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Mileage

Destination	To/From Carson	To/From Minden	To/From Virginia City	To/From Reno	To/From Fallon	To/From Fernley	To/From Hawthorne
Reno, NV	30 miles	45 miles	30 miles		61 miles	34 miles	133 miles
Sacramento, CA	131 miles	128 miles	155 miles	133 miles	194 miles	167 mles	266 miles
San Francisco, CA	212 miles	214 miles	238 miles	216 miles	277 miles	249 miles	348 miles
Las Vegas, NV	438 miles	429 miles	441 miles	446 miles	385 miles	412 miles	313 miles
Los Angeles, CA	441 miles	428 miles	542 miles	520 miles	461 miles	553 miles	389 miles
San Diego, CA	524 miles	509 miles	543 miles	638 miles	543 miles	557 miles	471 miles
Salt Lake City, UT	543 miles	558 miles	533 miles	514 miles	477 miles	481 miles	550 miles
Portland, OR	608 miles	623 miles	599 miles	579 miles	637 miles	610 miles	709 miles
Seattle, WA	772 miles	795 miles	770 miles	751 miles	809 miles	781 miles	881 miles
Denver, CO	1,075 miles	1,090 miles	1,066 miles	1,054 miles	1,010 miles	1,013 miles	942 miles
Source: Free Trip

Trucking

Western Nevada is located on two major highway corridors U.S. 395 and U.S. 50. Several local, regional and national carriers are used for shipment in and out of western Nevada to 80 percent of the 11-state western region on a next-day basis.

The major transportation route to Virginia City is State Route 341, intersecting U.S. 395 near Reno via Geiger Grade and U.S. 50, southwest in Carson City. Interstate 80 is located 23 miles northwest in Reno.

Two principal highways bisect Churchill County and link the region with major western markets. U.S. Highway 50 runs east-west to Reno and California, while U.S. Highway 95A runs north-south to northern Nevada. Interstate 80 is accessible at nearby Fernley, Nevada, or directly north via U.S. Highway 95A.

Reno/Sparks, located in Washoe County, is at the hub of an extensive transportation network on two major highway corridors: Interstate 80 and U.S. Highway 395. Interstate 80 connects Reno/Sparks to Sacramento and San Francisco to the west and Salt Lake City to the east. U.S. Highway 395 runs northbound to Oregon, Washington, and Canada and southbound to Los Angeles. Both JC Penney and Kmart, two major distribution centers located in Reno and Sparks, carry shipments over these routes daily.

Three primary transportation routes transect Lyon County; Interstate 80 parallels the northwest border of the county, and continues west to San Francisco (via Reno/Sparks) and east to Salt Lake City. U.S. Highway 50 also crosses east-west through the county, continuing westbound through Carson City, and eastbound through Ely. U.S. Highway 95A spurs off I-80 and runs north-south, passing through Yerington on its way to Las Vegas. Several state routes provide access to the rural areas. Approximately sixty regional and national carriers are available for shipments in and out of Lyon County.

U.S. Highway 95 runs through the county linking the area with Reno to the north and Tonopah/Las Vegas to the south.

Third Party Logistics

Bender Group
The Bender Group is a customer-centered logistics and consulting partner that helps you transform problems into profits. For more than a half century the Bender Group of companies has offered a full range of logistic services, providing the functions you need for the efficient, effective storage and flow of your products to your customer.

Eagle Global Logistics
Eagle Global Logistics is a leading provider of end-to-end supply chain solutions demonstrating core competencies in domestic and international freight transportation, integrated logistics management and information technology.

Griffin Transport Services
Griffin Transport Services, a Nevada Company, provides a full range of international Supply Chain logistics services targeted to meet the needs of companies engaged in global trade. Our Logistics expertise includes International Transportation, Freight Forwarding, Trucking, US Customs, Compliance, Foreign Trade Zone, Warehousing, Distribution, 3PL & 4PL solutions, contract negotiation, Transportation management programs, and full supply chain programs designed to streamline and make seamless the global trade environment.

Hopkins Distribution
Hopkins Distribution Company is well known and respected for providing global logistics, distribution, and warehousing solutions for many clients across the United States. As a Third Party Logistics (3PL) specialist, they provide their clients with a wide array of highly technical yet cost-efficient options for fulfillment, distribution and warehousing challenges.

ITS Logistics
ITS Logistics is a Nevada based, third party logistics provider offering a wide range of supply chain solutions to local and national manufacturers and distributors.

Kuehne + Nagel
Kuehne + Nagel is one of the world's leading logistics providers. Across its global network of 750 offices in more than 100 countries, the company develops and delivers integrated logistics solutions of outstanding quality and operational excellence. Tailored to industry and customer requirements.

Ozburn-Hessey Logistics
Ozburn-Hessey Logistics is a leading third party logistics company providing comprehensive supply chain management solutions. They provide flexibility, scalability and visibility to their clients.

Foreign Trade Zones

Northern Nevada's Foreign Trade Zone at nearly 7,500 acres one of the largest in the nation.

A Foreign Trade Zone is designated by the United States Customs Department and allows foreign and domestic merchandise to be admitted for operations such as storage, exhibition, assembly, manufacture and processing, without being subject to formal Customs entry procedures, the payment of Customs duties or the payment of federal excise taxes.

With this vast size, the zone includes a variety of large-scale industrial and commercial parks, as well as smaller industrial properties, which makes the area more attractive to current and prospective businesses.

