Nevada State Route 512
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| Kings Canyon Road, King Street; Division Street, W. Fifth Street |
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| Length: | 2.282 mi (3.673 km) | |||
| Existed: | by 1983 – circa 2009 | |||
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| West end: | Kings Creek in Carson City | |||
| East end: |
    US 395 Bus. in Carson City
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State Route 512 (SR 512) was a state highway in Carson City, Nevada. It connected Kings Canyon west of Carson City to the state capitol using various city streets. The route dates to the mid-19th century, as part of a wagon trail linking Lake Tahoe and Carson City that was later incorporated into the Lincoln Highway. SR 512 was turned over to local control in 2010.
The western terminus of SR 512 was on the western edge of Carson City near the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in Kings Canyon. It began on Kings Canyon Road just east of Canyon Drive, where the road passes over Kings Canyon Creek. From there, the route headed eastward around a hill to enter residential areas of Carson City. After 1.375 miles (2.213 km), the route intersected Ormsby Boulevard and turned into King Street. State Route 512 continued east another 0.590 miles (0.950 km) to Division Street, where the route turned south. The highway followed Division Street 0.178 miles (0.286 km) to West Fifth Street. SR 512 turned east on Fifth Street and traveled 0.139 miles (0.224 km) to its eastern terminus at South Carson Street (U.S. Route 395 Business/SR 529) just south of the state capitol complex.
Kings Canyon Road has a history dating before white settlers came to the Eagle Valley, where Carson City now resides. It was originally a Washo Indian trail that crossed over the mountains separating the valley from Lake Tahoe. The trail became more prominent in the 1850s as would-be miners trekked west to California in search of gold. As the contributed to the growth of areas around Carson City in the 1860s, the trail became an important part of the Bonanza road system, linking the burgeoning Comstock region and Placerville, California. Nevada's territorial government, realizing the need to improve access to and from the west, authorized Alfred Helm and Butler Ives to begin construction of a road through Kings Canyon in 1862. Their route, completed by November 1863 as the final segment of the Lake Tahoe Wagon Road, would become the preferred route connecting Carson City to Spooner's Station east of Glenbrook.
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