Nevada State Route 264
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| Fish Lake Valley Road, Dicalite Cutoff | ||||
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| Length: | 33.667 mi (54.182 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1976 – present | |||
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 SR 266 towards Oasis, CA
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| North end: |
 US 6 near Basalt
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| Counties: | Esmeralda | |||
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State Route 264 (SR 264) is a 33.67-mile (54.19 km) state highway in Esmeralda County, Nevada, United States. It connects California State Route 266 to U.S. Route 6 (US 6) via the town of Dyer, Nevada. The majority of the route is known as Fish Lake Valley Road, with the northern portion referred to as the Dicalite Cutoff. A majority of the route was originally designated State Route 3A.
SR 264 begins at the California State line approximately 4.3 miles (6.9 km) north of Oasis, California on California State Route 266. From there, the highway follows Fish Lake Valley Road north to pass through the small community of Dyer. As the route heads north from Dyer through Fish Lake Valley, Boundary Peak, the highest point in the state of Nevada, comes into view on the west side of the highway. About 15 miles (24 km) miles north of Dyer is a junction with State Route 773, where Fish Lake Valley Road turns off of the route. At this point, SR 264 curves northwest to follow the Dicalite Cutoff. The route reaches its terminus at US 6, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Basalt.
The southern 25 miles (40 km) of State Route 264 and all of State Route 773 were both previously designated State Route 3A.
SR 3A first appears on state highway maps in 1933 as an unimproved road stretching from the California–Nevada state line to the junction of State Route 3 (now US 95) and State Route 15 (now US 6) at Coaldale. The route's northern terminus appears to have been shifted 8 miles (13 km) west of Coaldale around 1937. By 1941, SR 3A had been relocated to a new gravel road alignment which resembles that of present-day SR 264 and SR 773. The road was paved between US 6 and Dyer by 1949, and the remainder of the route received pavement by 1953.
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