A Foreign Trade Zone is an area that may be a single building, an industrial park, an area of commercial/industrial development, or an existing company's production facility. There are two types of Foreign Trade Zone authority - "General-Purpose" and "Manufacturing" authority. Facilities made available for more than one company are considered general-purpose zones (FTZ-126/Sparks, Nv.). General Purpose zones provide authority for warehousing and distribution operations only. No manipulation or transformation of the product is allowed. Manufacturing authority allows for the manipulation or transformation of products within a zone operation. An individual firm seeking authorization for manufacturing operations - manipulation and/or transformation of goods - is normally designated as a Subzone site. The Foreign Trade Zones Board authorizes specific areas to be designated as FTZ space. It is then up to the local Customs officials to approve activation of space within the approved physical site.

Map of Foreign Trade Zones in Northern NevadaGIF 110KB

Rail Service

Passenger service is provided by Amtrak in the Reno/Sparks area and freight service is provided by Union Pacific Railroad in Reno/Sparks. The Union Pacific Railroad provides spurline freight service to the center of Fallon. Burlington Northern Santa Fe has also been authorized to operate over the tracks in northern Nevada.

Bus Service

Greyhound Lines provides regional and national bus route system service. For more information visit www.greyhound.com.

The Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) offers the following public transit services for the greater Reno/Sparks area. RTC RIDE is the fixed-route bus service; RTC INTERCITY is the commuter service between Reno and Carson City; RTC ACCESS is the paratransit service; RTC SIERRA SPIRIT is the downtown Reno circulator service.

Airport

Reno Stead Airport is a general aviation airport located north of Reno. The physical facilities include two asphalt runways (7,600 ft. and 8,080 ft.) on 5,000 acres, lights, hangars and full services. Aviation Classics Limited is the fixed-based operator. In addition, the Nevada Army National Guard has an Aviation Support Facility at the airport, from which military training activities are conducted. Reno Stead Airport is home to the Reno National Championship Air Races every September.

Minden-Tahoe Airport
The Minden-Tahoe Airport is a 990-acre general aviation non-towered airport. Built in 1942 as a military training base, Douglas County acquired the Airport and has operated it as a municipal airport governed by Douglas County Board of County Commissioners. The Airport serves a broad base of aviation uses from corporate to recreational flying. It is home to approximately 250 aircraft with 80,000 annual operation. It is also home to the Minden Tanker Base and the Sierra Front Dispatch Agency with primary mission of dispatching tankers to fires in the Sierra Nevada region.

Carson City Airport
The Carson City Airport has one 5,900 ft. lighted runway, one 3,400 ft. unpaved taxiway and one 2,600 ft., 35-foot-wide paved taxiway. No commercial services exist. Fixed-based operators in operation are Silver Sky Aviation, Weaver Aircraft, Shadetree Aviation and El Aero Services.

Reno/Tahoe International Airport
Reno/Tahoe International Airport is located a short distance from the Storey County area. Reno/Tahoe is the nation's 45th busiest airport. Each day the airport handles approximately 17,000 arriving/departing passengers, 283,000 pounds of cargo arriving/departing and 420 aircraft operations. There are three runways, the main runway is 11,000 ft, the crosswind runway is 6,100 ft. and a parallel runway that is 9,000 ft. U.S. Customs and Immigration Offices are located on the airport premises. Reno/Tahoe international is a landing rights airport and Port of Entry. Three fixed-based operators provide a full range of services for private aircraft. For more information, see Washoe County Location/Market Access.

The Hawthorne Industrial Airport features a lighted 6,000 ft. runway.

An airpark with commercial and residential lots is planned for the Fernley Airport that is currently a 4,200-foot gravel strip.

Silver Springs Airport is located approximately 40 miles northeast of Carson City. This airport is a public facility serving the general aviation needs of northern Lyon County. The current gravel runway is 6,900 feet long and 150 feet wide. The potential for several on-airport, aviation related manufacturing operations are excellent.

The Yerington Municipal Airport is located approximately 70 miles southeast of Carson City. This airport also serves the general aviation needs of Lyon County. The airport has one runway 5,800 feet in length and 75 feet wide. There is also a 200-foot chevron on each end of the runway (total pavement is 6,200 foot) and a taxiway. The airport's an excellent facility for light- to medium-size business jets.

Fallon Municipal Airport provides charter and general aviation services to the area. Rental cars and flight instructions are also available. The runway lengths are 5,703 ft. paved and 3,650 ft. dirt.

Road Closure Information

I-80 between Reno NV and Sacramento CA

Year	Average Length of Closure	Main Reason for Closure	Total Snow Fall	Days Chains Required
2005-06	1 hour 9 minutes	Spinouts/Accidents	539"	84
2004-05	3 hours 23 minutes	Spinouts/Accidents	365.5"	56
2003-04	53 minutes	Spinouts/Accidents	307"	67
2002-03	50 minutes	Spinouts/Accidents	305.5"	55

Truck-Related Closures

Year	Total Hours	Total Hours > 2 Hours	Total Hours > 30 minutes	Total Hours < 30 minutes
2005-06	96 hours 32 minutes	81 hours 16 minutes	12 hours 24 minutes	2 hours 52 minutes
2004-05	174 hours 37 minutes	170 hours 40 minutes	170 hours 40 minutes	49 minutes
2003-04	38 hours 16 minutes	37 hours 10 minutes	38 hours 16 minutes	0
2002-03	35 hours 35 minutes	31 hours 1 minute	34 hours 44 minutes	51 minutes

Chain Controls

Year	# of Chain Controls Issued	Total Hours of Chain Controls During Closure	Number of Chain Controls Issued (Truck Related)	Total Hours of Chain Controls During Closure (Truck Related)
2005-06	157	173 hours 3 minutes	29	89 hours 26 minutes
2004-05	81	307 hours 52 minutes	23	169 hours 53 minutes
2003-04	107	94 hours 28 minutes	21	38 hours 16 minutes
2002-03	97	80 hours 25 minutes	20	40 hours 40 minutes

Source: California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) (provided by EDAWN)