Highway 342
Lyon County Manager's Office releases Monday morning flood assessment
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Mon, 01/09/2017 - 12:40pmHere is the Lyon County Emergency Management situation status report for late Monday morning: The Emergency Coordination Center is open. There have been no injuries or fatalities in the flooding events. There have been 25 confirmed structures damaged, with 200 to 400 structures threatened. Road closures and stats:
Lyon County Manager urges Dayton residents to stay off the roads
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 01/08/2017 - 6:17pm
UPDATE 6:05PM: All schools in the Lyon County School District will be closed Monday, according to the district's Facebook page.
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Due to the continuing heavy rains and local flooding, Lyon County Manager Jeff Page is asking for Dayton residents to stay home as much possible and off the roads. There are a number of current road closures throughout the area, and the weather conditions are expected to get worse throughout Sunday night.
Sign erected and destroyed in Silver City
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 05/13/2015 - 8:58am
Early in the week of May 3, persons unknown erected a sign near the junction of Main Street, Silver City (Highway 342), with the Truck Route (Highway 341) blaming Comstock Mining Inc., the Storey County Commissioners and the Nevada Department of Transportation for the closure of the highway (342) between Silver City and Gold Hill. Before dawn of the third day afterward, the sign had been obliterated and removed by a second party of persons unknown.
Highway closure through Gold Hill was the work of amateurs
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Mon, 02/23/2015 - 3:39pm
Now that the highway through Gold Canyon has been closed to vehicle traffic, forcing us to use the much longer and quite dangerous truck route, perhaps it's time to question the value of CMI's presence on the Comstock.
Nevada highway 342 closed over safety concerns, Comstock residents call for answers
Submitted by editor on Tue, 02/10/2015 - 4:19pm
On Sunday afternoon Feb. 8 the Nevada Department of Transportation closed a two-mile stretch of Nevada Highway 342 in lower Gold Hill because of subsidence occurring adjacent to the steeply excavated Lucerne Pit, prompting a call for answers from angry residents of Gold Hill and Silver City.
Evacuations lifted, Lyon County fire near Silver City scaled down from 300 to 96 acres
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 06/30/2013 - 2:37pm
UPDATE 10:30AM MONDAY: The Sierra Front Type 3 team battling the Pedlar Fire in Silver City took control of the fire at 11 p.m. Sunday night. As of 7:30 Monday morning the fire was 75 percent contained, according to the latest from Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch. Highway 341 from Highway 50 to the truck route "Y"was reopened. Highway 342 from the "Y' through Silver City to Virginia City will remain closed this morning.
