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| Wellington Cutoff | ||||
 SR 829 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by NDOT | ||||
| Length | 3.167 mi[1] (5.097 km) | |||
| Existed | 1976–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  SR 338 | |||
| North end |  SR 208 in Wellington | |||
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State Route 829 (SR 829) is a state highway in Lyon County, Nevada. Also known as Wellington Road, the route serves as a shortcut connecting State Route 338 to State Route 208 near Wellington.
History
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View at the north end of SR 829 looking south
Wellington Road was established as an unimproved roadway as early as 1917 and, by 1929, had been made part of State Route 22, a longer route through the Smith Valley connecting Wellington to Bridgeport, California.[2][3] The Wellington Road portion of SR 22 was reassigned to State Route 829 in Nevada's state highway renumbering in the late 1970s, with the remainder of the old route becoming State Route 338.[4][5]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Lyon County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 0.000 | 0.000 | SR 338 – Yerington, Bridgeport | ||
| Wellington | 3.167 | 5.097 | SR 208 – Gardnerville, Yerington | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- ^ a b Nevada Department of Transportation (January 2017). "State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps". Retrieved 2017-01-12.
- ^ Road Map of the State of Nevada (Map). Nevada Department of Highways. 1917. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
- ^ Highway Map State of Nevada (Map). Nevada Department of Highways. 1929. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
- ^ Nevada State Maintained Highways: Descriptions, Index and Maps. Nevada Department of Transportation. January 2001. pp. 109–110.
- ^ Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map) (1978-79 ed.). Nevada State Highway Department. 1978. § D1. Archived from the original on 2011-02-09. Retrieved 2010-01-13.