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State Route 425 (SR 425) is a state highway that serves the town of
SR 425 begins at the intersection of Third Street, Gold Ranch Road, and a state maintained
The highway originally carried State Route 1 and later U.S. Route 40 on its trek west from
Verdi
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the h ...
in Washoe County, Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a state in the Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, ...
. Interstate 80 Business is routed along the highway and extends beyond the terminus of the state route. SR 425 was formerly a part of SR 1 and U.S. Route 40 (US 40).
Route description
SR 425 begins at the intersection of Third Street, Gold Ranch Road, and a state maintained frontage road
A frontage road (also known as an access road, outer road, service road, feeder road, or parallel road) is a local road running parallel to a higher-speed, limited-access road. A frontage road is often used to provide access to private drive ...
in Verdi, near the West Verdi interchange (Exit 2) with Interstate 80. The highway follows Third Street northeast through the center of Verdi, then southeast to its terminus at the I-80 East Verdi interchange (Exit 5).
Although designated a state route and an Interstate business route, there are no route shields posted along the highway itself.
The I-80 business route extends beyond the end of SR 425. From the highway's western terminus, I-80 Business follows Gold Ranch Road an additional south to end at an I-80 westbound onramp.
History
The highway originally carried State Route 1 and later U.S. Route 40 on its trek west from Reno
Reno ( ) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada-California border, about north from Lake Tahoe, known as "The Biggest Little City in the World". Known for its casino and tourism industry, Reno is the ...
over Donner Pass
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towards Sacramento
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, California
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. As Interstate 80 was being completed in the 1960s, it was largely replacing US 40 throughout the western United States. US 40 was truncated to a western terminus in Reno by 1966, officially removing the route from Verdi; however, some 1970s era maps still showed US 40 in Verdi.
With the Nevada state highway renumbering that occurred in the mid 1970s, State Route 425 was assigned to Old US 40 through Verdi.
Major intersections
See also
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Interstate 80
U.S. Route 40
Transportation in Washoe County, Nevada