Gribblenation

Nevada State Route 160 is an 80.326-mile state highway located in Clark County and Nye County.  The highway corridor serves as the primary access route between Las Vegas Valley and Pahrump Valley via Mountain Springs Summit.  The so-called Pahrump Valley Highway was completed during the 1955-1956 Fiscal Years and didn't receive a state highway number until being assigned as Nevada State Route 160 in 1976.  The current corridor of Nevada State Route 160 also includes what was Nevada State Route 16 north of Pahrump to US Route 95.   Part 1; the history of Nevada State Route 160 Current Nevada State Route 160 uses Mountain Springs Summit to cross the Spring Mountains between Las Vegas Valley and Pahrump Valley.  The summit came to significance during an expedition led by John C. Fremont in 1844.  The corridor was most famously used as part of Fremont's Cutoff along the Old Spanish Trail during the era of the California Gold Rush.   Pahrump Valle...