List of former state routes in Nevada
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The following is a list of state routes in Nevada longer than one mile (1.6 km) in length that have been removed from the Nevada state highway system since 1976. Several of these highways were reorganized into the state system of frontage roads.
List of highways
State Route 121
State Route 142
State Route 144
State Route 144 (SR 144) in Mesquite was also designated as Interstate 15 Business. It was removed as of December 31, 2005. It covered Mesquite Boulevard and Sandhill Boulevard in Mesquite. The State Route designation was applied to the portion of Mesquite Boulevard from its southern crossing of Interstate 15 to Sandhill Boulevard, then along Sandhill Boulevard to its northern crossing of Interstate 15. The route was 3.132 miles (5.040 km) long.
Route 144, from SR 170 to Hillside Drive, was once US 91, which used to stretch from Sweetgrass, Montana to Long Beach, California.
State Route 153
State Route 162
State Route 162 existed between 1976 and sometime between 1999 and 2010. The most recent alignment of the route began at the California state line as the Needles Highway.
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