Nevada State Route 397 Explained

State:NV
Type:NV
Route:397
Alternate Name:Westergard Road, Meridian Road
Map Custom:yes
Map Notes:SR 397 highlighted in red
Length Mi:11.840
Length Ref:[1]
Direction A:South
Direction B:North
Terminus A: near Derby Field
Terminus B: in Lovelock
Established:1976
History:Created as SR 59 by 1937
Counties:Pershing
Previous Type:NV
Previous Route:396
Next Type:NV
Next Route:398

State Route 397 (SR 397) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Nevada. It runs from State Route 860 near Derby Field east on Westergard Road and north on Meridian Road into Lovelock. After passing under Interstate 80/U.S. Route 95, it turns northeast on Amherst Avenue and ends at State Route 398, two blocks southeast of State Route 396 (old U.S. Route 40).

History

Until the 1976 renumbering, most of SR 397 was State Route 59, defined by 1937.[2] At one point, SR 397 only used Westergard Road east of Westfall Road, turning north there to return to I-80/US 95 at Perth.[3] Later, possibly when SR 860 was added, Westfall Road was dropped and SR 397 was extended west to meet SR 860.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps . Nevada Department of Transportation . Nevada Department of Transportation . January 2017 . 2017-04-10.
  2. Web site: 1937 Official Road Map of the State of Nevada . 2020-04-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120205001206/http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fhmaps&CISOPTR=574&REC=15 . 2012-02-05 . dead .
  3. http://msrmaps.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=14&Z=11&X=116&Y=1387&W=3&qs=%7clovelock%7cnv%7c 1984 USGS topographic map