Nevada State Route 265
{{Short description|Highway in Nevada}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=NV
|type=NV
|route=265
|alternate_name=Silver Peak Road
|map=Nevada 265 map.svg
|length_mi=20.500
|length_round=3
|length_ref={{cite web
|title=State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps
|author=Nevada Department of Transportation
|author-link=Nevada Department of Transportation
|url=http://www.nevadadot.com/doing-business/about-ndot/ndot-divisions/planning/roadway-systems/state-maintained-highways-descriptions-index-maps
|date=January 2017
|accessdate=2017-04-17
}}
|established=July 1, 1976
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a=Silver Peak Road in Silver Peak
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b={{Jct|state=NV|Future|11|US|6|US|95}} in Blair Junction
|county=Esmeralda
|previous_type=NV
|previous_route=264
|next_type=NV
|next_route=266
}}
State Route 265 (SR 265) is a {{convert|20.5|mi|km|adj=on}} U.S. State highway in Esmeralda County, Nevada. Referred to as Silver Peak Road, it connects the community of Silver Peak to U.S. Route 6 and U.S. Route 95 (US 6–95). The route formerly existed as State Route 47.
Route description
SR 265 starts at Silver Peak Road (an unrelated road heading east) just southwest of Silver Peak. The highway curves north as the main road through the town. Outside of Silver Peak, the route heads north and slightly westward through the desert. SR 265 ends at Blair Junction on US 6–95, approximately {{convert|6|mi|km}} east of Coaldale.
History
Silver Peak Road first appears on the 1935 edition of the official state highway map. This version shows it as State Route 47, an unimproved highway.{{cite map |publisher=Nevada Department of Highways |title=Official Road Map of Nevada |url=http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,465 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121211152024/http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,465 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 11, 2012 |date=1935 |accessdate=January 11, 2009 }} The entire road had been paved by 1940.{{cite map |publisher=Nevada Department of Highways |title=Official Road Map of the State of Nevada |url=http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,473 |date=1940 |accessdate=January 11, 2009 }} SR 47 remained relatively unchanged until July 1, 1976, when the highway was rechristened as State Route 265.{{cite map |publisher=Nevada Department of Highways |title=Official Highway Map of Nevada |url=http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,535 |edition=1978-79 |date=1978 |accessdate=January 11, 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122214240/http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?%2Fhmaps%2C535 |archivedate=January 22, 2015 |url-status=dead }}
Major intersections
{{Jcttop|state=NV|county=Esmeralda|length_ref={{cite map |title=NDOT Maintenance Districts and Mileposts |publisher=Nevada Department of Transportation |url=https://www.dot.nv.gov/home/showpublisheddocument?id=17059 |date=2019 |accessdate=April 6, 2021}}}}
{{NVint
|location=Silver Peak
|mile=0.000
|road=Silver Peak Road
|notes=Southern terminus
}}
{{NVint
|location=Blair Junction
|mile=20.500
|road={{Jct|state=NV|Future|11|US|6|US|95|city1=Tonopah|city2=Hawthorne}}
|notes=Proposed interchange; northern terminus
}}
{{Jctbtm}}
See also
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- {{Portal-inline|Nevada}}
- {{Portal-inline|U.S. Roads}}
References
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{{Commons category|Nevada State Route 265}}