Interstate 80 Business (West Wendover, Nevada–Wendover, Utah)

Wendover Boulevard was originally part of U.S. Route 40, which connected California to New Jersey via Nevada and Utah. The Nevada Department of Transportation applied for the business loop designation in the early 1980s but the designation has never been approved. In 2009, UDOT calculated that an average of 2,370 vehicles per day traveled onBL-80 at the state line.

About Interstate 80 Business (West Wendover, Nevada–Wendover, Utah) in brief

Wendover Boulevard was originally part of U.S. Route 40, which connected California to New Jersey via Nevada and Utah. The Nevada Department of Transportation applied for the business loop designation in the early 1980s but the designation has never been approved. A line painted on the street marks the Nevada–Utah border. The Utah segment of BL-80 is codified into Utah law as Utah Code §72-4-111. A roadway, now named Wendover Boulevard, has existed since June 23, 1925, when the Victory Highway was completed through Wendover. The highway briefly parallels the Shafter Subdivision of the Union Pacific Railroad’s Central Corridor, which was formerly part of the Feather River Route of the Western Pacific Railroad.

In 2009, UDOT calculated that an average of 2,370 vehicles per day traveled onBL-80 at the state line, this is a significant decrease from the traffic counts earlier in the decade, which measured 11,205 vehicles in 2006, 10,345 in 2005, and 13,840 in 2004. Twenty-one percent of this traffic consists of trucks, and the majority of the traffic is made up of trucks and heavy trucks. The roadway has changed twice in the past, once in 1953, and again in 1976 or 1977, when I-80 was completed. The designation of US 93 Alt. was removed from the roadway in 1976.

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