Nevada State Route 317
state highway in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States
State Route 317 (SR 317) is a 21.490-mile-long (34.585 km) state highway in Lincoln County, Nevada. It connects the ghost town of Elgin north to U.S. Route 93 (US 93) in the city of Caliente. Portions of the highway were heavily damaged by flooding in January 2005 and repairs were not yet complete as of January 2015.
History
State Route 55 was a state highway in the U.S. state of Nevada, running south from U.S. Route 93 in Caliente into Kershaw–Ryan State Park. It was defined by 1935 and survived until the 1976 renumbering. As a result of the renumbering, SR 317 was assigned to the segment of SR 55 from US 93 in Caliente to Kershaw Park Entrance Rd.
Major intersections
The entire route is in Lincoln County.
The public source identifies “Nevada State Route 317” as state highway in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Nevada, State and Route.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 26, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q887134. Authority coordinates are 37.482, -114.574. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2005, 2015, 1935 and 1976.
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This entry incorporates text from “Nevada State Route 317” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.