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| Length | 35 mi (56 km) | |||
| Existed | 2006–present | |||
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| Major intersections |  US 95 | |||
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Interstate 215 (I-215) in Nevada is a portion of the Bruce Woodbury Beltway with Clark County 215 (CC-215) being the other portion. The beltway is a $1.5 billion, 53-mile-long roadway being built to Interstate Highway standards that goes around the center of the Las Vegas valley. The I-215 portion of the Bruce Woodbury Beltway runs from Interstate 15 at Exit 34, and travels southeast to a terminus at Interstate 515.
The beltway currently consists of two different road types: freeway and a limited access expressway. The system is a freeway from the I-515 interchange in Henderson to Charleston Boulevard in western Las Vegas. It is currently being upgraded in several areas to a freeway.
History
AASHTO approved the I-215 designation for 18.9 miles of (then unbuilt) highway, from Tropicana Ave to US 95 (I-515) on April 17, 1993.
Roads & Bridges magazine, a national publication that provides the latest technology news and information to the Transportation Construction industry, named the Las Vegas Beltway as one of the nation's Top Ten Road Projects in 2002.
The portions of the beltway on the western side of I-15 are not designated as I-215, but rather as "Clark County 215". This section is being built completely with local funds, no state or federal money was spent on Clark County 215. A tax measure voted on by the County residents increased funding for the beltway. As a result, it is expected to be fully upgraded to a freeway by 2013, rather than the previous goal of 2025.
In 2003, the entire 53 mile long beltway was opened with the beltway consisting of three different road types: freeway, a limited access expressway, and as a frontage road with all three serving as County highway 215. On August 9, 2006 a section of freeway was completed that allowed the connection of previously completed freeway sections that covered about half of the roads length from the SR 564 terminus to Charleston Boulevard.
At the Board of County Commission meeting on March 2, 2004, the road was renamed as the Bruce Woodbury Beltway. The Board approved a resolution recognizing Commissioner Woodbury for his many years and efforts in the future of transportation in this valley and of being worthy of having the Beltway renamed for him.
I-215 was built on the State Route 146 alignment between Exit 6 (Saint Rose Pkwy/Pecos Road) and Mile 0 (the Interstate 515/U.S. Route 93/U.S. Route 95 interchange). Since the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) does not co-sign state routes along Interstate highways, SR 146 was truncated to its current eastern terminus at I-215. SR 146 was co-signed with I-215 from Pecos Road to I-515/US 93/US 95, even though the state highway designation no longer existed in this section when the freeway was completed. Some SR 146 signs still remain on I-215 as of 2007.
Major localities on route
I-215/CC-215 in Nevada passes through the following cities and towns:
Exit list
The entire route is in Clark County.
| Location | Mile | # | Destinations | Notes |
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| Henderson | ||||
| 13 | Decatur Boulevard | |||
| 14 | Jones Boulevard | Opened November 11, 1999; | ||
| 15 |  Rainbow Boulevard (SR 595)
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Opened November 11, 1999; | ||
| 16 | Buffalo Drive | Opened 2006 | ||
| 17 | Durango Drive | exit west bound, entrance south bound; opened 2006; signed Durango Drive/Sunset Road | ||
| 18 | Sunset Road | Exit south bound, entrance north bound; opened 2006; signed Sunset Road/Durango Drive | ||
| 19 | Russell Road | Opened 2006 | ||
| 20 | Tropicana Avenue | Opened 2006 | ||
| 21 | Flamingo Road | Signed exit 19 south bound | ||
| Summerlin South | 23 | Town Center Drive | SPUI interchange opened 2005 | |
| 25 | Sahara Avenue | Opened 2001 | ||
| 26 |  SR 159 (Charleston Boulevard) – Red Rock Canyon
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Opened 2001; North end of freeway; Clark County/Las Vegas boundary | ||
| Las Vegas | Far Hills Avenue | |||
| Summerlin Parkway | ||||
| Lake Mead Boulevard (future) | ||||
| Cheyenne Avenue | Las Vegas/Clark County boundary | |||
| Lone Mountain Road | ||||
| Ann Road | ||||
| 35 | Hualapai Way | West end of freeway | ||
| 37 | Durango Drive | East end of freeway; Clark County/Las Vegas boundary | ||
| Las Vegas |  US 95 – Las Vegas
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| Jones Boulevard | ||||
| Decatur Boulevard | Las Vegas/North Las Vegas boundary | |||
| North Las Vegas | Aliante Parkway | |||
| Revere Street (future) | ||||
| 5th Street (future) | ||||
| Losee Road | ||||
| 44 | Pecos Road | |||
| 45 | Lamb Boulevard | |||
| 46 | Range Road | |||
| 48 |   I-15 / US 93 – Las Vegas, Los Angeles, CA
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Eastbound exit and westbound entrance |
References
- "I-215 Nevada". Retrieved 2007-07-24.
- "Clark County beltway site".
- ^ "Las Vegas Beltway".
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- "Beltway construction continues" (pdf). Retrieved 2007-07-28.
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