Nevada State Route 829

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Nevada 829.svg
State Route 829
Wellington Cutoff
Nevada State Route 829
SR 829 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NDOT
Length3.167 mi [1]  (5.097 km)
Existed1976–present
Major junctions
South endNevada 338.svg SR 338
North endNevada 208.svg SR 208 in Wellington
Location
Country United States
State Nevada
Highway system
  • Nevada State Highway System
Nevada 828.svg SR 828 Nevada 839.svg SR 839

State Route 829 (SR 829) is a state highway in Lyon County, Nevada. Also known as Wellington Road, the route serves as a shortcut connecting State Route 338 to State Route 208 near Wellington.

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History

View at the north end of SR 829 looking south 2015-10-28 17 42 02 View south from the north end of Nevada State Route 829 (Wellington Road) in Lyon County, Nevada.jpg
View at the north end of SR 829 looking south

Wellington Road was established as an unimproved roadway as early as 1917 and, by 1929, had been made part of State Route 22, a longer route through the Smith Valley connecting Wellington to Bridgeport, California. [2] [3] The Wellington Road portion of SR 22 was reassigned to State Route 829 in Nevada's state highway renumbering in the late 1970s, with the remainder of the old route becoming State Route 338. [4] [5]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Lyon County.

Locationmi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
0.0000.000Nevada 338.svg SR 338  Yerington, Bridgeport
Wellington 3.1675.097Nevada 208.svg SR 208  Gardnerville, Yerington
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

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    1. 1 2 Nevada Department of Transportation (January 2017). "State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps" . Retrieved 2017-01-12.
    2. Road Map of the State of Nevada (Map). Nevada Department of Highways. 1917. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
    3. Highway Map State of Nevada (Map). Nevada Department of Highways. 1929. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
    4. Nevada State Maintained Highways: Descriptions, Index and Maps. Nevada Department of Transportation. January 2001. pp. 109–110.
    5. Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map) (1978-79 ed.). Nevada State Highway Department. 1978. § D1. Archived from the original on 2015-01-22. Retrieved 2010-01-13.