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The I-515 designation was first approved in 1976, but construction did not begin until 1982, and was constructed in stages until it reached its former terminus north of Railroad Pass in 1994, when signs of the designation finally were put up. I-515 was built to bypass [[Fremont Street]] and Boulder Highway, both of which were former alignments of US 93, US 95, and [[U.S. Route 466|US 466]], and provide a direct freeway connection with Henderson. |
The I-515 designation was first approved in 1976, but construction did not begin until 1982, and was constructed in stages until it reached its former terminus north of Railroad Pass in 1994, when signs of the designation finally were put up. I-515 was built to bypass [[Fremont Street]] and Boulder Highway, both of which were former alignments of US 93, US 95, and [[U.S. Route 466|US 466]], and provide a direct freeway connection with Henderson. |
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In August 2017, the segment of I-515 between the I-215 interchange and the southern city limits of Henderson was redesignated as I-11. The Nevada Department of Transportation announced in 2022 that part of the preferred alternative for the future northward extension of I-11 would follow the remainder of the I-515 alignment. Signs for I-11 along I-515 and US 95 north of I-15 began to go up in 2024, and the I-515 designation |
In August 2017, the segment of I-515 between the I-215 interchange and the southern city limits of Henderson was redesignated as I-11. The Nevada Department of Transportation announced in 2022 that part of the preferred alternative for the future northward extension of I-11 would follow the remainder of the I-515 alignment. Signs for I-11 along I-515 and US 95 north of I-15 began to go up in 2024, and the I-515 designation was decommissioned in May 2024.<ref name="Footprint">{{cite news |last1=Akers |first1=Mick |title=I-11 footprint to grow in Southern Nevada |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/news-columns/road-warrior/i-11-footprint-to-grow-in-southern-nevada-2967497/ |access-date=5 January 2024 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=18 December 2023}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Vigil |first=Joe |date=2024-05-22 |title=Interstate 11 signs going up in Las Vegas; Mexico-to-Canada interstate plans move forward |url=https://www.fox5vegas.com/2024/05/22/interstate-11-signs-going-up-las-vegas-mexico-to-canada-interstate-plans-move-forward/ |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=www.fox5vegas.com |language=en}}</ref> |
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==Route description== |
==Route description== |
Revision as of 15:31, 6 June 2024
This article needs additional citations for verification. (September 2018) |
I-515 highlighted in red | ||||
Route information | ||||
Auxiliary route of I-15 | ||||
Maintained by NDOT | ||||
Length | 20.54 mi[1][2][3] (33.06 km) | |||
Existed | July 12, 1976–May 2024 | |||
History | Approved on July 12, 1976; Opened in stages 1982–1994; Signed in 1994; decommissioned in 2024. | |||
NHS | Entire route | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | ![]() ![]() | |||
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North end | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Nevada | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Interstate 515 (I-515) was a 20.54-mile-long (33.06 km) spur route of I-15 in the US state of Nevada that ran from the junction of I-15, US 93 and US 95 (the Las Vegas Spaghetti Bowl Interchange) in Downtown approximately 20 miles (32 km) southeast to just north of Railroad Pass in southeastern Henderson. The freeway connected traffic headed from Boulder City and Henderson to Downtown Las Vegas via a direct, high-speed route, and it ran concurrently with, US 93, and US 95 along its entire length.
The I-515 designation was first approved in 1976, but construction did not begin until 1982, and was constructed in stages until it reached its former terminus north of Railroad Pass in 1994, when signs of the designation finally were put up. I-515 was built to bypass Fremont Street and Boulder Highway, both of which were former alignments of US 93, US 95, and US 466, and provide a direct freeway connection with Henderson.
