US Route 95
U.S. Route 95 is a north-south U.S. highway in the western United States. Unlike many other US highways, it has not seen deletion or replacement on most of its length by an encroaching Interstate highway corridor, due to its mostly rural course. It is the primary north-south highway in both Nevada and Idaho.
As of 2008, the highway's northern terminus is in Boundary County, Idaho, at the Canadian border crossing of Eastport, where it continues north as BC 95. Its southern terminus is in San Luis, Arizona, on the Mexican border, where a short spur leads to Mexican Federal Highway 2 at San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora.
U.S. Route 95 at night. This route climbs gradually northwest of Las Vegas so that the Strip's neon lights remain visible for a remarkably long distance, appearing as a luminous cloud from the furthest point.
US 95 in Nevada is mostly a divided highway between Cal-Nev-Ari (the Laughlin junction) and Boulder City. It joins US 93 near Railroad Pass. Upon entering the Las Vegas Valley, it becomes a multi-lane divided freeway and is also concurrent with I-515 between Henderson and Downtown Las Vegas. It crosses I-15 at the Spaghetti Bowl, where US 93 continues on I-15. The highway continues as a freeway for several miles until again becoming a divided highway outside the Las Vegas urban area.
Shortly after entering Nye County, US 95 becomes an undivided two-lane highway, as it meanders northwestward through the state, roughly paralleling the California border. Along this route it runs through the Amargosa Valley serving Beatty before heading north into Goldfield and Tonopah. The highway is concurrent with US 6 for several miles north of Tonopah before it then heads north towards Hawthorne, Schurz (where it meets US 95 ALT which heads towards Yerington and Fernley), and Fallon. North of Fallon it meets and runs concurrently with I-80 for 93 miles (150 km), from Exit 83 west of Lovelock to Exit 176 at Winnemucca. It then heads north to the border with Oregon at McDermitt, a distance of 73 miles (117 km).
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