Nevada State Route 157 (Kyle Canyon Road) is a 21.562-mile corridor which serves as direct access for the Las Vegas area to Mount Charleston in the Spring Mountains. Nevada State Route 157 begins at Interstate 11/US Route 95 exit 96 and begins a rapid ascent into the Spring Mountains via Kyle Canyon to the site of Mount Charleston Lodge. The origins of Kyle Canyon Road can be traced back to the Kiel sawmill during the 1870s and 1880s. The Kiel sawmill site was repurposed as the location for the Griffith campground in 1905. The Griffith campground was connected to Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad Tule Station via Kyle Canyon Road. The original Mount Charleston Lodge was constructed at the western end of Kyle Canyon Road in 1915. During the 1932-1934 Nevada Department of Highways Biennium funds obtained from the Bureau of Public Roads which would be used to modernize Kyle Canyon Road with a gravel surface. The then newly graveled Kyle ...
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