In August 2017, the segment of I-515 between the I-215 interchange and the southern city limits of Henderson was redesignated as I-11. The Nevada Department of Transportation announced in 2022 that part of the preferred alternative for the future northward extension of I-11 would follow the remainder of the I-515 alignment. Signs for I-11 along I-515 and US 95 north of I-15 began to go up in 2024, and the I-515 designation was decommissioned in May 2024.[4][5]
Route description
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The southern terminus of I-515 is at an interchange with I-11, I-215, US 93, US 95, and SR 564 in Henderson, a suburb of Las Vegas. The freeway continues south as I-11 towards Boulder City and the Hoover Dam on the former alignment of I-515.[6] The six-lane freeway travels northwest from the interchange and carries the concurrent designations of I-515, US 93, and US 95 through Henderson as it passes the Sunset Station casino and Galleria at Sunset shopping mall. I-515 then turns north and intersects Tropicana Avenue (SR 593), Flamingo Road (SR 592), and the Boulder Highway (SR 582) as it approaches Las Vegas. After entering the city of Las Vegas, the highway turns west and intersects Las Vegas Boulevard on the north side of Downtown Las Vegas. I-515 ends at the Spaghetti Bowl, an interchange with I-15,[7] while the roadway continues west as Oran K. Gragson Freeway (carrying US 95).[8]
History
Prior to the completion of the freeway, US 93 and US 95 originally followed Fremont Street/Boulder Highway from Downtown Las Vegas southeast through Henderson to Boulder City.[9] Boulder Highway was signed as a business route of US 93/US 95 after the freeway was completed, but that designation has since been removed; it is now just SR 582.[citation needed]
The I-515 freeway, which began construction in 1982, is a continuation of the Oran K. Gragson Freeway (named for the former Las Vegas mayor who advocated for the construction of the then Las Vegas Expressway) which ran primarily along the former West Fremont Street alignment between Las Vegas Boulevard and Rainbow Boulevard.[citation needed] The spur was completed southeast to Charleston Boulevard (SR 159) in 1984, to Tropicana Avenue (SR 593) in 1986, to Russell Road in 1988, to Lake Mead Parkway (SR 564) (then known as Lake Mead Drive, SR 146 west and SR 147 east), in 1990, and finally to Railroad Pass just south of Boulder Highway in 1994 at an at-grade intersection with Paradise Hills Drive (which was eventually removed).[citation needed] With this extension of highway complete, the length of I-515 was 20.010 miles (32.203 km).[10]
The I-515 designation was first approved by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) on July 12, 1976, from the I-15 interchange to the junction of US 93 and US 95 (at Boulder Highway, current exit 70).[11] On December 7, 1984, AASHTO approved the southeasterly extension of the route to its former terminus near Boulder City.[12] Even though the route number was approved prior to the highway's construction, I-515 was not consistently signed until after the freeway was completed down to its former southern terminus north of Railroad Pass in 1994.[citation needed]
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With the pending construction of the Boulder City Bypass introducing the I-11 designation to Nevada, the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) sought to connect the new route to other Interstate Highways. NDOT submitted an application to AASHTO at their spring 2014 meeting to request the designation of "Future Interstate 11", which included routing I-11 along existing I-515 between Railroad Pass and the I-215 Henderson Spaghetti Bowl interchange—AASHTO approved this request on May 29, 2014, with condition that it also be approved by the Federal Highway Administration.[13] The Boulder City Bypass was completed in August 2018. As a result, I-515 was shortened by 5.566 miles (8.958 km) to its current length of 14.444 mi (23.245 km). NDOT began replacing I-515 signs along the southern stretch with I-11 signs on March 17, 2019. The signing continued through April 26, 2019.[14]
The designation of future I-11 is planned to connect the Phoenix, Arizona, and Las Vegas metropolitan areas, with potential for future expansion northwest of Las Vegas to Reno in the northwestern part of the state. The current I-515 alignment, with a continuation northwest along US 95, was one of three corridors under consideration to carry the I-11 designation through the Las Vegas Valley.[15] On July 27, 2022, it was announced that the Nevada Department of Transportation had chosen the central corridor, following the current path of I-515 and US 95, as the preferred alternative for the alignment of I-11 through Las Vegas,[16] and signage was put up in May 2024; the I-515 designation will be decommissioned at that time.[4][5]
Beginning in 2022, several construction projects have been started or planned to improve the I-515 corridor as a whole. The projects include soundwall and retaining wall reconstruction, bridge rehabilitation, and interchange improvements. All the projects are expected to be started by 2027.[17]
Exit list
Exits on I-515 are numbered according to US 95 mileposts.The entire route is in Clark County.
