Nevada State Route 379
state highway in Nye County, Nevada, United States
State Route 379 (SR 379) covers Duckwater Road, a 19.532-mile (31.434 km) state highway in Nye County, Nevada, United States. The route serves the Duckwater Indian Reservation, connecting the community of Duckwater to U.S. Route 6 at Currant. The highway was formerly a part of State Route 20 prior to the 1970s.
Route description
SR 379 begins in the small town of Currant, located approximately 52 miles (84 km) southwest of Ely. From there, the highway heads northwest about 15 miles (24 km) as it passes through Railroad Valley. Upon meeting the foothills of the Pancake Range, the route curves northward and then turns west again before reaching the town of Duckwater.
History
State maps show a road leading to Duckwater existed as early as 1919, although it was longer and followed a more north–south alignment. The route connected to State Route 4 (now US 6) southwest of Currant at the town of Butler's and proceeded north of Duckwater to a junction with State Route 2 (now US 50) south of Eureka. This road was designated State Route 20 by 1929. In 1941, the southern end of the 57 miles (92 km) route to Duckwater had been graded.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Nevada State Route 379” as state highway in Nye County, Nevada, United States. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as state highway in Nye County, Nevada, United States. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 30, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q887313. Authority coordinates are 39.032, -115.736. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1919, 1929 and 1941.
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