U.S. Route 395 in Nevada

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U.S. Route 395

Maintained by Nevada DOT

Length:

87.274 mi^[1] (140.5 km)
^[2]

South end:

US 395 at California state line at Topaz Lake

Major
junctions:

SR 208 at Holbrook Junction

SR 88 in Minden

US 50 in Carson City

SR 341 / SR 431 in Reno

I-80 in Reno

SR 650 / SR 651 in Reno

North end:

US 395 at California state line near Peavine

Nevada highways
< SR 379		SR 396 >

In the U.S. state of Nevada, U.S. Route 395 clips a corner of Nevada near Lake Tahoe and serves the cities of Gardnerville, Minden, Carson City and Reno. Most of US 395 north of Carson City is a freeway and is built up to Interstate standards. Part of the freeway section is also currently designated as unsigned Interstate 580.

1 Route description
2 History
3 Major intersections
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Route description

U.S. 395 enters Nevada at Topaz Lake as a two lane highway and gradually winds its way to Carson Valley where it becomes the principal thoroughfare for the Minden-Gardnerville area. Upon entering the Carson Valley 395 becomes a 4 lane highway through Minden and Gardnerville. Upon leaving Minden the highway becomes a 4 lane divided highway and turns due north towards Carson City.

The highway currently serves as Carson Street, the main street of Carson City. However, a freeway bypass is currently under construction, with the northern half open to traffic. Temporarily US 395 is routed along with US 50 to connect the freeway and Carson St. portions. This freeway is planned to become Interstate 580 but is currently signed as US 395.^[3]

Upon exiting Carson City, the highway continues north through Washoe Valley. Midway through Washoe Valley the freeway portion temporarily ends. The highway also crosses Pleasant Valley before entering Reno. The freeway portion through Pleasant Valley is also currently under construction.^[4] Upon entering Reno the freeway portion resumes as a 6 lane freeway and is designated the Martin Luther King Jr. freeway. The highway returns to California just north of Reno at a place called Bordertown.

During the route's entire run through Nevada it follows the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada range. Several prominent peaks are visible including Jobs Peak and Mount Rose.

[edit] History

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[edit] Major intersections

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County	Location^[1]	Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
Douglas	Topaz Lake	California state line
	Holbrook Junction			SR 208 – Yerington
	Gardnerville			SR 756
	Minden			SR 88 (Kingsbury Grade) – Woodfords, Lake Tahoe
				SR 757 (Muller Lane)
				SR 206 (Genoa Lane) – Genoa
				SR 759 (Airport Road) – Minden-Tahoe Airport
Carson City				Clear Creek Road (SR 705)
				US 50 west – Lake Tahoe
				Snyder Lane (SR 518)	Junctions on current routing along SR 529 until freeway is finished^[1]
				Stewart Street (SR 520)
				5th Street (SR 512), King's Canyon Road (SR 513)
				Washington Street (SR 511)
				US 395 Bus. north (SR 529)	Junction on temporary routing along SR 530 until freeway is finished^[1]
		South end of freeway
			39	US 50 / US 395 south (SR 530) – Virginia City, Fallon	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
			41	College Parkway (SR 531)
			42	Arrowhead Drive	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
			43	US 395 Bus. south (North Carson Street, SR 529)	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
Washoe			44	Eastlake Boulevard (to SR 429)	Former SR 428; serves Washoe Lake State Park
			46	Bellevue Road
		North end of freeway
	Washoe City			SR 429 (Old US 395) – Bowers Mansion
	Reno			SR 341 (Geiger Grade) – Virginia City	Junction on current routing along SR 430 until freeway is finished^[1]
		South end of freeway
			56	SR 431 (Mount Rose Highway) – North Lake Tahoe	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
			57B	US 395 south (SR 430) – Virginia City, Carson City, South Lake Tahoe	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
			57A	South Virginia Street north (US 395 Bus. / SR 430)	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
			59	Damonte Ranch Parkway
			60	South Meadows Parkway (SR 426)
			61	South Virginia Street (US 395 Bus. / SR 430)
			62	Neil Road
		South end of I-580
			63	South Virginia Street (US 395 Bus.), Kietzke Lane	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
			64	Moana Lane	Serves Reno-Sparks Convention Center
			65	Plumb Lane (SR 653), Villanova Drive – Reno-Tahoe International Airport	Signed as exits 65A (Villanova Drive, Plumb Lane) and 65B (airport) southbound
			66	Mill Street
			67	Glendale Avenue (SR 648)
		North end of I-580
			68	I-80 – Elko, Sacramento
			69	Oddie Boulevard (SR 663)
			70	North McCarran Boulevard (SR 650/SR 651), Clear Acre Lane (SR 443)	signed as exits 70A (McCarran Boulevard) and 70B (Clear Acre Lane) northbound; serves Sun Valley
			71	Dandini Boulevard, Parr Boulevard
			72	Panther Valley (US 395 Bus.)	to North Virginia Street
			73	Golden Valley Road
			74	Lemmon Drive
			76	Stead Boulevard
			78	Red Rock Road
			80	Cold Springs Valley
			83	Bordertown
		North end of freeway California state line

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e State Maintained Highways, Descriptions, Index & Maps and NHS. Nevada DOT. Retrieved on 2008-01-28.
^ NDOT's milage log is broken into counties. The figure listed is the sum of milage along highways 580 and 395 in Douglas and Washoe Counties plus Carson City. This figure uses NDOT estimated milage for the freeway segments under construction.
^ Carson City Freeway. Nevada Department of Transportation. Retrieved on 2008-01-28.
^ I-580 Freeway Extension Project. Nevada Department of Transportation. Retrieved on 2008-10-28.