Nevada State Route 372
{{Short description|Highway in Nevada}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=NV
|type=NV
|route=372
|alternate_name=Charles Brown Highway
|map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=240|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Nevada State Route 372}}}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=SR 372 highlighted in red
|length_mi=7.769
|length_round=3
|established=1976
|direction_a=West
|terminus_a={{jct|state=CA|SR|178}} at California state line
|direction_b=East
|terminus_b={{jct|state=NV|SR|160}} in Pahrump
|previous_type=NV
|previous_route=362
|next_type=NV
|next_route=373
}}
State Route 372 (SR 372) is a short state highway in Nye County, Nevada, United States. The route connects the town of Pahrump to the southeast side of Death Valley National Park via California State Route 178. The route was formerly a part of State Route 52 until being renumbered in 1976.
Route description
State Route 372 begins at the California state line along California State Route 178, about {{convert|18|mi|km}} northwest of the town of Shoshone near the eastern border of Death Valley National Park. From the state line, the route heads northwest where rural areas surrounding Pahrump come into view after a short distance. Development around the route gets more dense as the route continues easterly through the town. SR 372 comes to an end in the middle of Pahrump, at an intersection with State Route 160.{{cite map |publisher=Nevada Department of Transportation |title=Official Highway Map of Nevada |edition=2007–08 |date=2007 |section=F4 }}{{Google maps |title=SR 372 Overview |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=NV-372+E&daddr=NV-372+%26+NV-160,+Pahrump,+NV&hl=en&geocode=FdrdJwIdBFMU-Q%3BFdqAKAIdCDcW-SnnhvEOezfGgDF_FKyEgGRtmw&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=13&sll=36.174188,-116.06472&sspn=0.088962,0.180416&ie=UTF8&ll=36.184165,-116.046009&spn=0.08895,0.180416&t=h&z=13 |accessdate=2010-01-06}}
History
{{See also|Nevada State Route 156}}
The road that is now SR 372 was established by 1937. The unimproved route was incorporated into the westernmost end of the State Route 52 alignment, which had been redefined to extend from the California state line, through Pahrump and the Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest north of Charleston Peak, to State Route 5 southeast of Indian Springs.{{cite map |publisher=Nevada State Highway Department |title=Official Road Map of the State of Nevada |url=http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,469 |date=1937 |access-date=2010-01-07 }} By 1940, State Route 52 was shown to be discontinuous through the national forest.{{cite map |publisher=Nevada State Highway Department |title=Official Road Map of the State of Nevada |url=http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,473 |date=1940 |access-date=2010-01-07 }} The portion of SR 52 west of Pahrump had been improved to a gravel road by 1950,{{cite map |publisher=Nevada Department of Highways |title=Official Highway Map Nevada |url=http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,487 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121215044053/http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,487 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 15, 2012 |date=1950 |section=I5 |access-date=2010-01-07 }} and had been constructed to a paved highway by 1956.{{cite map |publisher=Nevada Department of Highways |title=Official Highway Map Nevada |url=http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,501 |date=1956 |section=I5 |access-date=2010-01-07 }}
The California–to–Pahrump segment of State Route 52 did not undergo any significant changes for several years after being improved in the 1950s. When Nevada began renumbering its state highways in 1976, however, this portion of SR 52 was renumbered to State Route 372.{{cite book |title=Nevada State Maintained Highways: Descriptions, Index and Maps |date=January 2001 |publisher=Nevada Department of Transportation |page=112 }} The new route number was first seen on Nevada's official state highway maps in 1978.{{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 |section=F4 |access-date=2010-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122214240/http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?%2Fhmaps%2C535 |archive-date=2015-01-22 |url-status=dead }} SR 372 has remained relatively unchanged since.
Major intersections
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{{NVint
|location=none
|mile=0.00
|road={{jct|state=CA|SR|178|dir1=west|city1=Shoshone}}
|notes=Continuation beyond California state line
}}
{{NVint
|location=Pahrump
|mile=7.769
|road={{jct|state=NV|SR|160|name1=Pahrump Valley Road|city1=Tonopah|city2=Reno|city3=Las Vegas}}
}}
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References
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