Nevada State Route 377
{{short description|State highway in Nevada, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=NV
|type=SR
|county=Nye
|route=377
|alternate_name=Manhattan Road
|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 377}}}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=SR 377 highlighted in red
|length_mi=6.597
|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
|access-date=2017-04-10
}}
|established=1976
|direction_a=West
|terminus_a={{jct|state=NV|SR|376}} near Manhattan
|direction_b=East
|terminus_b=Manhattan
|previous_type=SR
|previous_route=376
|next_type=SR
|next_route=378
}}
State Route 377 (SR 377) is a {{convert|6.6|mi|km|adj=on}} state highway in Nye County, Nevada, United States. The route connects the town of Manhattan to State Route 376. The highway previously existed as State Route 69.
Route description
SR 377 begins at a junction with SR 376 in the center of the Big Smoky Valley in northwestern Nye County. The route heads southeasterly, passing through some mountains as it heads towards Manhattan. The highway comes to an end on Main Street in the middle of the town.{{cite map |publisher=Nevada Department of Transportation |title=Official Highway Map of Nevada |edition=2007–08 |date=2007 |section=D3 }}
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History
{{Infobox road small
|state=NV
|type=SR
|route=69
|formed=1942
|deleted=1976
}}
An unimproved road linking Manhattan westward to State Route 8A (now SR 376) existed as early as 1936.{{cite map |publisher=Nevada Department of Highways |title=Official Road Map of the State of Nevada |url=http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,467 |date=1936 |access-date=2009-01-17 }} By 1942, this road was designated as State Route 69.{{cite map |publisher=Nevada Department of Highways |title=Official Road Map of the State of Nevada |url=http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,477 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121215060235/http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,477 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 15, 2012 |date=1942 |access-date=2009-01-17 }} The route was improved to a gravel surface by 1946{{cite map |publisher=Nevada Department of Highways |title=Official Road Map of the State of Nevada |url=http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,479 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121215113617/http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,479 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 15, 2012 |date=1946 |access-date=2009-01-17 }} but would not actually be paved until 1976.{{cite map |publisher=Nevada State Highway Department |title=Official Highway Map of Nevada |url=http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,533 |edition=1976–77 |date=1976 |section=D3 |access-date=2009-01-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226015141/http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?%2Fhmaps%2C533 |archive-date=2014-12-26 |url-status=dead }}
Shortly after paving, the highway was affected by the 1976 renumbering of Nevada's state highways. The SR 69 designation was eliminated and replaced by State Route 377 on July 1, 1976,{{cite book |title=Nevada State Maintained Highways: Descriptions, Index and Maps |date=January 2001 |publisher=Nevada Department of Transportation |page=112 }} possibly due to the sexual connotation of the number;{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}} maps began to reflect this change in 1978.{{cite map |publisher=Nevada State Highway Department |title=Official Highway Map of Nevada |url=http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,535 |edition=1978–79 |date=1978 |section=D3 |access-date=2009-01-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122214240/http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?%2Fhmaps%2C535 |archive-date=2015-01-22 |url-status=dead }}
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Major intersections
{{NVint
|location=none
|mile=0.00
|road={{jct|state=NV|SR|376|city1=Austin|city2=Tonopah}}
|notes=Western terminus
}}
{{NVint
|location=Manhattan
|mile=6.60
|road=Main Street
|notes=Continuation beyond terminus
}}
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See also
- {{Portal-inline|Nevada}}
- {{Portal-inline|U.S. Roads}}
References
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