Rainbow Boulevard (Las Vegas)

State Route 595
State Route 595
Rainbow Boulevard
Route information
	Maintained by NDOT
Length	5.495 mi (8.843 km)
Major junctions
South end	Tropicana Avenue
	SR 159
North end	US 95
Location
Country	United States
State	Nevada
Highway system
	Nevada State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; ; Pre‑1976; Scenic;

State Route 595 (SR 595) comprises a portion of Rainbow Boulevard, a north–south section line arterial in the Las Vegas Valley.

Route description

SR 595 begins at Tropicana Avenue and proceeds north along Rainbow Boulevard for 5.495 miles (8.843 km) to 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]

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 Industrial Road, and now Dean Martin Drive,Decatur Blvd and Fort Apache Road.^[3]

History

Rainbow Boulevard was originally known as Lorenzi Street. The road got its current name sometime after US 95 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, Pahrump Valley 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	Destinations	Notes
	Tropicana Avenue
	Flamingo Road (SR 592)
	Sahara Avenue (SR 589)
Las Vegas	SR 159 (Charleston Boulevard)
Las Vegas	US 95	US 95 exit 81
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Public transport

RTC Transit Routes 101 and 219 function on this road.

References

^ ^a ^b Nevada Department of Transportation (January 2017). "State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps". Retrieved 2017-03-10.
^ AAA map Las Vegas Map 2006
^ AAA map Las Vegas Map 1996

[NDOT_Log-1] Nevada Department of Transportation (January 2017). "State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps". Retrieved 2017-03-10.

[2] AAA map Las Vegas Map 2006

[3] AAA map Las Vegas Map 1996

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