Business Loop I-80 / State Route 427 East

A SR 427 begin shield assembly stands within the diamond interchange (Exit 43) at Interstate 80. Originally this exchange lacked an eastbound on-ramp.

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SR 427 angles northeast onto Main Street (old U.S. 40) at the I-80 westbound entrance ramp to Reno-Sparks.

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Looping northward from Interstate 80 through Wadsworth, SR 427 (Main Street) enters Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation.

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Main Street (old U.S. 40) is also part of the historic Lincoln Highway through Wadsworth. The western leg of SR 427 travels across a mix of desert and agricultural areas on this stretch.

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Next along SR 427 (Main Street) east is the south end of SR 447 at Washeim Street.

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SR 447 constitutes a 53 mile long highway from Wadsworth north to Nixon, Pyramid Lake and Gerlach.

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North from Wadsworth, SR 447 (Gerlach Road) traverses areas of Dodge Flat while paralleling the Truckee River north to SR 446 at Nixon.

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Confirming marker for SR 427 east posted after SR 447 (Washeim Street).

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Main Street curves southward and spans the Truckee River along an abandoned Southern Pacific Railroad bridge.

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SR 427 (Main Street) crosses into Lyons County and leaves Pyramid Lake Reservation midway between the Truckee River and return to I-80.

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Heading south through the Fortymile Desert, SR 427 approaches Interstate 80. The freeway is part of the national California Trail tour route.

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SR 427 expands into a four lane, divided highway through the diamond interchange (Exit 46) with i-80.

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Eastbound SR 427 (old U.S. 40) at the westbound on-ramp to I-80 for Reno.

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This reassurance marker for SR 427 posted south of I-80 was replaced by 2016 with a 16' 3" clearance sign for the upcoming Fernley Underpass. This section of SR 427 is named West Highway 40.

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A new reassurance marker for SR 427 was placed with a Lincoln Highway trailblazer at the 1936-built Union Pacific railroad bridge.

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The Fernley entrance sign along Business Loop I-80/SR 427 (historic U.S. 40) stands along Main Street by Fernley Commerce Center, ahead of Dallas Street.

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SR 427 narrows through the Fernley Underpass and then curves southeast toward the Fernley business district. An older section of Highway 40 branches to the south ahead.

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Entering Downtown Fernley, Business Loop I-80/SR 427 (Main Street) meet U.S. 50 Alternate and U.S. 95 Alternate at East Street.

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The first shield for Business Loop I-80 precedes the overlap with U.S. 50-95 Alternate along Main Street east.

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U.S. 50 Alternate overlaps with U.S. 95 Alternate 14 miles south to U.S. 50 at Silver Springs. U.S. 95 Alternate extends south from there to Yerington and U.S. 95 at Schurz. U.S. 50 Alternate east joins Fernley with U.S. 50 to U.S. 95 at Fallon.

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SR 427 ends and Business Loop I-80 continues east along Main Street.

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Business Loop I-80 overlaps with U.S. 95 Alternate north to connect with I-80 east to Lovelock and Winnemucca; U.S. 50 Alternate extends east along Main Street to exit Fernley en route to Fallon and Ely.

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Main Street constitutes a three lane boulevard through the Fernley business district. Business Loop I-80/U.S. 50-95 ALT are unmarked as they progress east along a 1.3 mile long overlap.

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Main Street expands to five lanes at 7th Street ahead of the roundabout with SR 828 (Farm District Road) and the partition of Business Loop I-80/U.S. 95 ALT north from U.S. 50 ALT east.

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The right land defaults onto SR 828 (Farm District Road) south. Business Loop I-80 angles northeast 0.9 miles to Interstate 80.

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U.S. 50 ALT (Reno Highway) extends another 17 miles from the Fernley Roundabout to U.S. 50 ahead of Fallon. SR 828 loops south and east through the residential southeast side of Fernley, connecting with Reno Highway in 7.7 miles.

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Fernley Out of Town Park appears along Main Street east at the turn off for Farm District Road (SR 828) south.

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U.S. 50 ALT separates from Business Loop I-80 east / U.S. 95 ALT north.

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Business Loop I-80/U.S. 95 Alternate elevate north from the Fernley Roundabout to span the Union Pacific Railroad line.

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Built in 2006, a viaduct takes Business Loop I-80/U.S. 95 Alternate north over the Union Pacific Railroad.

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The first of two traffic lights along the commercial strip of Business Loop I-80/U.S. 95 Alternate north operates at Fremont Street west and Chisholm Trail south.

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Newlands Drive connects Business Loop I-80/U.S. 95 Alternate with residential areas to the west and Crossroads Commerce Center to the east.

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The Fernley business loop concludes as U.S. 95 Alternate north merges onto I-80 east across the Fortymile Desert to U.S. 95 at the site of Trinity.

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Business Loop I-80 ties into I-80 at the second of three interchanges along the freeway through Fernley. The nearby exchange with Nevada Pacific Boulevard opened in 2009.

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