State Route 667 (SR 667) is a
state highway
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either Route number, numbered or maintained by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered ...
in the
Reno
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-
Sparks metropolitan area of
Washoe County
Washoe County () is a county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 486,492, making it Nevada's second-most populous county. Its county seat is Reno. Washoe County is included in the Reno, NV Metropolitan Statis ...
,
Nevada
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. It follows a portion of Kietzke Lane, a major north–south arterial in the area.
Route description
State Route 667 begins at its junction with S. Virginia Street (U.S. Route 395 Business, former
SR 430) in Reno and continues due north a few miles. Once passing E. Second Street (
SR 648), SR 667 curves east to cross over the
Truckee River
The Truckee River is a river in the U.S. states of California and Nevada. The river flows northeasterly and is long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed October 20, 2012 Th ...
and pass under
Interstate 580 (I-580) and
U.S. Route 395 (US 395) to its northern terminus at Galletti Way at the Sparks–Reno city line. Kietzke Lane continues past the terminus of SR 667 to Victorian Avenue (
I-80 Business).
History
During the late 1970s, US 395 in Reno was being upgraded to a
freeway
A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, motorway, and expressway. Other similar terms ...
. By 1976, the new North–South Freeway, now signed as US 395 (and I-580, as of 2012), had been completed from the north of Reno down to E. Second Street. To facilitate the connection with existing US 395 in south Reno, Temporary US 395 was designated by 1976. The temporary designation went west from the freeway terminus along E. Second Street to Kietzke Lane, and then followed present-day State Route 667 south from E. Second Street to S. Virginia Street, where it intersected with US 395.
By 1982, the US 395 freeway had been completed to S. Virginia Street, eliminating the Temporary designation on SR 667.
As late as 2006, State Route 667 continued along Kietzke Lane south from South Virginia Street to its intersection with Neil Road. From there, the route turned east and followed Neil Road to connect with
I-580 /
US 395
U.S. Route 395 (US 395), also known as U.S. Highway 395, is a north–south United States Numbered Highway that traverses the inland areas of the western states of California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. It travels for over from a junctio ...
before terminating at S. Virginia Street (SR 430). As of 2008, this portion of State Route 667 has been removed from the state highway system; however, the portion of Neil Road under I-580 / US 395 is currently maintained by
Nevada DOT
The Nevada Department of Transportation (Nevada DOT or NDOT) is a government agency in the U.S. state of Nevada. NDOT is responsible for maintaining and improving Nevada's highway system, which includes U.S. highways and Interstate highways wit ...
as a
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. Where parallel high-speed roads are provided as part of a maj ...
(FRWA44).
The Neil Road section of State Route 667 was previously known as Del Monte Lane. The name change was made in the mid-2000s to help eliminate confusion between "Del Monte" and "Damonte" (as in Damonte Ranch Parkway, another I-580 / US 395 exit further south). The similar-sounding names had been an issue for emergency personnel responding to incidents on or near I-580 / US 395.
By 2017, the portion of SR 667 in Sparks (Galletti Way to Victorian Avenue) was mostly turned over to local control and later renamed Battle Born Way; the portion of SR 667 near the I-80 overpass was retained under state maintenance as frontage road FRWA59.
Major intersections
See also
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Notes
References
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Transportation in Washoe County, Nevada
Transportation in Reno, Nevada
U.S. Route 395