Nevada State Route 304

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State Route 304
Interstate 80 Business, Front Street
Nevada State Route 304
SR 304 / I-80 Bus. highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NDOT
Length3.788 mi [1]  (6.096 km)
Existed1976–present
Major junctions
West endI-80.svg I-80 northwest of Battle Mountain
Major intersections
East endI-80.svg I-80 southeast of Battle Mountain
Location
Country United States
State Nevada
Counties Lander
Highway system
  • Nevada State Highway System
Nevada 294.svg SR 294 Nevada 305.svg SR 305

State Route 304 (SR 304) is a state highway in Lander County, Nevada, United States. The road is the main street through the town of Battle Mountain, and is also designated Interstate 80 Business (I-80 Bus.). The highway was part of SR 1 and U.S. Route 40 (US 40) prior to the mid-1970s.

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Route description

View west from the east end of SR 304, May 2014 2014-05-31 14 50 06 Signs at the east end of westbound Nevada State Route 304 in Battle Mountain, Nevada.JPG
View west from the east end of SR 304, May 2014

SR 304 begins just west of the Interstate 80 (I-80) West Battle Mountain interchange northwest of Battle Mountain. The route heads briefly passes through a portion of the Te-Moak Tribe Indian reservation as it turns southeast into the town. The highway parallels the Union Pacific Railroad right through the middle of the Battle Mountain business district. SR 304 has a junction with State Route 305, which connects to Austin in southern Lander County, as well as State Route 806, providing access to mining districts north of the town. The route exits the town limits, crossing over the Reese River before turning south to reconnect to I-80 at the East Battle Mountain interchange and terminating just south of there. [1] [2] [3]

The majority of State Route 304 is also designated Interstate 80 Business, a business loop of Interstate 80. [4]

History

Nevada 1.svg
US 40.svg
SR 304 was part of State Route 1 and US 40 from the 1920s through the 1970s.

Front Street in Battle Mountain was formerly part of State Route 1, [1] a route designated with the creation of the Nevada State Highway System in 1917. [5] The adoption of the U.S. Highway System in 1926 by the Bureau of Public Roads created US 40 in Nevada,[ citation needed ] which was also routed along Front Street through Battle Mountain. Both SR 1 and US 40 were shown on Nevada state maps as early as 1929. [6]

The State Route 304 designation was applied to Front Street through Battle Mountain on July 1, 1976, in the renumbering of Nevada's state highways. [7] In this process, Route 1 was removed from the state highway system. US 40 was also gone in Nevada, having mostly been replaced by the freeway that would become I-80.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Lander County.

LocationmikmDestinationsNotes
0.000.00I-80.svg I-80  Winnemucca, Elko Western terminus
Battle Mountain South plate.svg
Nevada 305.svg
SR 305 south (South Broad Street) Austin
North plate.svg
Nevada 806.svg
SR 806 north (North Reese Road) North Battle Mountain
3.7886.096I-80.svg I-80  Winnemucca, Elko Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Nevada Department of Transportation (January 2017). "State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps" . Retrieved April 15, 2017.
  2. Battle Mountain Area (PDF) (Map). Nevada Department of Transportation. 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 29, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
  3. "Overview of SR 304" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved July 29, 2011.
  4. "Interstate Business Route 80". AARoads Interstate Guide. AARoads.com. November 6, 2005. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
  5. Statutes of the State of Nevada Passed at the Twenty-Eighth Session of the Legislature. Carson City, Nevada: State Printing Office. 1917. pp. 23–24. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
  6. Highway Map State of Nevada (Map). Nevada Department of Highways. 1929. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
  7. Nevada State Maintained Highways: Descriptions, Index and Maps. Nevada Department of Transportation. January 2001. p. 107.
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