State Route 653 - Plumb Lane

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Nevada State Route 653 connects Reno-Tahoe International (RNO) with I-580/U.S. 395 and SR 667 (Kietzke Lane) in the city of Reno. Plumb Lane extends west across Reno as a locally maintained boulevard to SR 559 (McCarran Boulevard) near Betsy Caughlin Donnelly Park.

Previously SR 653 extended west along Plumb Lane from SR 667 to U.S. 395 Business/SR 430 (Virginia Street).

Nevada State Route 653 East
Plumb Lane (old SR 653) intersects Locust Street, the entrance to Shoppers Squall Mall, just east of U.S. 395 Business (Virginia Street). Park Lane Mall was located to the south. Opened in 1967, the shuttered mall was purchased by M&H Reality Partners in 2006 for redevelopment. Demolition of the site followed from 2007 to 2009.1 07/23/09
Kirman Avenue links Plumb Lane at the succeeding eastbound signal with the Sierra Meadows subdivision to the south and the Southside and Morton neighborhoods to the north. 07/23/09
Plumb Lane east advances a half mile from Kirman Avenue to intersect Kietzke Lane (SR 667). SR 667 follows Kietzke Lane north to the Sparks city line across the Truckee River and south to U.S. 395 Business (South Virginia Street). 07/23/09, 06/28/14
SR 653 is unmarked along Plumb Lane eastbound. The arterial next intersects Harvard Way north to the Academy Manor subdivision and south to Airport Square shopping center. 06/28/14
SR 653 (Plumb Lane) eastbound expands to four lanes to the single point urban interchange (SPUI) with I-580/U.S. 395. Two lanes continue east to Terminal Way and Reno-Tahoe International Airport (RNO). 06/28/14
Matley Lane forms a west side frontage road for Interstate 580 from the off-ramp at Villanova Drive to Earl Wooster High School and the southbound on-ramp to Carson City. 06/28/14
Prior to the October 2012 signing of Interstate 580 along U.S. 395 between Carson City and Reno, shields for the freeway only displayed U.S. 395. 07/23/09
A dual left turn lane connects with the east side frontage road north to Villanova Drive and the on-ramp to Interstate 80 and Susanville, California. 06/28/14
Nevada State Route 653 West
Two lanes depart from SR 653 (Plumb Lane) west from Reno-Tahoe International Airport (RNO) to Interstate 580 & U.S. 395 south to Carson City. 06/28/14
I-580/U.S. 395 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Highway) span Plumb Lane with eight overall lanes. Ramps from the wye interchange with Terminal Way and RNO Airport tie into the overpass from the south. 06/28/14
SR 653 ends at SR 667 (Kietzke Lane). SR 667 parallels I-580/U.S. 395 to the west from the Truckee River and Sparks south to U.S. 395 Business (South Virginia Street) near Exit 63 and the Firecreek Crossing big box retail center. 06/28/14

Sources:
  1. "Revealed: Park Lane Mall redevelopment plans." Reno Gazette-Journal (NV), April 11, 2016.


Photo Credits:

07/23/09, 06/28/14 by AARoads

Connect with:
Interstate 580
U.S. 395
State Route 667 - Kietzke Lane

Page Updated 07-18-2017.

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