State Route 806 is a short state highway

State highway

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 in Lander County

Lander County, Nevada

Lander County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2000 census, the population was 5,794. Its county seat is Battle Mountain.-History:...

, Nevada

Nevada

Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...

 connecting the town of Battle Mountain

Battle Mountain, Nevada

Battle Mountain is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lander County, Nevada, United States. The population was 2,871 at the 2000 census. Though it has no legal status as a municipality, it still functions as the county seat of Lander County...

 to North Battle Mountain

North Battle Mountain, Nevada

North Battle Mountain is an unincorporated community in Lander County, Nevada, United States. North Battle Mountain is located at the northern terminus of Nevada State Route 806 north-northeast of Battle Mountain....

. Prior to 1976, the route was part of a longer State Route 18A.

Route description

State Route 806 begins at the intersection of Front Street (Interstate 80 Business/SR 304) and Reese Street in the business district of Battle Mountain. From there, the route follows Reese Street northeast over the Union Pacific Railroad

Union Pacific Railroad

The Union Pacific Railroad , headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, is the largest railroad network in the United States. James R. Young is president, CEO and Chairman....

 tracks towards the town's rodeo grounds. SR 806 then turns more northerly, crossing over the Reese River

Reese River

The Reese River is a tributary of the Humboldt River, located in central Nevada in the western United States. It rises in the southern section of the Toiyabe Range, on the flanks of Arc Dome...

 as it leaves the town limits. The route also bridges the Humboldt River

Humboldt River

The Humboldt River runs through northern Nevada in the western United States. At approximately long it is the second longest river in the Great Basin, after the Bear River. It has no outlet to the ocean, but instead empties into the Humboldt Sink...

 as it heads northward towards the tip of the Sheep Creek Range

Sheep Creek Range

The Sheep Creek Range is a mountain range in Lander County, Nevada. It is the site of a doppler radar station....

. SR 806 comes to an end at a cattle guard just south of a branch of the Union Pacific railroad at North Battle Mountain.

History

SR 806 was originally part of former State Route 18A. That route, established by 1950, followed the present-day highway up to the railroad station at North Battle Mountain, then turned northwest paralleling the Western Pacific

Western Pacific Railroad

The Western Pacific Railroad was a Class I railroad in the United States. It was formed in 1903 as an attempt to break the near-monopoly the Southern Pacific Railroad had on rail service into northern California...

 (now Union Pacific) railroad line and crossing into Humboldt County

Humboldt County, Nevada

Humboldt County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of 2007, the population was estimated to be 18,052. Its county seat is Winnemucca.The county was the site of an arrest in 2000 that led to the U.S. Supreme Court decision Hiibel v...

 to end at a junction with State Route 18 just south of Getchell Mine

Getchell Mine

Getchell Mine is an underground gold mine owned by both Barrick Gold, and Newmont Mining, and is located near Winnemucca, Nevada. The operation consists of two underground mines, the Getchell Mine, and Turquoise Ridge. The mining method currently used is drift and fill.The gold deposit is a...

. The route was about 41 miles (66 km) long, with most of that distance being unimproved surface. Most of the highway remained unimproved for several years, but the southernmost miles between Battle Mountain and the northern railroad crossing had been paved by 1963.

No major changes to State Route 18A were seen during its existence. The route lasted until the 1970s, when the highway disappeared from Nevada's state highway map on the 1973 edition. However, the south end of the route became State Route 806 in the renumbering of Nevada's state highways system that began on July 1, 1976.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Lander County

Lander County, Nevada

Lander County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2000 census, the population was 5,794. Its county seat is Battle Mountain.-History:...

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Location	Mile	Junction	Notes
Battle Mountain Battle Mountain, Nevada Battle Mountain is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lander County, Nevada, United States. The population was 2,871 at the 2000 census. Though it has no legal status as a municipality, it still functions as the county seat of Lander County...	0.00		To I-80 – Elko Elko, Nevada Elko is a city in Elko County, Nevada, United States. The population was 18,297 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Elko County. The city straddles the Humboldt River.... , Winnemucca Winnemucca, Nevada -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 7,174 people, 2,736 households, and 1,824 families residing in the city. The population density was 867.5 people per square mile . There were 3,280 housing units at an average density of 396.6 per square mile...
North Battle Mountain	5.81	Reese Road	continuation beyond terminus