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| Above, the Hotel Nevada on Hwy. 50 in Ely, Nevada. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
How many of you readers here have been on "The Loneliest Road In America"?
If you're wondering what road has that designation, it is Highway 50 that crosses the state of Nevada.
I was on Route 50 while in Ely, Nevada last summer. A friend and I had dinner at the Hotel Nevada's Denny's Restaurant, which is on Route 50 in Ely.
National Geographic has an interesting pictorial article on Route 50.
They begin with:
Where the state of Nevada folds in half—from the elbow on its western arm at Lake Tahoe across to its Utah border—you’ll find the most direct route across the state. It crosses several communities, a handful of mountain ranges, a national park, and one reservoir, where bobcats, foxes, and wild horses roam free. There’s life, yes, but not a familiar way of life for many. It’s a place where the lines between John Wayne Westerns and everyday life blur, where ghost towns bleed into living ones. This is Route 50, the Loneliest Road in America.
Or so says Life magazine. In July 1986, the publication honored the Statue of Liberty’s 100th birthday and highlighted American superlatives: On one page, the “Cutest” (a toddler actor) appears alongside the “Loneliest Road” below a photo of a seemingly endless highway that reaches across the desert toward the mountains, a lone cowboy on horseback crossing from one side of nothingness to the other. An anonymous AAA counselor is quoted in the article: “We warn all motorists not to drive there, unless they're confident of their survival skills.”
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| Above, the Stardust Ranch is blocks away from Hwy. 50 in Ely. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
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