Sahara Avenue

State Route 589
State Route 589
Sahara Avenue
	Former SR 589 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by NDOT
Length	10.023 mi (16.130 km)
Existed	1976–2019
Major junctions
West end	SR 595 in Las Vegas–Spring Valley line
	I-15 in Las Vegas;
East end	SR 612 in Sunrise Manor
Location
Country	United States
State	Nevada
Highway system
	Nevada State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; ; Pre‑1976; Scenic;

Sahara Avenue is a major east-west roadway in the Las Vegas Valley. The former State Route 589 (SR 589) comprised a large portion of the street. The roadway is named after the Sahara Hotel and Casino, which itself is named after the Sahara desert. The casino is located on Las Vegas Boulevard where the boulevard intersects with Sahara Avenue.

Route description

View at the west end of SR 589 looking eastbound in 2015

Sahara Avenue begins in the western valley at Red Rock Ranch Road as the continuation of Desert Foothills Drive west of the Las Vegas Beltway. SR 589 began in the western Las Vegas Valley at its intersection with Rainbow Boulevard (SR 595). From there, the route continued due east to cross Interstate 15 and Las Vegas Boulevard. SR 589 proceeded further east to cross Fremont Street/Boulder Highway (SR 582), entering the unincorporated town of Sunrise Manor, passing under I-515/US 93/US 95 and terminated at Nellis Boulevard (SR 612). Sahara Avenue ends at the Hollywood Regional Park, just east of Hollywood Boulevard.

Through much of the Las Vegas area, Sahara Avenue comprises the southern boundary of the City of Las Vegas. At the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard, Sahara Avenue marks what is typically considered the northern boundary of the Las Vegas Strip.

History

The road was originally called San Francisco Avenue and served as the southern city limit for Las Vegas.

In the 1960s, city planners envisioned construction of an expressway along Sahara to Rainbow Boulevard.

The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) removed SR 589 from its maintenance logs by the beginning of 2019,^[2] and has begun the process of turning ownership of the roadway over to the City of Las Vegas and Clark County.^[3]

Major intersections

Junctions listed are for SR 589 only. The entire route was in Clark County.

Location	Destinations	Notes
Las Vegas–Spring Valley line	Rainbow Boulevard (SR 595)	Former western terminus of SR 589; Sahara Avenue continued west
	Jones Boulevard (SR 596)
	Decatur Boulevard
Las Vegas	I-15 – Los Angeles, Salt Lake City	Interchange; I-15 exit 40
Las Vegas–Winchester line	Las Vegas Boulevard	Former SR 604/US 91/US 466
Las Vegas–Sunrise Manor line	Boulder Highway (SR 582)
Sunrise Manor	Nellis Boulevard (SR 612)	Former eastern terminus of SR 589; Sahara Avenue continued east
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Attractions

Public transport

Current RTC Route Sahara Avenue Express (SX) operated on this road.

References

^ Nevada Department of Transportation (January 2017). "State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps". Retrieved March 11, 2017.
^ Nevada Department of Transportation (January 2019). "State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps". Retrieved December 14, 2019.
^ Ackers, Mick (June 10, 2019). "City, county, state to swap various Las Vegas Valley roadways". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved December 14, 2019.

[NDOT_Log-1] Nevada Department of Transportation (January 2017). "State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps". Retrieved March 11, 2017.

[SMH2019-2] Nevada Department of Transportation (January 2019). "State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps". Retrieved December 14, 2019.

[RJ-swap-3] Ackers, Mick (June 10, 2019). "City, county, state to swap various Las Vegas Valley roadways". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved December 14, 2019.

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