Victory Highway - West Wendover, NV
Posted by: 
DougK
N 40° 44.440 W 114° 04.360
11T E 747171 N 4514092
A roadway, now named Wendover Boulevard, has existed since June 23, 1925 when the Victory Highway was completed through Wendover. The Lincoln Highway was routed to follow the Victory Highway through this region.
Waymark Code: WMEB69
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 04/30/2012
Views: 6
The Victory Highway Association was organized in 1921 to locate and mark a transcontinental highway via St. Louis, generally south of the Lincoln Highway. The road was to be dedicated to American forces who died in World War I.
Excerpted from Wikipedia:
A roadway, now named Wendover Boulevard, has existed since June 23, 1925 when the Victory Highway was completed through Wendover. The Lincoln Highway was routed to follow the Victory Highway through the region by an order of the Lincoln Highway Association executive committee on October 18, 1926.
Wendover Boulevard was numbered US 40 through the cities of West Wendover and Wendover beginning in 1926. US 40 was routed along the Wendover Cut-off, now known as Frontage Road, which was retained as a service road after the completion of the I-80. The US 40 designation was removed by 1976 or 1977, when I-80 was completed through the area.
In front of the new West Wendover City Hall is an interpretative walking trail with five signs that tell of the time when the Lincoln Highway and the Victory Highway were one and the same at this point on the road system.