Nevada State Route 5

U.S. Route 95
Veterans Memorial Highway
Route information
Maintained by NDOT
Length:	646.71 mi (1,040.78 km) 508.410 miles (818.207 km) independent of other routes
Existed:	1940 – present
Major junctions
South end:	US 95 at California state line near Cal-Nev-Ari
	US 93 in Boulder City I‑215 in Henderson I‑15 / US 93 in Las Vegas Summerlin Pkwy in Las Vegas CC 215 in Las Vegas US 6 in Tonopah and Coaldale US 50 in Fallon I‑80 in Trinity and Winnemucca
North end:	US 95 at the Oregon state line in McDermitt
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Replaced Highways in Nevada Interstate U.S. State pre-1976 Scenic ← US 93 Alt. US 95 Alt. →

U.S. Route 95 (US 95) is a major U.S. highway traversing the U.S. state of Nevada from north to south directly through Las Vegas and providing connections to both Carson City (via US 50) and Reno (via Interstate 80). US 95 is cosigned with Interstate 80 for 95 miles (153 km) between a junction in Churchill County and Winnemucca before heading north into Oregon at McDermitt.

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 the Las Vegas mayor who advocated for construction of that portion of freeway in the 1960s.

U.S. Route 95 enters Nevada near Cal-Nev-Ari in Clark County and heads north towards Railroad Pass, where it meets US 93. The two routes are then cosigned in the Las Vegas area and east of Henderson, Interstate 515 begins. I-515 is cosigned with US 93/95 for its entire route around eastern Las Vegas. The freeway then heads west into downtown Las Vegas, where it intersects Interstate 15. At the Spaghetti Bowl interchange, US 93 follows I-15 northbound and I-515 ends. US 95 heads west, then north at the Rainbow Curve. The freeway portion then ends and then it becomes a brief four-lane divided highway. US 95 exits Clark County and heads into eastern Nye County for 107 miles. It then enters Esmeralda and continues for 44 miles before meeting US 6 in Tonopah, back in Nye County. US 6/95 leave Tonopah, after two miles, enters Esmeralda County again, and heads west for 41 miles (66 km) until Coaldale, where US 6 splits west towards California and its western terminus in Bishop, California. US 95 then heads northwest towards Hawthorne and Schurz, where US 95 Alternate splits west towards US 50, providing an alternate route towards Carson City and Reno. US 95 itself goes north towards Fallon, where it intersects US 50. US 95 meets Interstate 80 and US 95 Alternate about halfway between Lovelock and Fernley. The two routes then run concurrently for 95 miles (153 km) until reaching Winnemucca, where US 95 splits from I-80 and follows Interstate 80 Business into downtown Winnemucca. In downtown Winnemucca, US 95 turns north in the general direction of Paradise Valley, leaving Interstate 80 Business to follow SR 289 east. North of Winnemucca, US 95 meets the eastern terminus of SR 140, which connects to Lakeview (U.S. Route 395) and Klamath Falls, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. US 95 finally exits Nevada at McDermitt and heads into Oregon.

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