Loneliest Road in America

From the Utah border and Great Basin National Park in the East to Carson City and Lake Tahoe in the West, US-50 stretches more than 400 miles across Nevada. The region was mapped by early explorers, Pony Express riders raced across it, and it was tamed by the long-distance Lincoln Highway. A more scenic alternative to the mind-numbing I-80 that lies to the north, US-50 across Nevada has gained a measure of notoriety in its own right—it’s known as the “Loneliest Road in America.”