Interstate 80 | ||||
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| Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway Purple Heart Trail | ||||
 I-80 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained by NDOT | ||||
| Length | 410.67 mi[1] (660.91 km) | |||
| Existed | June 29, 1956[2]–present | |||
| NHS | Entire route | |||
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| West end |  I-80 at California state line | |||
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| East end |  I-80 at Utah state line | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Nevada | |||
| Counties | Washoe, Storey, Lyon, Churchill, Pershing, Humboldt, Lander, Eureka, Elko | |||
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Interstate 80 (I-80) traverses the northern portion of the US state of Nevada. The freeway serves the Reno metropolitan area and passes through the towns of Fernley, Lovelock, Winnemucca, Battle Mountain, Carlin, Elko, Wells, and West Wendover on its way through the state.
I-80 follows the historical routes of the California Trail, first transcontinental railroad and Feather River Route throughout portions of Nevada. Throughout the entire state, I-80 follows the historical routes of the Victory Highway, State Route 1 (SR 1), and US Route 40 (US 40). The freeway corridor follows the paths of the Truckee and Humboldt rivers. These rivers have been used as a transportation corridor since the California Gold Rush of the 1840s.
The Nevada portion of I-80 has been designated as the Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway and Purple Heart Trail.
- ^ "Table 1: Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways". FHWA Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. December 31, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
- ^ Weingroff, Richard F. "Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956: Creating the Interstate System". Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved May 11, 2008.