Interstate 80 Business (Lovelock, Nevada)

Interstate 80 Business (BL-80) is an interstate business route in Pershing County, Nevada. Serving the city of Lovelock along Cornell Avenue, BL-80 is also cosigned along portions of two other state highways through the city:

  • State Route 396 (SR 396) from I-80 exit 105 to SR 856 at Airport Road.
  • State Route 856 (SR 856) from SR 396 at Upper Valley Road to I-80 exit 107.

Interstate 80 Business
Cornell Avenue
BL-80 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NDOT
Length1.99 mi[1] (3.20 km)
Existed2000–present
Major junctions
South end I-80 / US 95 / SR 396 in Lovelock
 
North end I-80 / US 95 / SR 856 in Lovelock
Location
CountiesPershing
Highway system
  • Highways in Nevada

Route description
View along SR 396 near the north edge of Lovelock looking northbound
SR 396 in downtown Lovelock
View at the east end of SR 856 looking west

BL-80 begins at the West Lovelock interchange with Interstate 80 and U.S. Route 95, concurrent with SR 396. The route follows Cornell Avenue north into the center of the town. The highway crosses Main Street (SR 398) and continues along Cornell Avenue to its end at a five-point intersection with 14th Street, Airport Road (SR 856) and Upper Valley Road near the Lovelock city limits. The highway heads northeast concurrent with SR 856 as Airport Road, crossing over Upper Valley Road, an irrigation canal, and the Union Pacific Railroad tracks before ending at a half-interchange with Interstate 80 and U.S. Route 95.[2]

History
SR 396 originated as part of State Route 1, which later became US 40.
Further information: Interstate 80 in Nevada § History

SR 396 was originally part of State Route 1 (SR 1).[3] That route, designated with the passage of Nevada's first highway law in 1917, created a highway route across northern Nevada from California to Utah which passed through Lovelock.[4] With the adoption of the U.S. Highway System in 1926, US 40 was eventually added concurrently with SR 1.[3][5]

With the advent of the Interstate Highway system, Interstate 80 (I-80) gradually replaced US 40 across northern Nevada and was removed from Lovelock by 1976.[6] Also around this time, the Nevada Department of Transportation was beginning to renumber its highways, eliminating the State Route 1 designation and redesignating the Lovelock portion on Cornell Avenue and Upper Valley Road as State Route 396.[7] Even though the cross-state designations of US 40 and SR 1 had been eliminated by the mid-1970s, construction of the Interstate 80 freeway in Lovelock was not started until 1981, so through traffic continued to use SR 396 in the city.[8]

Airport Road appears on maps as early as 1954, although it was not assigned a state highway number at the time.[9] The road was assigned to State Route 856 on July 1, 1976.[7]

The BL-80 designation was assigned in 2000.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Lovelock, Pershing County.

mi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
0.000.00 I-80 west (Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway) / US 95 south – FernleySouthern terminus; southern end of SR 396 concurrency
0.941.51 SR 398 (Main Street)
1.292.08 SR 396 north (Upper Valley Road) / SR 856 east (Airport Road)Northern end of SR 396 concurrency, western end of SR 856 concurrency
1.993.20 I-80 east (Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway) / US 95 north / SR 856 east – Winnemucca, FernleyNorthern terminus, eastern end of SR 856 concurrency
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also
  •  United States portal
  •  U.S. Roads portal

References

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  1. "Maps of Milepost Location on Nevada's Federal and State Highway System by County" (PDF). Nevada Department of Transportation. May 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 20, 2009. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
  2. Lovelock Area (PDF) (Map). Nevada Department of Transportation. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 18, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
  4. Statutes of the State of Nevada Passed at the Twenty-Eighth Session of the Legislature. Carson City, Nevada: State Printing Office. 1917. p. 312. Retrieved December 14, 2009.
  5. "General Highway Map – Pershing County, Nevada (sheet 1 of 2)" (PDF). Nevada Department of Highways. 1937. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 15, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
  6. 1976-77 Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map). Nevada State Highway Department. 1976. Archived from the original on February 9, 2011. Retrieved December 14, 2009.
  7. Nevada State Maintained Highways: Descriptions, Index and Maps. Nevada Department of Transportation. January 2001. p. 113.
  8. "NDOT News Spring 2006" (PDF). Nevada Department of Transportation. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
  9. "General Highway Map – Pershing County, Nevada (sheet 1 of 2)". Nevada State Highway Department. 1954. Retrieved 2009-07-08. See TIFF image in file 'PershingCounty1954_001.zip'
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