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Nevada State Route 48 goes from I-80 near [[Lovelock]] to Highway 49 near [[Garrett Ranch]].
Nevada State Route 48 goes from I-80 near [[Lovelock]] to [[Highway 49]] near [[Garrett Ranch]].
 
Highway 48 passes through the former [[Sahwave Naval Gunnery Range]]


== Resources ==
== Resources ==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_State_Route_48 Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_State_Route_48 Wikipedia]
* [http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,497 Nevada tourist highway map (1955?)] shows the Black Rock Desert as a "Danger Area."  The Sahwave is not named, but labelled as "Travel Restricted" and "Danger Area".  Highway 48 through [[Vernon]] travels through the "Danger Area".
* Peggy Trego, "[http://newspaperarchive.com/nevada-state-journal/1956-04-29/page-10 Highway 48 Remains Open For Travel, Long May it Waver:  It takes you from Lovelock to Black Rock,]" Nevada State Journal, March 29, 1956.  The 1956 Nevada Highways map showed highway 48 as restricted.
* [http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,513 Official highway map of Nevada (1963-1964)] does not show the Black Rock Desert as restricted.  However, the unnamed Sahwave is marked as "Danger Area" and "Travel Restricted" on 48.
* [http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,513 Official highway map of Nevada (1963-1964)] does not show the Black Rock Desert as restricted.  However, the unnamed Sahwave is marked as "Danger Area" and "Travel Restricted" on 48.


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Revision as of 02:41, 2 March 2014

Nevada State Route 48 goes from I-80 near Lovelock to Highway 49 near Garrett Ranch.

Highway 48 passes through the former Sahwave Naval Gunnery Range

Resources