{{Short description|State highway in Nevada, United States}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=NV |type=SR |route=720 |alternate_name=Union Lane<br>Pasture Road |map={{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=240|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Nevada State Route 720}}}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=SR 720 highlighted in red |length_mi=3.248 |length_round=3 |length_ref=<ref name="NDOT_Log">{{cite web |title=State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps |author=Nevada Department of Transportation |author-link=Nevada Department of Transportation |url=http://www.nevadadot.com/doing-business/about-ndot/ndot-divisions/planning/roadway-systems/state-maintained-highways-descriptions-index-maps |date=January 2017 |accessdate=January 17, 2017 }}</ref> |established=July 1, 1976 |direction_a=West |terminus_a={{jct|state=NV|US|95}} south of Fallon |direction_b=East |terminus_b=Pasture Road south of Fallon |county=Churchill |previous_type=SR |previous_route=718 |next_type=SR |next_route=722 }} '''State Route 720''' ('''SR 720''') is a {{Convert|3.248|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} state highway in Churchill County, Nevada, south of Fallon. It serves Naval Air Station Fallon.
==Route description== thumb|right|View at the west end of SR 720 looking eastbound as seen in 2015 State Route 720 begins at a junction with U.S. Route 95 (US 95) approximately {{Convert|4|mi|km}} south of downtown Fallon. From there, the highway runs due east along Union Lane, a two-lane road which passes through agricultural areas. After about {{Convert|3|mi|km}}, Union Lane ends at an intersection with Pasture Road adjacent to Naval Air Station Fallon. SR 720 turns to follow the two-lane Pasture Road north another {{Convert|0.25|mi|km}} to an intersection with Cottonwood Drive at the main entrance to NAS Fallon.<ref name=NDOT_Log/><ref name=Google>{{google maps|title=Overview of SR 720|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/39.4167113,-118.7815686/39.4201879,-118.7254175/@39.4304443,-118.7589985,7410m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!4m1!3e0|accessdate=November 26, 2017}}</ref>
==History== The alignment of present-day Union Lane appears on maps as early as 1937, although it formerly extended further east prior to the creation of NAS Fallon.<ref name=Churchill1937>{{cite map|title=General Highways Churchill County, Nevada|publisher=Nevada Department of Highways|date=1937|url=https://www.nevadadot.com/home/showdocument?id=674|format=PDF|accessdate=November 26, 2017}}</ref> By 1957, the roadway existed in its current form albeit without a recognized state highway number,<ref name=Churchill1957>{{cite map|title=General Highway Map Churchill County, Nevada|publisher=Nevada Department of Highways|date=1957|url=https://www.nevadadot.com/home/showdocument?id=680|format=PDF|accessdate=November 26, 2017}}</ref> and was fully paved by 1969.<ref name=Churchill1969>{{cite map|title=General Highway Map Churchill County, Nevada|publisher=Nevada Department of Highways|date=1969|url=https://www.nevadadot.com/home/showdocument?id=686|format=PDF|accessdate=November 26, 2017}}</ref>
The roadway was first designated as a state highway on July 1, 1976.<ref name=SMH2001>{{cite book|title=Nevada's State Maintained Highways: Descriptions, Index and Maps|publisher=Nevada Department of Transportation|date=January 2001}}</ref>
==Major intersections== {{Jcttop|state=NV|county=Churchill|length_ref=<ref name=NDOT_Log/>}} {{NVint |location=none |mile=0.000 |road={{Jct|state=NV|US|95|city1=Fallon|city2=Hawthorne}} |notes=Western terminus }} {{NVint |location=none |mile= |road={{Jct|state=NV|SR|115|name1=Harrigan Road}} }} {{NVint |location=none |mile=3.248 |road=Cottonwood Drive / NAS Fallon main gate |notes=Eastern terminus }} {{Jctbtm}}
==See also== * {{Portal-inline|Nevada}} * {{Portal-inline|U.S. Roads}}
==References== {{AttachedKML|display=title,inline}} {{Commons category|Nevada State Route 720}} {{Reflist}}
723 Category:Transportation in Churchill County, Nevada