Location | mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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Henderson | — | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Continuation beyond southern terminus | ||
56A | Wagon Wheel Drive, Nevada State Drive | Signed as exit 56 southbound; serves Nevada State College | |||
56B | Boulder Highway (SR 582 north) | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
57 | College Drive | Serves College of Southern Nevada, Henderson Campus | |||
59 | Horizon Drive | Former diamond interchange, diverging diamond interchange completed and opened on January 25, 2015 | |||
61 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Signed as exits 61A (west) and 61B (east) southbound; I-215 exit 1 | |||
62 | Auto Show Drive | ||||
64A | Sunset Road (SR 562) | ||||
64B | Galleria Drive | ||||
65 | Russell Road | Serves Sam Boyd Stadium | |||
Clark County (Paradise) | 68 | Tropicana Avenue (SR 593) | Serves McCarran Airport | ||
69 | Flamingo Road (SR 592) | ||||
Clark County (Winchester, Sunrise Manor) | 70 | Boulder Highway (SR 582) | |||
Clark County (Sunrise Manor), Las Vegas | 72 | Charleston Boulevard (SR 159) | |||
Las Vegas | 73 | Eastern Avenue | |||
75A | Las Vegas Boulevard – Downtown Las Vegas, Cashman Center | Signed as exit 75 northbound | |||
75B | Casino Center Boulevard – Downtown Las Vegas | Southbound exit only; northbound entrance is via 4th Street | |||
76 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Signed as exits 76A (south) and 76B (north) northbound and 76A (north) and 76B (south) southbound; I-15 exit 42 | |||
— | ![]() ![]() | Continuation beyond northern terminus | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
See also
References
- ^ Starks, Edward (January 27, 2022). "Table 1: Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways". FHWA Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
- ^ "Table 2: Auxiliary Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways". FHWA Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. December 31, 2021. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
- ^ Nevada Department of Transportation (January 2019). "State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps". Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ^ a b Akers, Mick (December 18, 2023). "I-11 footprint to grow in Southern Nevada". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ^ a b Vigil, Joe (May 22, 2024). "Interstate 11 signs going up in Las Vegas; Mexico-to-Canada interstate plans move forward". www.fox5vegas.com. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
- ^ Nevada Department of Transportation (2019). Official Highway Map (Map) (2019–2020 ed.). Scale not given. Carson City: Nevada Department of Transportation. Las Vegas–Henderson Region inset.
- ^ "Appendix Q. I-515 Executive Summary". Southern Nevada Traffic Study. Nevada Department of Transportation. October 2018. p. ES – 1. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
- ^ Google (September 13, 2022). "Interstate 515" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
- ^ Nevada Department of Transportation (1985). Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map) (1985–1986 ed.). Scale not given. Carson City: Nevada Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
- ^ Nevada Department of Transportation (January 2018). State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps.
- ^ Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (July 13, 1976). "Route Numbering Committee Agenda Showing Action Taken by the Executive Committee" (PDF) (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Retrieved November 7, 2014 – via Wikimedia Commons.
- ^ Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (December 7, 1984). "Route Numbering Committee Agenda" (PDF) (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Retrieved November 7, 2014 – via Wikimedia Commons.
- ^ Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (May 29, 2014). "Report to SCOH" (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Archived from the original (DOCX) on February 26, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
- ^ Ackers, Mick (March 14, 2019). "75 new freeway signs to be installed between Henderson, Boulder City". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
- ^ "Corridor Concept Report: I-11 and Intermountain West Corridor Study" (PDF). I-11 Corridor Study. November 2014. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
- ^ Akers, Mick (June 27, 2022). "I-11's Preferred Las Vegas Route Chosen". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
- ^ "Welcome to the I-515 Corridor". Nv515. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
External links
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