Nevada State Route 159: Difference between revisions

State Route 159
State Route 159
Blue Diamond Road; Red Rock Canyon Road; Charleston Boulevard
	Nevada State Route 159, highlighted in red.
Route information
	Maintained by NDOT
Length	31.204 mi (50.218 km)
Existed	1978–present
Major junctions
West end	SR 160 in Blue Diamond
	CC 215 at Las Vegas–Summerlin South line; I-15 in Las Vegas; I-515 / US 93 / US 95 at Las Vegas–Sunrise Manor line
East end	SR 612 at Las Vegas–Sunrise Manor line
Location
Country	United States
State	Nevada
Counties	Clark
Highway system
	Nevada State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; ; Pre‑1976; Scenic;

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State Route 159 (SR 159) is a 31.204-mile (50.218 km) east–west highway in southern Nevada, providing access to Red Rock Canyon and serving as a thoroughfare in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. A portion of the west end of the route is designated a Nevada Scenic Byway.

Route description

State Route 159 has two distinct segments. The first segment is a rural two-lane highway that begins at its junction with SR 160. The highway proceeds northwest through the town of Blue Diamond towards Spring Mountain Ranch State Park. From there, the highway curves northeast around Red Rock Canyon to the Las Vegas city limits west of the Las Vegas Beltway. This segment of SR 159 is known on maps and signs as Blue Diamond Road (assuming the name from SR 160), but is also referred to as Red Rock Canyon Road.

As SR 159 enters the city of Las Vegas, it transitions into Charleston Boulevard, a major east–west section line arterial bisecting the Las Vegas Valley. The highway crosses the Las Vegas Beltway and runs through the planned community of Summerlin. SR 159 continues east to intersect Interstate 15 and then passes south of Downtown Las Vegas. From there, the highway ventures further east to intersect Interstate 515 and U.S. Routes 93 and 95 before reaching its terminus at Nellis Boulevard (SR 612). (Charleston Boulevard itself ends about three miles (5 km) east of Nellis Boulevard near Frenchman Mountain.)

History

A portion of Charleston Boulevard was previously designated U.S. Route 95 Alternate to bypass Downtown Las Vegas. The designation began at Fremont Street (SR 582) and continued west to Rancho Drive (SR 599), where it curved north to reconnect to US 95. The alternate route was discontinued in 1982.

Approximately 8.8 miles (14.2 km) of SR 159 in Red Rock Canyon was designated a Nevada Scenic Byway on June 30, 1995.^[2]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Clark County.

Location	Destinations	Notes
Blue Diamond	SR 160 (Blue Diamond Road, Pahrump Valley Highway) – Pahrump, Las Vegas
Las Vegas–Summerlin South line	CC 215 (Bruce Woodbury Beltway)	Interchange; future I-215; CC 215 exit 26
Las Vegas	I-15 – Los Angeles, Salt Lake City	Interchange; I-15 exit 41
Las Vegas–Sunrise Manor line	Fremont Street (SR 582)
	I-515 / US 93 / US 95	Interchange; I-515/US 95 exit 72
	Nellis Boulevard (SR 612)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Public Transport

Current RTC route 206 functions on this road.

References

^ Nevada Department of Transportation (January 2017). "State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps". Retrieved May 6, 2017.
^ Nevada Department of Transportation. "Nevada's Scenic Byways". Retrieved March 24, 2008.

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[NDOT_Log-1] Nevada Department of Transportation (January 2017). "State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps". Retrieved May 6, 2017.

[NDOT_Scenic-2] Nevada Department of Transportation. "Nevada's Scenic Byways". Retrieved March 24, 2008.

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