Truckee Meadows and the Washoe Valley are to the west and the Lahontan Valley is east.

The Reno-Sparks metropolitan area is informally called the Truckee Meadows and consists of nearly 500,000 residents.

Reno's first "school on the hill," the campus offers a beautiful panoramic view of the Truckee Meadows to the south, and of the Sierra Nevada to the southwest.

The route provides access to many businesses and residential areas in the Truckee Meadows.

The Truckee Meadows saw major floods in 1997 and 2005, causing over $1 billion in damages and showing the importance of completing this project.

Upon exiting the canyon the freeway serves the Truckee Meadows, a name for the urban area consisting of Verdi, Reno and Sparks.

Truckee Meadows has been incorrectly used interchangeably with the Reno-Sparks incorporated areas, which are not the same as the Truckee Meadows.

The Truckee Meadows is named for the Truckee River, which crosses the valley from west to east and goes through downtown Reno.

Its current name is based on its primary service area, Truckee Meadows in Washoe County, Nevada.

The campus is located just north of downtown Reno overlooking Truckee Meadows and the downtown casinos.