Nevada State Route 34

State Route 34^[1] is a decommissioned state highway in Nevada from prior to the state's highway restructuring in 1978. Today a portion of former SR 34 is maintained by the Washoe County as a county highway with the not well known designation CR 34.^[2][3] A portion of State Route 447 was formerly SR 34,^[4] though the former SR 34 road bed is still used from Gerlach, Nevada to near Vya, Nevada.^[5]

A milemarker for CR 34, located about 5 miles north of Gerlach

State Route 34
Route information
Existed	?–1978
Major junctions
South end	CR 447 in Gerlach
Major intersections	Former SR 8A
North end	Coleman Valley Road
Location
Country	United States
State	Nevada
Highway system
Nevada State Highway System Interstate US State Pre‑1976 Scenic

The junction of Nevada 447 and CR 34. Notice that the shield for CR 34 is a circle, this is to indicate that CR 34 is not a state route.

History

In the 1950s the pavement ended and became gravel^[6] just past the sand dunes north of Nixon. In 1953, south of Gerlach, the paving was incomplete and State Route 81 from Gerlach to the California state line was not surfaced.^[7] By 1963, the road was paved to Gerlach^[8] and State Route 81 was partly paved from Gerlach to the California State Line.

Before 1978 SR 34 followed present day SR 447 route, from Gerlach to Wadsworth, Nevada.^[9]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Washoe County.

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Gerlach			CR 447	To SR 447
​			Northern terminus of CR 34 and southern terminus of SR 34
Vya			SR 8A east	Southern end of SR 8A concurrency
​			SR 8A west	Northern end of SR 8A concurrency
Oregon state line			Coleman Valley Road	To OR 140 – Adel, Lakeview, Denio
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Route transition