Tesla, Nevada Governor welcome in USA Parkway connecting Gigafactory with two major routes

Tesla and Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Sparks on Monday to celebrate the completion of USA Parkway, a 12-mile extension connecting Tesla’s Gigafactory to Interstate 80 in the north and US 50 in the south.

A red Tesla Model 3 driven by company CTO JB Straubel, along with a Model S and Model X, commemorated the completion of the $75 million and 14-month long project by driving on a section of the roadway that will soon serve as a major supply chain corridor for the Gigafactory.

Speaking to roughly 200 people in attendance at the ceremony, including city officials, Tesla employees and local business owners, Governor Sandoval remarked “The opening of USA Parkway will transform the region’s transportation capabilities. Now the millions of goods made in or distributed from Nevada will be able to move more swiftly and with greater ease,”

The transportation corridor known locally as “Infinity Highway” will provide Tesla’s Gigafactory with two access points for shipping and logistics, but more importantly reduce congestion for the thousands of employees traveling to the world’s largest building each day.

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