Date Uploaded: January 25, 2021
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Contributor: Bill Eaton on Facebook
Source: Facebook: Bill Eaton
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Source Caption: Found a photo showing military trucks somewhere in Reno during WW2. The U.S. 40 sign on the pole at right has an "Alternate" sign above it so I got to looking around to see where this was. It's North Wells Avenue looking south from East 4th Street toward the Truckee river. Highway 40 split into two routes as you entered Reno from the west, the main route was along 4th Street while 40 Alternate ran along 2nd. At Wells, 40 Alternate turned north to cross the river and then ducked under the Southern Pacific railroad tracks, seen in the background of the old photo, and rejoined the main route at East 4th Street. In preparation for the coming freeway, in about 1966-67, a new overhead was built that crossed the river and the SP tracks and the old 40 Alternate subway was completely eliminated. The two buildings at left in the old photo are still there.
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