Nevada State Route 306

State Route 306 (SR 306) is a 30.631-mile (49.296 km) state highway in Lander and Eureka counties in northern Nevada, United States. It connects the mining area of Gold Acres in Lander County to Interstate 80 (I-80) at the Beowawe Interchange near Beowawe in Eureka County via Crescent Valley. The road has been a state highway since the 1920s, having been established as part of a much longer State Route 21 by 1929.

State Route 306 marker

State Route 306

Gold Acres Road
SR 306 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NDOT
Length30.633 mi[1] (49.299 km)
Existed1976–present
Major junctions
South endEast of Gold Acres
North end I-80 north of Beowawe
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
CountiesLander, Eureka
Highway system
  • Nevada State Highway System
← SR 305→ SR 317

Route description
View along SR 306, north of Beowawe, looking southbound,
May 2014

SR 306 begins at the road to Barrack Cortez Mine, just east of Gold Acres in central Lander County. From this point, the route heads in a north-northeasterly direction, away from the mountains of the Shoshone Range. After about 12 miles (19 km), the highway crosses into Eureka County and passes through the small community of Crescent Valley. Passing through the town, SR 306 continues on its straight course northward through the valley of the same name.[1][2] The route reaches the town of Beowawe, where it crosses over the Union Pacific Railroad, and soon after, bridges the Humboldt River. The highway passes briefly through Whirlwind Valley before reaching Interstate 80, where SR 306 terminates at the Beowawe Interchange (exit 261).[1][3]

History
SR 306 used to be part of State Route 21

The road dates back to at least 1929. At that time, it was part of a longer State Route 21 which extended north from SR 2/U.S. Route 50 (US 50) near Austin all the way through Crescent Valley and Beowawe to SR 1/US 40 (now I-80).[4] By 1933, the southern end of SR 21 had been extended beyond Austin, branching from US 50 just west of town and heading in a southwesterly direction towards Ione.[5] Not counting the brief overlap with US 50, the total length of State Route 21 was around 144 miles (232 km).[6] The entire route remained a dirt or gravel-graded route until about 1958, when the northern 30 miles (48 km) between Gold Point and US 40 were paved.[7]

Aside from a little more paving south of Gold Point, SR 21 remained unchanged into the 1970s. However, on July 1, 1976, Nevada began a renumbering of its state highways. In this process, the paved portion of the highway between Crescent Valley and US 40/I-80 north of Beowawe was redesignated as State Route 306. This change was first seen on state maps in 1978.[8] The rest of SR 21 remained on official Nevada maps for a short time, but was ultimately removed from the state highway system by 1982.[9] The paved highway extending to the Gold Acres site wasn't shown on state maps until 1993.[10] The route has remained relatively unchanged since.

Major intersections

Note: Mileposts in Nevada reset at county lines; the start and end mileposts are given in the county column.

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Lander
0.000–10.492		​0.0000.000Gold Acres Road south – Gold Acres, Cortez Gold Mine Road, Barrick Pipline Mine, Cortez Gold MineRoad continues south beyond southern terminus
Gold Acres Road (1,900 feet [580 m] northeast of Cortez Gold Mine Road)Southern terminus
Eureka
0.000–20.141		BeowaweBridge over the Humboldt River
​30.63349.299
 I-80 west – Battle Mountain, Winnemucca, Reno

 I-80 east – Carlin, Elko		Northern terminus;
Diamond interchange Exit 261
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References
  1. Nevada Department of Transportation (January 2017). "State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps". Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  2. Quadrangle 4-6 (PDF) (Map). Nevada Department of Transportation. 2010. Retrieved 2 Oct 2011.
  3. Quadrangle 3-5 (PDF) (Map). Nevada Department of Transportation. 1992. Retrieved 2 Oct 2011.
  4. Highway Map State of Nevada (Map). Nevada Department of Highways. 1929. Retrieved 2 Oct 2011.
  5. Official Road Map of Nevada (Map). Nevada Department of Highways. 1933. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved 2 Oct 2011.
  6. Official Road Map of the State of Nevada (Map). Nevada Department of Highways. 1937. Retrieved 2 Oct 2011.
  7. Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map). Nevada Department of Highways. 1958. § C4. Archived from the original on December 15, 2012. Retrieved 2 Oct 2011.
  8. Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map). Nevada Department of Highways. 1978. § B4. Archived from the original on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 2 Oct 2011.
  9. Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map). Nevada Department of Transportation. 1982. § B4. Retrieved 2 Oct 2011.
  10. Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map). Nevada Department of Transportation. 1993. § B4. Retrieved 2 Oct 2011.
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