The original Lincoln Highway entered Nevada just west of Ibapah, Utah. This route was never paved and no services are available. For a modern tour going west, from Wendover on I-80, take Alt US 93 south to Ely. (Great Basin National Park is 63 miles southeast of here.)

From Ely, the historic Lincoln Highway followed U.S. 50 west. Be careful if you drive during inclement weather: the drive to Reno is 317 miles and crosses several mountain passes over 7,500 feet. Along the way, you will cross much open country, punctuated by the historic mining towns of Eureka and Austin. Nevada has signed this as "The Loneliest Road in America."

West of Fallon there are two routes you can take:

• The northern (Donner) route, now marked as Alt U.S. 50, rejoined what is now I-80 into Reno, leaving the state at Verdi.
  
  
• The southern (Pioneer) route followed U.S. 50 southwest to Carson City, then to Zephyr Cove and around the beautiful south shore of Lake Tahoe.

• Nevada chapter

Nevada's "Loneliest Road"
Photo by C.N. Plummer

Highlights

Photos by C.N. Plummer

Old settler's cabin in Eureka	Historic stone tower in Austin	County courthouse in Fallon, built in 1903
Reno's historic arch	The National Automobile Museum in Reno	A Lincoln Highway bridge railing, at milepost 6 along eastbound I-80

Zephyr Cove at Lake Tahoe

Lincoln Highway marker in Carson City