U.S. Route 395
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
Major intersections	US 50 / US 395 Bus. in Carson City I-80 in Reno
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
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Nevada State Highway System Interstate US State Pre‑1976 Scenic
← SR 379 → SR 396

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.

Route description

Southbound US 395 in Douglas County, about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of the I-580/US 50 intersection in Carson City

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.

View north along US 395 in Reno, just north of I-80

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

Per 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

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
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	Cold Springs Valley (White Lakes Parkway)
				83	Bordertown (Village Parkway)
		85.627	137.803	—	US 395 north – Susanville	Continuation into California
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

Special routes

See also

•  United States portal
•  U.S. Roads portal

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to U.S. Route 395 in Nevada.

• Floodgap Roadgap.com: The Three Flags Highway—U.S. 395