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Posted: 06 Dec 2014

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NV-722 Old US 50 (0770)

NV-722 Old US 50 (0770)
NV-722. The route is labeled on maps as 'old US 50' which, per a Wikipedia article, was the first paved version of the Lincoln Highway, constructed in 1924-25. This is also referred to as NV-2, which was the designation given by Nevada to the Lincoln Highway before the US route system was developed. At this point the route fit the description used for US-50 of loneliest road. Though there are ranches along this section, I saw no other traffic for about a half hour.
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 slgwv
slgwv
IIRC, the new alignment of 50 was built in the mid-60s. I remember it was already in place when I was in Austin in the early 70s.
Btw, this is Smith Creek Valley (and playa). Last July there was a landsailing competition here--we heard about it from the folks at the B&B in Kingston, where some of the participants were going to stay. I got a few telephotos of a lone landsailer presumably practicing out on the playa. Judging by my speed on the highway, they were going ~40 mph--pretty fast for such a craft!
11 years ago. Edited 11 years ago.
Don Barrett (aka DBs… club has replied to slgwv
Landsailing, at a more leisurely speed, looks interesting. Was it an event with lots of people? There isn't exactly a lot of accommodations or food places out there..
11 years ago.
slgwv has replied to Don Barrett (aka DBs… club
Yeah, landsailing looks interesting, at perhaps a less competitive level.
As I understood it the competition was quite a big deal, so that if you didn't get a place in Austin you camped out or commuted from Fallon. That funky little motel at Middlegate was full!
11 years ago.
Don Barrett (aka DBs… club has replied to slgwv
Of course, it's probably likely to draw people with too large RV's. I can just imagine a stretch of RV's mangling the brush...
11 years ago.

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