The 0.75-mile guide sign for Exit 106 (junction Nevada 398) exists within the Exit 107 interchange on Interstate 80 & U.S. 95 west. Nevada 398 (Main Street) loops northwest 4.766 miles through downtown Lovelock to Nevada 399 (Pitt Road) and Nevada 396 (Upper Valley Road). Nevada 399 spurs west from Nevada 398 (North Meridian Road) 18.184 miles to the Eagle Picher Mine. Photo taken 09/09/05.
Westbound at the Nevada 398 (Main Street) diamond interchange (Exit 106) on Interstate 80 & U.S. 95. Main Street intersects Nevada 397 (Amherst Avenue) one block north of the freeway. Nevada 397 ventures 11.840 miles south from downtown to Derby Field Road southwest of Lovelock. Photo taken 09/09/05.
Interstate 80 & U.S. 95 depart Lovelock and continue 12 miles southwest to Toulon and the Humboldt State Wildlife Management Area. This area of southern Pershing County is known as the Humboldt Sink. The Great Basin Desert derived its name by explorer John C. Frémont for its internal drainage, meaning that all rivers that flow into or begin within the Great Basin end there as well; none flow to the sea. The Humboldt Sink, a pungent swamp, represents the finalé of the Humboldt River. Photo taken 09/09/05.
Exit 93 consists of a diamond interchange between Interstate 80 & U.S. 95 with Ragged Top Road at Toulon. Ragged Top Road intersects a frontage road (old U.S. 40 & 95) system on either side of the freeway. The eastbound side service road carries motorists between Toulon, Derby Field Road, Nevada 397 (Westergard Road), and Derby Field. Photo taken 09/09/05.
Interstate 80 & U.S. 95 continue to follow the Trinity Range southwest from Toulon to their split at Exit 83. The Churchill County line exists midway between Exits 93 and 83. The vast plain between the Trinity Range and Humboldt Range to the east represents the Humboldt Sink. Salt flats are visible to the south of the freeway. Photos taken 09/09/05.
U.S. 95 south prepares to part ways with Interstate 80 west at Trinity and Exit 83. The federal highway turns southward 32 miles from the freeway to the Churchill County seat of Fallon (junction U.S. 50). From there U.S. 95 meanders 380 miles throughout western and southern Nevada to Las Vegas. Photo taken 09/09/05.
A trumpet interchange facilitates the movements between Interstate 80 & U.S. 95 at Exit 83. U.S. 95 enters the pervasive Carson Sink between Trinity and Fallon. The area is home to the Fallon National Wildlife Refuge, Stillwater Wildlife Management Area, and Fallon Naval Air Station. Photo taken 09/09/05.
Road weary travelers should U.S. 95 southbound for a nearby rest area. The next mainline area lies 41 miles ahead between Fernley and Sparks. Photo taken 09/09/05.
U.S. 95 southbound ventures through Fallon, Hawthorne, Tonopah, Goldfield, Beatty, and Indian Springs on its rural journey in western Nevada. The federal highway provides connections to the southern Sierra Nevada via Nevada 359 and U.S. 6 south of Schurz. Photo taken 09/09/05.
Interstate 80 westbound gains U.S. 95 Alternate southbound from Exit 83 to Exit 48 and Fernley. The alternate route provides a bypass of Fallon through Silver Springs and Yerington. The freeway overlap enters the Carson Sink, like U.S. 95 does, from Trinity southwest toward Desert Peak (el. 5,365 ft). Photos taken 09/09/05.
Pushing southwest on Interstate 80 & U.S. 95 Alternate ahead of the Exit 78 diamond interchange for Jessup in the Carson Sink. No services exist here. Photo taken 09/09/05.
Interstate 80 west & U.S. 95 Alternate southbound at the Exit 78 off-ramp. A local road stems northwest 4.2 miles to Jessup in the adjacent Trinity Range. Photo taken 09/09/05.
Next on Interstate 80 & U.S. 95 Alternate southwest is the Exit 65 diamond interchange at Nightingale Hot Springs. The valley location lies between Desert Peak and the Sahwave Mountains in northwestern Churchill County. No services exist here. Photos taken 09/09/05.
Exit 65 links the Interstate 80 & U.S. 95 Alternate freeway with adjacent frontage roads and other local roads at Nightingale Hot Springs. Photos taken 09/09/05.
Wide open vistas stretch across the Fernley Sink on Interstate 80 west & U.S. 95 Alternate south between Exit 65 and Fernley. The sink lies south of Juniper Peak (el. 7,209 ft) and west of Desert Peak, creating a narrow, geologically speaking, gap for which wind to flow. Therefore the stretch west of Nightingale Hot Springs is prone to strong gusty winds. The freeway nips the northern spoke of Lyon County at the Fernley Wildlife Management Area. Photos taken 09/09/05.
Interstate 80 and U.S. 95 Alternate partition at Exit 48 (Commerce Way) east of Fernley. The federal highway turns southward onto Commerce Way and Main Street (U.S. 50 Alternate) into downtown Fernley. From there U.S. 95A joins U.S. 50A for the 18-mile drive to Silver Springs (junction U.S. 50). U.S. 95 Alternate returns to U.S. 95 at Schurz in 73 miles. Photo taken 09/09/05.
U.S. 95 Alternate southbound provides a more direct route into Carson City via U.S. 50 west of Silver Springs. The Silver State capital city lies 35 miles west of the junction with U.S. 95 Alternate. Yerington, the Lyon County seat, is a 50-mile drive to the south. Photo taken 09/09/05.
Business Loop Interstate 80 follows Commerce Way and Main Street (old U.S. 40) west through downtown Fernley between Exits 48 and 46. U.S. 50 Alternate enters Fernley from Hazen to the west along Main Street. U.S. 50 Alternate, 95 Alternate, and Business Loop Interstate 80 share 1.5 miles of pavement through town. Photo taken 09/09/05.
Interstate 80 East
Eastbound Interstate 80 around Milepost 58. East of Wadsworth and Fernley, Interstate 80 (and Alternate U.S. 95 at milepost 58) head northeast toward the Humboldt Sink through the 40 Mile Desert. This is the type of landscape that is common between Fernley and Lovelock. The horizon has fewer large mountains here than nearly anywhere else along Interstate 80 in Nevada. The Nightingale Hot Springs are only a few miles east of here. Photo taken in 1998.
Interstate 80 eastbound near milepost 79, the stretch between Jessup and Trinity. U.S. 95 northbound merges onto the freeway at Exit 83. Photo taken in 1998.
Interstate 80 eastbound approaching Lovelock West (Exit 104). Note the standalone business route signage ahead of the main exit. Photo taken 5/00 by Dominic Ielati.
