U.S. Route 95 in Nevada

<p>U.S. Route 95 (US 95) is a major U.S. highway traversing the <a href="/facts/U.S._state/PFwcRIYQ">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/facts/Nevada/HNWhCrQv">Nevada</a> from north to south directly through <a href="/facts/Las_Vegas/DLwGjxJt">Las Vegas</a> and providing connections to both <a href="/facts/Carson_City,_Nevada/h7n4PB3S">Carson City</a> (via <a href="/facts/U.S._Route_50_in_Nevada/HJMbQPJR">US 50</a>) and <a href="/facts/Reno,_Nevada/Vvwy80oF">Reno</a> (via <a href="/facts/Interstate_80_in_Nevada/4EJGEMzn">Interstate 80</a>). US 95 is cosigned with Interstate 80 for 95 miles (153 km) between <a href="/facts/Winnemucca,_Nevada/8b7zoLLP">Winnemucca</a> and a junction 32 miles north of <a href="/facts/Fallon,_Nevada/hPdHXq4A">Fallon</a> before heading north into <a href="/facts/U.S._Route_95_in_Oregon/tJverD2b">Oregon</a> at <a href="/facts/McDermitt,_Nevada_and_Oregon/UHv6JEP4">McDermitt</a>. At 646.71 miles (1,040.78 km), it is the longest highway in Nevada.
</p><p>Along much of its course through Nevada, US 95 has signs designating it as the Veterans Memorial Highway. A portion of the route in Las Vegas northwest of downtown is also called the Oran K. Gragson Freeway, named for Las Vegas mayor <a href="/facts/Oran_K._Gragson/xsuVSYLh">Oran K. Gragson</a> who advocated for construction of that portion of freeway in the 1960s.
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U.S. Route 95 in Nevada open-in-new

U.S. Route 95 in Nevada