State Route 485 was a state highway in White Pine County

White Pine County, Nevada

White Pine County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. Its population at the 2010 census was 10,030. Its county seat is Ely. It is the home of Great Basin National Park...

, 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...

. It provided access to the town of Ruth

Ruth, Nevada

Ruth is a small town in White Pine County, Nevada, that was founded in 1903. It is a census-designated place, with a population in 2010 of 440.- History :Ruth began as a settlement for workers of the White Pine Copper Company in 1903...

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Route description

SR 485 started at U.S. Route 50

U.S. Route 50 in Nevada

U.S. Route 50 is a transcontinental highway in the United States, stretching from Sacramento, California in the west to Ocean City, Maryland on the east coast. The Nevada portion crosses the center of state and was named The Loneliest Road in America by Life magazine in July 1986...

 (US 50), about 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Ely

Ely, Nevada

Ely is the largest city and county seat of White Pine County, Nevada, United States. Ely was founded as a stagecoach station along the Pony Express and Central Overland Route. Ely's mining boom came later than the other towns along US 50, with the discovery of copper in 1906...

. SR 485 ran 2 miles (3.2 km) west to the mining town of Ruth. The road's pavement ends slightly west of Ruth, although a dirt road continues back to US 50 near the former site of Lane City, Nevada.

History

The road was known as State Route 44 prior to the renumbering of Nevada's state highway system in the 1970s.