Nevada State Route 844
{{short description|State highway in Nevada, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=NV
|type=SR
|route=844
|alternate_name=Ione Road
|map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=240|zoom=10|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Nevada State Route 844}}}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=SR 844 highlighted in red
|length_mi=12.319
|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=2017-01-12
}}
|established=1976
|decommissioned=
|direction_a=West
|terminus_a={{jct|state=NV|SR|361}} north of Gabbs
|junction=
|direction_b=East
|terminus_b=East of Humboldt-Toiyabe Nat'l Forest boundary
|cities=
|county= Nye
|previous_type=SR
|previous_route=839
|next_type=SR
|next_route=854
}}
State Route 844 (SR 844) is a {{convert|12.319|mi|km|adj=on}} state highway in central Nevada, United States. The route follows Ione Road, covering part of the connection between State Route 361 and Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park. SR 844 was formerly known as State Route 91, which extended further northeast to Ione.
Route description
State Route 844 begins at a junction with Gabbs Valley Road (SR 361) about {{convert|2|mi|km}} north of Gabbs. The route heads east from there, passing through a small section of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The state maintained highway ends in Ione Valley {{convert|2|mi|km}} east of the national forest boundary. The road continues past the SR 844 terminus to connect to Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park near the town site of Berlin and also provides connections to the town of Ione.{{cite map |publisher=Nevada Department of Transportation |title=Official Highway Map of Nevada |edition=2007-08 |year=2007 |section=D3 }}
History
The routing of SR 844 first appears on state maps in 1960 as State Route 91. This route was a graded road from State Route 23 (now SR 361) north of Gabbs east {{convert|3|mi|km}} to near Iron Stakes Mine. From there, the route extended east another {{convert|13|mi|km}} along an unpaved road towards the Ichthyosaur State Park area before turning north and traveling another {{convert|7|mi|km}} to Ione.{{cite map |publisher=Nevada State Highway Department |title=Official Highway Map of Nevada |url=http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,509 |year=1960 |section=E3 |access-date=2009-01-29 }} By 1968, the entire highway from the west terminus to the state park turn-off had been graded;{{cite map |publisher=Nevada State Highway Department |title=Official Highway Map of Nevada |url=http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,519 |year=1968 |section=E3 |access-date=2009-01-29 }} this section was paved by 1973.{{cite map |publisher=Nevada State Highway Department |title=Official Highway Map of Nevada |url=http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,529 |year=1973 |section=E3 |access-date=2009-01-29 }}
The route was changed in the 1976 renumbering of Nevada's state highway system. SR 91 was renumbered as State Route 844 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 }} The new number was first shown on the 1978–79 edition of the state highway map.{{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=2009-01-28 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709050308/http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,535 |archive-date=2012-07-09 |url-status=dead }}
Major intersections
See also
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- {{Portal-inline|U.S. Roads}}
References
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