Salt Wells, Nevada is the site of a former brothel and a possible future route of Interstate 11.

Salt Wells is located on the northern edge of the Salt Wells Marsh, 15 miles southeast of Fallon, Nevada on U.S. Route 50 near Sand Mountain.

Borax was discovered by William Throop at Salt Wells.

In 1977, the brothel was Firebombed by the wife of the Churchill County Sheriff, Mildred Banovich.

[8][9] In March 2018, it was reported that the Nevada Department of Transportation was considering Salt Wells as a possible route from Tonopah, Nevada to Interstate 80; the new route would be part of Interstate 11.