Wendover Boulevard was originally part of US Route 40 (US 40), which connected California to New Jersey via Nevada and Utah.

continues east until it reaches the Montego Bay Resort and Wendover Nugget casinos.

continues to the east past Aria Boulevard, which to the north connects to I-80 and to the south leads to the historic Wendover Air Force Base, where the 509th Composite Group was stationed while it prepared to conduct atomic bomb attacks against Japan during 1944 and 1945.

[10] As the highway travels east toward a half trumpet interchange with I-80, the number of lanes drops from five to two.

[12] Every year, the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) conducts a series of surveys on its highways to measure traffic volume.

Then governors George Dern of Utah and James G. Scrugham of Nevada, as well as the Secretary of Agriculture William Marion Jardine were present to open the highway.

[16] Bill Smith and Herman Eckstein opened a filling station at the present location of Wendover Nugget at a cost of $500 early in 1926 (equivalent to $6,892 in 2023[17]).

[20][21] US 40 was the major thoroughfare between San Francisco, in the west, and Atlantic City, New Jersey, in the east.

[30] The current SR-58 was codified into Utah law in 1969 between the state line and the junction with Frontage Road, which was formerly US 40.

[30] Wendover Boulevard between US 93 Alt and the state line was designated SR 224 between July 1, 1976, and April 28, 1993, when the highway was transferred to Elko County.

NDOT applied for the designation, but, in July 1982, the application was deferred by AASHTO until Utah submitted a request for a business loop.

[citation needed] In 2007, the city of West Wendover had two historical markers installed along I-80 Bus., one at the state line and the other at the intersection of US 93 Alt.