Nevada State Route 856

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Nevada 856.svg
State Route 856
Airport Road
Nevada State Route 856
SR 856 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NDOT
Length1.398 mi [1]  (2.250 km)
Existed1976–present
Major junctions
West endNevada 396.svg SR 396 in Lovelock
Major intersectionsI-80.svgUS 95.svg I-80  / US 95 in Lovelock
East endReservoir Road near Lovelock
Location
Country United States
State Nevada
Counties Pershing
Highway system
  • Nevada State Highway System
Nevada 854.svg SR 854 Nevada 858.svg SR 858

State Route 856 (SR 856) is a state highway in Pershing County, Nevada serving Lovelock. The western portion of the route is also signed as Interstate 80 Business.

Contents

Route description

State Route 856 begins as a continuation of Cornell Avenue (I-80 Bus.) at the intersection of Upper Valley Road (State Route 396) and 14th Street in northwestern Lovelock. The highway heads northeast as Airport Road, crossing over Upper Valley Road, an irrigation canal, and the Union Pacific Railroad tracks towards a half-interchange with Interstate 80 and U.S. Route 95. The route then continues east, crossing the Humboldt River and passing south of the now-abandoned Lovelock Airpark, reaching its terminus near the intersection of Reservoir Road. [2]

View at the east end of SR 856 looking west 2015-04-18 11 33 28 View west from the east end of Nevada State Route 856 near Lovelock, Nevada.jpg
View at the east end of SR 856 looking west

Cornell Avenue, as a historic routing of U.S. Route 4095, [3] is designated as Interstate 80 Business through Lovelock. SR 856 carries the business loop from the northern end of Lovelock back to I-80, since Cornell Avenue does not intersect the interstate. [2]

History

Airport Road appears on maps as early as 1954, although it was not assigned a state highway number at the time. [4] The road was assigned to State Route 856 on July 1, 1976. [5]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Pershing County.

Locationmi [6] kmDestinationsNotes
Lovelock 0.000.00West plate green.svg
Business Loop 80.svg
Nevada 396.svg I-80 BL west (Cornell Avenue) / SR 396 (Upper Valley Road) / 14th Street
West end of I-80 Business overlap
East plate blue.svg
I-80.svg
North plate.svg
US 95.svg
I-80 east / US 95 north Winnemucca
East end of I-80 Business; I-80 exit 107; No access from I-80 eastbound or to I-80 westbound
1.392.24Reservoir Road / Airport Road
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

Template:Attached KML/Nevada State Route 856
KML is from Wikidata
  1. Nevada Department of Transportation (January 2017). "State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps" . Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Lovelock Area (PDF) (Map). Nevada Department of Transportation. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2009. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
  3. "Lovelock Area". Nevada Department of Highways. 1968. Retrieved July 8, 2009. See TIFF image in file 'pershingcounty1968lovelock.zip'
  4. "General Highway Map – Pershing County, Nevada (sheet 1 of 2)". Nevada State Highway Department. 1954. Retrieved July 8, 2009. See TIFF image in file 'PershingCounty1954_001.zip'
  5. Nevada State Maintained Highways: Descriptions, Index and Maps. Nevada Department of Transportation. January 2001. p. 113.
  6. Nevada Department of Transportation (May 2008). "Maps of Milepost Location on Nevada's Federal and State Highway System by County" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 19, 2009. Retrieved July 8, 2009.