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State Route 304 (SR 304) is a
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in
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, Nevada, United States. The road is the main street through the town of Battle Mountain, and is also designated Interstate 80 Business (I-80 Bus.). The highway was part of SR 1 and
U.S. Route 40 U.S. Route 40 or U.S. Highway 40 (US 40), also known as the Main Street of America, is a major east–west United States Highway traveling across the United States from the Mountain States to the Mid-Atlantic States. As with most routes wh ...
(US 40) prior to the mid-1970s.


Route description

SR 304 begins just west of the
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(I-80) West Battle Mountain interchange northwest of Battle Mountain. The route heads briefly passes through a portion of the
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as it turns southeast into the town. The highway parallels the Union Pacific Railroad right through the middle of the Battle Mountain business district. SR 304 has a junction with State Route 305, which connects to
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in southern Lander County, as well as State Route 806, providing access to mining districts north of the town. The route exits the town limits, crossing over the Reese River before turning south to reconnect to I-80 at the East Battle Mountain interchange and terminating just south of there. The majority of State Route 304 is also designated Interstate 80 Business, a
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of Interstate 80.


History

Front Street in Battle Mountain was formerly part of State Route 1, a route designated with the creation of the Nevada State Highway System in 1917. The adoption of the U.S. Highway System in 1926 by the Bureau of Public Roads created US 40 in Nevada, which was also routed along Front Street through Battle Mountain. Both SR 1 and US 40 were shown on Nevada state maps as early as 1929. The State Route 304 designation was applied to Front Street through Battle Mountain on July 1, 1976, in the renumbering of Nevada's state highways. In this process, Route 1 was removed from the state highway system. US 40 was also gone in Nevada, having mostly been replaced by the freeway that would become I-80.


Major intersections


See also

* List of state highways in Nevada *
List of highways numbered 304 The following highways are numbered 304: Brazil * BR-304 Canada * Manitoba Provincial Road 304 * Nova Scotia Route 304 * Prince Edward Island Route 304 * Saskatchewan Highway 304 China * China National Highway 304 Costa Rica * National Route ...


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Transportation in Lander County, Nevada Interstate 80