History
Roads linking Tonopah to Austin appear on Nevada maps as early as 1919, although it the exact composition of the route and its highway number was not clearly distinguished. By 1929, a mostly-unimproved route connecting Tonopah to US 50 east of Austin had been clearly established as the southern portion of State Route 8A. This early iteration of the route passed directly through Manhattan and Round Mountain. By 1933, the routing of SR 8A had bypassed the two towns to the west. The southern terminus of the highway was moved 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Tonopah on US 6 by 1937. SR 8A had become a paved highway throughout its entire length by 1950.
State Route 8A remained relatively unchanged for many years after it was paved. However, the route number was changed in the 1976 renumbering of Nevada's state highways. The SR 8A designation was eliminated and replaced by State Route 376 on July 1, 1976. This change was first seen on the 1978–79 version of Nevada's state highway map. The highway has not been changed since its renumbering.
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