State Route 880 is a state highway

State highway

State highway, state road or state route can refer to one of three related concepts, two of them related to a state or provincial government in a country that is divided into states or provinces :#A...

 located in Sparks

Sparks, Nevada

Sparks is a city in Washoe County, Nevada, United States, located east of Reno, Nevada. The 2010 U.S. Census Bureau population count was 90,264. Sparks is often referred to as half of a twin city .-Geography and Climate:...

, Nevada

Nevada

Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...

. It starts at the beginning of state maintenance near the Orr Irrigation Ditch and runs northeast along Wedekind Road. The route connects with State Route 445

Nevada State Route 445

State Route 445 is a state highway in Washoe County, Nevada. The route follows Pyramid Way, a major thoroughfare in the city of Sparks, and connects the Reno metropolitan area to Pyramid Lake . The route is designated a Nevada Scenic Byway....

 (Pyramid Way) by turning south on Farr Lane and then east on Queen Way.

History

The 1996 NDOT Log included a leg-of-wye from State Route 445 to State Route 880 (Wedekind Road).

It is believed that State Route 880 formerly extended further south along Wedekind Road, covering all of the Sparks and Reno

Reno, Nevada

Reno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The city has a population of about 220,500 and is the most populous Nevada city outside of the Las Vegas metropolitan area...

 sections of former State Route 33.