Nevada State Route 604#History
{{Short description|Highway in Nevada}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
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|type=SR
|route=604
|alternate_name=Las Vegas Boulevard
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|map_notes=SR 604 highlighted in red
|length_mi=12.136
|length_round=3
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a=Carey Avenue in North Las Vegas
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b={{Jct|state=NV|I|15|US|93}} in North Las Vegas
|county=Clark
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|previous_route=602
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State Route 604 (SR 604) is the route number designation for parts of Las Vegas Boulevard, a major north–south road in the Las Vegas metropolitan area of Nevada in the United States best known for the Las Vegas Strip and its casinos. Formerly carrying U.S. Route 91, which had been the main highway between Los Angeles and Salt Lake City, it has been bypassed by Interstate 15 and serves mainly local traffic.
Route description
File:2015-11-04 13 09 37 View along the ramp from northbound Interstate 15 and U.S. Route 93 to the northern end of Nevada State Route 604 (Las Vegas Boulevard) in Clark County, Nevada.jpg/US 93 to the north end of SR 604 in 2015]]
State Route 604 {{As of|2008|alt=currently}} is a {{convert|12.017|mi|km|adj=on}} section of Las Vegas Boulevard going northeast from Carey Avenue in North Las Vegas. SR 604 enters the unincorporated town of Sunrise Manor, where it has intersections at Cheyenne Avenue (SR 574), Lamb Boulevard (SR 610) and Nellis Boulevard (SR 612). After that, SR 604 then passes Nellis Air Force Base where it intersects Craig Road (SR 573) and the main entrance of Nellis AFB. The highway then continues northeast as SR 604 passes the Las Vegas Motor Speedway and later re-enters an undeveloped area of the city of North Las Vegas. The highway leaves the city of North Las Vegas shortly after just before SR 604 ends at Interstate 15 at exit 58 near Apex. The I-15 frontage road stretching northeast 11.823 miles (19.027 km) from Apex to a point between Garnet and Crystal is also state maintained as FRCL07, and was mileposted as SR 604.2006 Nevada’s State Maintained Highways Descriptions, Index, and Maps
History
{{See also|U.S. Route 91 in Nevada|Las Vegas Boulevard|Las Vegas Strip}}
State Route 604 was created in the 1970s from what had been State Route 6 between Jean, where it intersected with State Route 161, and a point north of Las Vegas. However, it has been truncated over time, as segments were given to the city of Las Vegas and Clark County to maintain. The portion between Jean, Nevada and Carey Avenue has been given to local control. The portion of Las Vegas Boulevard between Tonopah Avenue and Carey Street was turned over to local control by 2017. From the mid-1980s to 2005, this highway was used as the course for the start and a significant portion of the Las Vegas Marathon.
Major intersections
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|location=North Las Vegas
|mile=
|road=Carey Avenue
|notes=Southern terminus
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{{NVint
|location=Sunrise Manor
|lspan=4
|mile=
|road={{Jct|state=NV|SR|574|name1=Cheyenne Avenue}}
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{{NVint
|mile=
|road={{Jct|state=NV|SR|610|dir1=north|road|Lamb Boulevard}}
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{{NVint
|mile=
|road={{Jct|state=NV|SR|612|name1=Nellis Boulevard}}
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{{NVint
|mile=
|road={{Jct|state=NV|SR|573|dir1=west|name1=Craig Road|road|Fitzgerald Boulevard}}
|notes=Serves Nellis Air Force Base main entrance
}}
{{NVint
|location=North Las Vegas
|mile=
|road={{Jct|state=NV|I|15|US|93|city1=Las Vegas|city2=Ely|location3=Salt Lake City}}
|notes=Interchange; northern terminus; I-15 exit 58
}}
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See also
- {{Portal-inline|United States}}
- {{Portal-inline|U.S. roads}}
References
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Category:Transportation in Clark County, Nevada