| State: | NV |
| Type: | SR |
| Route: | 293 |
| Alternate Name: | Kings River Valley Road |
| Map Custom: | yes |
| Map Notes: | SR 293 highlighted in red |
| Length Mi: | 23.989 |
| Length Round: | 3 |
| Length Ref: | [1] |
| Established: | 1976 |
| Direction A: | West |
| Terminus A: | Kings River Valley |
| Direction B: | East |
| Terminus B: | at Orovada |
| Previous Type: | SR |
| Previous Route: | 292 |
| Next Type: | SR |
| Next Route: | 294 |
State Route 293 (SR 293) is a state highway in Humboldt County, Nevada. It connects the Kings River Valley to U.S. Route 95 at the town of Orovada.
SR 293 begins at a Nevada Department of Transportation monument in the north-central portion of Humboldt County, just a few miles east of the Kings River.[1] [2] From there, the route heads east through a mountain pass and then southward. After crossing the Quinn River, SR 293 heads eastward through the Quinn River Valley to its terminus at US 95 at the town of Orovada.[2]
The road first appears on official state maps 1968, although it was not labeled as being part of Nevada's numbered highway system at that time.[3] The highway was fully paved by 1971, but still had no route number on the state map.[4] The entire road was removed from state highway maps entirely beginning with the 1973 edition.[5] Despite this, the highway officially became State Route 293 on July 1, 1976, when Nevada officials began renumbering the state's numbered routes.[6] The road returned to the state highway map, complete with the SR 293 designation, in the 1982 edition.[7]