pass through the small community of Dyer. As the route heads north from Dyer through Fish Lake Valley, Boundary Peak, the highest point in the state of Nevada, comes into view on the west side of the highway.[2] About 15 miles (24 km) north of Dyer is a junction with State Route 773, where Fish Lake Valley Road turns off of the route. At this point, SR 264 curves northwest to follow the Dicalite Cutoff. The route reaches its terminus at US 6, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Basalt.

History

The southern 25 miles (40 km) of State Route 264 and all of State Route 773 were both previously designated State Route 3A.[1]

Much of SR 264 was originally designated State Route 3A.

SR 3A first appears on state highway maps in 1933 as an unimproved road stretching from the California–Nevada state line to the junction of State Route 3 (now US 95) and State Route 15 (now US 6) at Coaldale.[3] The route's northern terminus appears to have been shifted 8 miles (13 km) west of Coaldale around 1937.[4] By 1941, SR 3A had been relocated to a new gravel road alignment which resembles that of present-day SR 264 and SR 773.[5] The road was paved between US 6 and Dyer by 1949,[6] and the remainder of the route received pavement by 1953.[7]

The Dicalite Cutoff first appears on the state map in 1978. This was also the first edition to show State Route 3A being replaced by State Route 264 as part of the statewide renumbering of Nevada's highway system.[8] The designations for current SR 264 and SR 773 were approved by the Nevada Department of Highways on July 1, 1976[9]—the routing of these highways north of Fish Lake Valley was not made clear on state maps until 1991, when SR 773 was finally shown on the map.[10]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Esmeralda County.

Location	mi[11]	km	Destinations	Notes
​	0.00	0.00	SR 266	Continuation beyond California state line
​	25.46	40.97	SR 773 (Fish Lake Valley Road)
​	33.67	54.19	US 6 – Tonopah, Bishop
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

•  United States portal
•  U.S. Roads portal

References

1. Nevada Department of Transportation (January 2017). "State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps". Retrieved 2017-04-17.
2. "Boundary Peak". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved January 11, 2009.
3. Official Road Map of Nevada (Map). Nevada Department of Highways. 1933. Retrieved January 11, 2009.
4. Official Road Map of the State of Nevada (Map). Nevada Department of Highways. 1937. Retrieved January 11, 2009.
5. Official Road Map of the State of Nevada (Map). Nevada Department of Highways. 1941. Retrieved January 11, 2009.
6. Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map). Nevada Department of Highways. 1949. § F3. Retrieved January 11, 2009.
7. Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map). Nevada Department of Highways. 1953. § F3. Archived from the original on February 9, 2011. Retrieved January 11, 2009.
8. Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map) (1978-79 ed.). Nevada Department of Highways. 1978. § E2. Archived from the original on February 9, 2011. Retrieved January 11, 2009.
9. Nevada State Maintained Highways: Descriptions, Index and Maps. Nevada Department of Transportation. January 2001. p. 104.
10. Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map) (1991-92 ed.). Nevada Department of Transportation. 1991. § E2. Retrieved January 11, 2009.
11. Nevada Department of Transportation (May 2008). "Maps of Milepost Location on Nevada's Federal and State Highway System by County" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 4, 2011. Retrieved January 11, 2009.