| State: | NV |
| Type: | SR |
| Route: | 726 |
| Alternate Name: | Old River Road, Bafford Lane |
| Map Custom: | yes |
| Map Notes: | SR 726 highlighted in red |
| Length Mi: | 1.866 |
| Length Round: | 3 |
| Length Ref: | [1] |
| Established: | 1978 |
| Direction A: | West |
| Terminus A: | north of Fallon |
| Direction B: | East |
| Terminus B: | 1.866 miles east of US 95 |
| Counties: | Churchill |
| Previous Type: | SR |
| Previous Route: | 723 |
| Next Type: | SR |
| Next Route: | 739 |
State Route 726 (SR 726) is a 1.866adj=midNaNadj=mid state highway in Churchill County, Nevada running through a rural area north of Fallon.
SR 726 begins at a junction with U.S. Route 95 (US 95) approximately 2miles north of downtown Fallon. From there, the highway runs northeastward along Old River Road, a two-lane roadway following the Lower Soda Lake Drain through a rural agricultural area. After about 0.8miles, SR 726 turns onto Bafford Lane, another two-lane farm road. The highway follows Bafford Lane due east for about 1miles, ending at a bridge over the Carson River.[1]
The alignment of present-day SR 726 can be seen on maps dating as early as 1937. At that time, the Old River Road portion of the highway was a minimally-improved part of State Route 1A, a highway that connected Fallon to US 40 southwest of Lovelock.[1] [2] However, SR 1A was rerouted to a newer alignment by 1957, thus removing the designation from Old River Road.[3] SR 1A would later become US 95.
SR 726 was established as a state highway on January 1, 1978.[4]