Rainbow Boulevard (Las Vegas)

State Route 595
State Route 595
Rainbow Boulevard
	SR 595 in blue, remainder of Rainbow Boulevard in red
Route information
	Maintained by NDOT
Length	5.495 mi (8.843 km)
Major junctions
South end	Tropicana Avenue in Spring Valley
North end	I-11 / US 95 in Las Vegas
Location
Country	United States
State	Nevada
Highway system
	Nevada State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; ; Pre‑1976; Scenic;

Rainbow Boulevard is a north–south section line arterial in the Las Vegas Valley. A portion of the road is designated State Route 595 (SR 595).

Rainbow Boulevard description

Rainbow Boulevard begins south of Blue Diamond Road (SR 160) in Clark County and continues north to Horse Drive in northern Las Vegas.^[2] Prior to the completion of Durango Drive north of Blue Diamond Road, Rainbow Boulevard was one of only two roads west of I-15 that connected Blue Diamond Road with the developed areas to the north. The other road was Dean Martin Drive (formerly Industrial Road). Decatur Boulevard and Fort Apache Road would soon join them in this distinction.^[3]

SR 595 description

View north from the south end of SR 595 in 2015

SR 595 begins at Tropicana Avenue and proceeds north along Rainbow Boulevard for 5.495 miles (8.843 km) to Interstate 11/U.S. Route 95 (at the interchange locally known as the "Rainbow Curve"). The state-maintained portion of Rainbow Boulevard is a designated portion of the National Highway System.^[1]

History

Rainbow Boulevard was originally known as Lorenzi Boulevard north of Westcliff Drive. The road got its current name sometime after US 95 (Oran K. Gragson Freeway) was built within the area (a separate Lorenzi Street exists just east of it, from Westcliff to Charleston).

In January 2003, the southern terminus of SR 595 was at State Route 160 (Blue Diamond Road), giving the highway a total distance of 10.846 miles (17.455 km). By January 2006, the highway had been truncated to its current terminus at Tropicana Avenue.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Clark County.

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Spring Valley	0.00	0.00	Rainbow Boulevard continues south
	0.00	0.00	Tropicana Avenue	Southern terminus of SR 595; former SR 593 east
			Flamingo Road (SR 592 east)
Las Vegas–Spring Valley line			Sahara Avenue	Former SR 589 east
Las Vegas			Charleston Boulevard (SR 159)
	5.5	8.9	I-11 / US 95	Interchange; northern terminus of SR 595; I-11/US 95 north exit 81B, south exit 81; ramps from I-11/US 95 south include direct entrances from Summerlin Parkway (SR 613)
	5.5	8.9	Rainbow Boulevard continues north
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Public transport

RTC Transit Routes 101: Rainbow and 219: Craig (continuations of each other north and west respectively) function on this road.

References

^ ^a ^b Nevada Department of Transportation (January 2017). "State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps". Retrieved March 10, 2017.
^ AAA map Las Vegas Map 2006
^ AAA map Las Vegas Map 1996

External links

Media related to Nevada State Route 595 at Wikimedia Commons

[NDOT_Log-1] Nevada Department of Transportation (January 2017). "State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps". Retrieved March 10, 2017.

[2] AAA map Las Vegas Map 2006

[3] AAA map Las Vegas Map 1996

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