U.S. Route 395 (US 395) is an 85-mile-long (137 km) United States Numbered Highway near Lake Tahoe in the state of Nevada. It traverses the state after entering from California in Topaz Lake and crosses back into California near Hallelujah Junction. US 395 serves the cities of Gardnerville, Minden, Carson City and Reno. All of US 395 north of Carson City is a freeway and is built up to Interstate Highway standards. Part of the freeway section is also designated as Interstate 580 (I-580). US 395 is an important regional highway, serving the communities of Western Nevada, connecting them to other major communities via California, and it is the only major north–south arterial for the geographically isolated region.
 U.S. Route 395 | ||||
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 US 395 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Auxiliary route of US 95 | ||||
| Maintained by NDOT | ||||
| Length | 85.627 mi[1] (137.803 km) | |||
| Existed | 1926–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  US 395 at California state line in Topaz Lake | |||
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| North end | US 395 at California state line near Hallelujah Junction | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Nevada | |||
| Counties | Douglas, City of Carson City, Washoe | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
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US 395 enters Nevada in Topaz Lake as a two-lane highway and gradually winds its way to Carson Valley where it becomes the principal thoroughfare for the Gardnerville–Minden area. Upon entering the Carson Valley, US 395 becomes a four-lane highway through Gardnerville and Minden. Upon leaving Minden, the highway becomes a four-lane divided highway and turns due north towards Carson City.
At the south end of Carson City, the route intersects the southern terminus of I-580 and US 50. The three routes then continue on a freeway bypass around the east side of Carson City. US 50 departs from the freeway at East William Street, while I-580 and US 395 continue north through Carson City.
Upon exiting Carson City, the freeway continues north through Washoe Valley and crosses through the mountains west of Washoe City and Pleasant Valley before entering Reno. Upon entering Reno, the route is designated, since 1998, as the Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway. The freeway heads north to the I-80 interchange near Downtown Reno and I-580 ends here. Shortly afterward, US 395 turns northwest to serve the northern valleys of the Reno area before crossing back to California at the unincorporated Nevada community of Bordertown, in Cold Springs, Washoe County.
The entire route of US 395 through Nevada closely follows the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada range. Several prominent peaks are visible from the highway, including Jobs Peak and Mount Rose.
History
editPer Nevada Historical Marker number 124, located along the route near Minden, this portion of US 395 was originally built as a toll road called Boyd's Toll Road. The original state route designations for modern US 395 was SR 9 north of Reno, SR 3 Reno to Holbrook (at the modern junction of US 395 and SR 208) and SR 19 from there to the state line at Topaz Lake. The US 395 designation was added to the route by 1937.[2] From the inception of the Interstate Highway system there were plans to upgrade the portion from Carson City to Reno to Interstate Highway standards, and while portions were improved, rerouted and rebuilt to a new freeway alignment starting in the 1960s, the road was not officially signed as Interstate 580 until 2012.[3]
There were plans to extend the US 395 freeway from US 50 and the southern terminus of I-580 to SR 757 and Muller Lane.[4]
The routing for I-580 and US 395 had been considered as a potential alignment for the extension of I-11 from US 95 north of Walker Lake to I-80 at the Spaghetti Bowl interchange in Reno.[5][6]
Major intersections
editThis section is missing mileposts for junctions. |
Note: Mileposts in Nevada reset at county lines. The start and end mileposts for each county are given in the county column. Exits numbered according to statewide mileage.
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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| Douglas DO 0.000–33.956 | Topaz Lake | 0.000 | 0.000 | — |  US 395 south – Bishop | Continuation into California |
| Holbrook Junction | — |   SR 208 east – Yerington | ||||
| Gardnerville | — |   SR 756 west | ||||
| Minden | — |   SR 88 south – Woodfords, Lake Tahoe | ||||
| — |  SR 757 west / Muller Lane | |||||
| | — |  SR 206 south – Genoa | ||||
| | — |  SR 759 east (Airport Road) – Minden–Tahoe Airport | ||||
| City of Carson City CC 0.000–9.822[note 1] | 0.531 | 0.855 | — |     US 50 west / US 395 Bus. north (S. Carson Street) – South Lake Tahoe | Southern end of I-580/US 50 concurrency | |
| City of Carson City to Washoe | City of Carson City to Reno | See exit list for Interstate 580 | ||||
| Washoe WA 0.000–41.655[note 1] | Reno | 68 |  I-80 – Elko, Sacramento | Northern end of I-580 concurrency; signed as I-580 exits 36A (east) and 36B (west) northbound; I-80 exit 15 | ||
| 69 | Oddie Boulevard | Former SR 663 | ||||
| 70 | N. McCarran Boulevard (SR 659), Clear Acre Lane (SR 443) – Sun Valley | Signed as exits 70A (McCarran Boulevard) and 70B (Clear Acre Lane) northbound; N. McCarran Boulevard was former SR 650/SR 651 | ||||
| 71 | Dandini Boulevard, Parr Boulevard | Serves Truckee Meadows Community College and Desert Research Institute | ||||
| 72 | US 395 Bus. south (SR 430 south to N. Virginia Street) – Reno | Northbound exit signed as "Panther Valley" | ||||
| 73 | Golden Valley Road | |||||
| 74 | Lemmon Drive | |||||
| 76 | Stead Boulevard (SR 673 south) | Serves Reno Stead Airport | ||||
| 78 | Red Rock (Red Rock Road) | |||||
| 80 | White Lake Parkway – Cold Springs | |||||
| 83 | Village Parkway – Bordertown | |||||
| 85.627 | 137.803 | — |  US 395 north – Susanville | Continuation into California | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Special routes
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edit- U.S. Route 395 Alternate, an alternate route between Carson City and Reno
- U.S. Route 395 Business, a business route in Carson City
- U.S. Route 395 Business, a little-signed business route in Reno
Former
edit- U.S. Route 395 Alternate, a former alternate route of US 395 on Sierra Street in Reno[citation needed]
- U.S. Route 395 Temporary, a former temporary route mostly on Kietzke Lane in Reno
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b Nevada Department of Transportation (January 2018). "State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps". Retrieved October 6, 2018.
- ^ Nevada State Highway Department (1937). Official Road Map of the State of Nevada (Map). Scale not given. Carson City: Nevada State Highway Department. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 12, 2005.
- ^ Nevada Department of Transportation. "History & Overview". I-580 Extension Project website. Nevada Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on May 27, 2008. Retrieved September 11, 2008.
- ^ Nevada Department of Transportation (n.d.). "US 395 Southern Sierra Corridor Study". Nevada Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on June 22, 2019.
- ^ Fuhs, Brandon (March 14, 2018). "Reno City Council Learns Potential Corridors for Future Interstate 11". Reno: KTVN. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
- ^ Marroquin, Art (July 13, 2018). "Public Meetings on Future of I-11 to Be Held in 7 Nevada cities". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
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