State Route 829 is a state highway in Lyon County

Lyon County, Nevada

Lyon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2010 census, the population was 51,980. Its county seat is Yerington.-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...

. Also known as Wellington Road, the route serves as a shortcut connecting State Route 338

Nevada State Route 338

State Route 338 is a state highway in Lyon County, Nevada, USA. It connects the towns of Smith and Wellington to the California state line north of Bridgeport, California...

 to State Route 208

Nevada State Route 208

State Route 208 is a state highway within the counties of Douglas and Lyon in Nevada, USA. It connects U.S. Route 395 north of Topaz Lake to Alternate U.S. Route 95 in Yerington. The road serves as the primary transportation corridor of Smith Valley and is Main street in Yerington...

 near Wellington

Wellington, Nevada

Wellington is an unincorporated town in southwestern Lyon County, Nevada, United States. It lies along State Route 208 and southwest of the city of Yerington, the county seat of Lyon County. Its elevation is 4,836 feet , and it is located at about...

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History

Wellington Road was established as an unimproved as early as 1917 and, by 1929 had been made part of State Route 22, a longer route through the Smith Valley connecting Wellington to Bridgeport

Bridgeport, California

Bridgeport is a census-designated place that is the county seat of Mono County, California. It lies at an elevation of 6463 feet in the middle of the Bridgeport Valley. Bridgeport is located at the intersection of highways US 395 and State Route 182. The population was 575 at the 2010...

, California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

. The Wellington Road portion of SR 22 was reassigned to State Route 829 in Nevada's state highway renumbering in the late 1970s, with the remainder of the old route becoming State Route 338.

Major intersections

The entire route lies within Lyon County

Lyon County, Nevada

Lyon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2010 census, the population was 51,980. Its county seat is Yerington.-History:...

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Location	Mile	Roads Intersected	Notes
	0.00	, Bridgeport Bridgeport, California Bridgeport is a census-designated place that is the county seat of Mono County, California. It lies at an elevation of 6463 feet in the middle of the Bridgeport Valley. Bridgeport is located at the intersection of highways US 395 and State Route 182. The population was 575 at the 2010...
Wellington Wellington, Nevada Wellington is an unincorporated town in southwestern Lyon County, Nevada, United States. It lies along State Route 208 and southwest of the city of Yerington, the county seat of Lyon County. Its elevation is 4,836 feet , and it is located at about...	3.17