Nevada State Route 398

State Route 398 marker

State Route 398
Main Street, Central Avenue,
North Meridian Road, Fairview Road
Route information
Maintained by NDOT
Length: 4.755 mi[1] (7.652 km)
Existed: 1976 – present
Major junctions
South end: I‑80 / US 95 in Lovelock
North end: SR 396 near Lovelock
Highway system
  • Highways in Nevada
← SR 397SR 399 →

State Route 398 (SR 398) is a state highway in Pershing County, Nevada serving the city of Lovelock. Part of the highway is former State Route 66.

Route description

SR 398 on Main Street in Lovelock

State Route 398 begins at interchange 106 with Interstate 80 (and concurrent U.S. Route 95) near the center of Lovelock. From here, the highway heads northwest under the freeway on Main Street towards the town. After crossing the Union Pacific Railroad tracks, the route intersects Cornell Avenue (I-80 Bus.) at the center of the city. Main Street at the intersection of Central Avenue at the steps to the Pershing County Courthouse; SR 398, however, follows Central Avenue through residential areas of the city.[2]

Exiting the city limits of Lovelock north of 16th Street, SR 398 becomes North Meridian Road. As the two-lane highway continues northward, houses gradually disappear in favor of the farm tracts of Upper Valley.[2] The highway intersects Fairview Road, which it follows eastward. State Route 398 comes to an end at an intersection with Upper Valley Road (SR 396) northeast of Lovelock.[1]

History

Part of SR 398 was originally State Route 66.

The north–south segment of present-day State Route 398 appears on maps as early as 1937 in the form of State Route 66.[3] SR 66 ran from State Route 1/U.S. Route 40 (now SR 396) approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to its terminus at Fairview Road.[4][5] SR 66 appears to have remained unchanged until the 1976 renumbering of Nevada's state highways on July 1, 1976. At that time, the highway was renumbered as State Route 398.[6] The Fairview Road segment was likely added to the route during that process.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Pershing County.

Locationmi[7]kmDestinationsNotes
Lovelock0.000.00 I‑80 / US 95 – Winnemucca, Fernley
SR 397 (Amherst Street)
I‑80 Bus. (Cornell Avenue/SR 396)
  SR 399 (Pitt Road)
 4.757.64 SR 396 (Upper Valley Road)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

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  1. 1 2 "Nevada State Maintained Highways: Descriptions, Index and Maps". Nevada Department of Transportation. January 2008. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
  2. 1 2 Lovelock Area (PDF) (Map). Nevada Department of Transportation. 2004. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
  3. ↑ "General Highway Map – Pershing County, Nevada (sheet 1 of 2)". Nevada Department of Highways. 1937. Retrieved 2009-07-08. See TIFF image in file 'Pershing County 1937 001.zip'
  4. ↑ State of Nevada Laws Relating to Highways and State Parks. Carson City, Nevada: State Printing Office. 1951. p. 15.
  5. ↑ "Lovelock Area". Nevada Department of Highways. 1968. Retrieved 2009-07-08. See TIFF image in file 'pershingcounty1968lovelock.zip'
  6. ↑ Nevada State Maintained Highways: Descriptions, Index and Maps. Nevada Department of Transportation. January 2001. p. 113.
  7. ↑ "Maps of Milepost Location on Nevada's Federal and State Highway System by County" (PDF). Nevada Department of Transportation. May 2008. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
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