Editing Interstate 11 (section)

===Northern Nevada extension plans===
The proposal to extend I-11 to the Reno area was supported by both of Nevada's U.S. Senators, [[Harry Reid]] and [[Dean Heller]], as well as the rest of [[United States congressional delegations from Nevada|Nevada's delegation to the U.S. Congress]]. Heller stated that connecting the Phoenix area with Las Vegas and Northern Nevada would "spur long-term economic development, create jobs and bolster international trade".<ref>{{cite news |date = December 2, 2015 |title = Reno-to-Vegas interstate is in highway bill deal |url = https://www.rgj.com/story/news/politics/2015/12/01/reno-las-vegas-interstate-included-us-highway-bill-deal/76624672/ |access-date = December 6, 2015 |work = [[Reno Gazette-Journal]] |language = en |issn = 0745-1415 |agency = [[Associated Press]] }}</ref> As originally proposed in the 2012 [[Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act]], the highway would run only from [[Casa Grande, Arizona]], to [[Las Vegas]].<ref>{{cite news |date = June 29, 2012 |title = Phoenix-to-Vegas Interstate Included in Federal Transportation bill |url = http://www.mohavedailynews.com/news/local/phoenix-to-vegas-interstate-included-in-federal-transportation-bill/article_d4d5bab9-4957-53b2-a9b2-9e63e2d46546.html |archive-url = https://archive.today/20150202104205/http://www.mohavedailynews.com/news/local/phoenix-to-vegas-interstate-included-in-federal-transportation-bill/article_d4d5bab9-4957-53b2-a9b2-9e63e2d46546.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = February 2, 2015 |url-access = registration |access-date = July 1, 2012 |work = [[Kingman Daily Miner]] |language = en |issn = 1535-9913 }}</ref> This was to provide a Las Vegas–[[Phoenix metropolitan area|Phoenix]] freeway link. Extensions of the corridor to the north toward Reno and to the south toward Nogales, however, have since been approved by the 2015 [[Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act]] (FAST Act) but not to extensions north of [[Interstate 80 in Nevada|I-80]].<ref name="adot1215">{{cite press release |title = Interstate 11 receives designation in federal transportation funding bill |date = December 4, 2015 |publisher = Arizona Department of Transportation |location = Phoenix |url = http://www.azdot.gov/media/News/news-release/2015/12/04/interstate-11-receives-designation-in-federal-transportation-funding-bill |quote = The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, or FAST Act, formally designates Interstate 11 throughout Arizona. It states that the I-11 corridor will generally follow Interstate 19 from Nogales to Tucson, Interstate 10 from Tucson to Phoenix, and US&nbsp;93 from Wickenburg to the Nevada state line. From there, the Interstate 11 corridor extends north through Nevada, and is designated as an interstate highway north of Las Vegas, through Reno, connecting to Interstate 80. |access-date = December 7, 2015 |archive-date = January 25, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180125134413/http://www.azdot.gov/media/News/news-release/2015/12/04/interstate-11-receives-designation-in-federal-transportation-funding-bill |url-status = dead }}</ref>

The Reno City Council was informed of potential I-11 corridor plans on March 15, 2018.<ref name="ktvn">{{cite news |last = Fuhs |first = Brandon |date = March 15, 2018 |title = Reno City Council Learns Potential Corridors for Future Interstate 11 |url = http://www.ktvn.com/story/37729438/reno-city-council-learns-potential-corridors-for-future-interstate-11 |access-date = April 1, 2018 |publisher = [[KTVN]] |location = Reno, Nevada |language = en |archive-date = April 1, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180401213645/http://www.ktvn.com/story/37729438/reno-city-council-learns-potential-corridors-for-future-interstate-11 |url-status = live }}</ref>

North of its current terminus, I-11 is expected to follow and become co-signed with US&nbsp;95 from Las Vegas to [[Schurz, Nevada|Schurz]] or [[Fallon, Nevada|Fallon]] pending upgrades to Interstate standards.

North of Tonopah, the route is undecided, with various different proposed routings through Northern Nevada. These include a route through [[Yerington, Nevada|Yerington]] that roughly parallels [[Nevada State Route 208|SR&nbsp;208]] until just before the [[Topaz Lake]] area, then takes a new route into [[Gardnerville, Nevada|Gardnerville]] and [[Minden, Nevada|Minden]] before meeting up with current [[Interstate 580 (Nevada)|I-580]] in [[Carson City, Nevada|Carson City]], which it follows to its terminus of I-80 in Reno. The other potential corridors stick closer to [[U.S. Route 95 in Nevada|US&nbsp;95]], with one following [[U.S. Route 95 Alternate (Schurz–Fernley, Nevada)|US&nbsp;95 Alternate]] (US&nbsp;95 Alt.) through [[Silver Springs, Nevada|Silver Springs]] to meet I-80 in [[Fernley, Nevada|Fernley]], while another would take a new route east of Silver Springs to Fernley, meeting current [[U.S. Route 50 Alternate (Nevada)|US&nbsp;50 Alt.]] west of Fallon, which would then go to I-80 and US&nbsp;95 Alt in Fernley. Another proposed route would go east of [[Mina, Nevada|Mina]] and [[Luning, Nevada|Luning]] and go north through [[Salt Wells, Nevada|Salt Wells]] before meeting US&nbsp;95 north of Fallon, which then meets I-80 farther north. Other minor alterations to these routes were also shown.

On July 26, 2018, NDOT selected the future northbound terminus of I-11 to I-80 and US&nbsp;95 Alt. in Fernley near [[Reno, Nevada|Reno]] and [[Sparks, Nevada|Sparks]] as there are only 2 options under consideration: US&nbsp;95, US&nbsp;50 and US&nbsp;50 Alt. (Fernley East Connection aka Fallon option) and US&nbsp;95 Alt. and US&nbsp;50 Alt. (Fernley West Connection aka Yerington option) as the rest of them were removed from consideration.<ref>{{cite news |last = Alonzo |first = Amy |url = https://www.rgj.com/story/news/local/leader-courier/2018/07/26/ndot-says-interstate-11-pass-near-fernley/845533002/ |title = Interstate connecting Canada, Mexico might pass near Fernley |work = [[Reno Gazette-Journal]] |date = July 26, 2018 |accessdate = April 3, 2025 }}</ref>