Elkhorn Road

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Elkhorn Road
Maintained by Clark County, City of Las Vegas and City of North Las Vegas
Length8.37 mi (13.47 km)
Location Las Vegas
Clark County
West endEgan Crest Way
Major
junctions
US 95.svg US 95 in Las Vegas
East endDead end (future extension to Clayton Street)

Elkhorn Road is a major west-east road in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, Nevada, United States.

Contents

Route

Elkhorn Road begins at Egan Crest Drive in the northwestern corner of Las Vegas. The road heads east to the Centennial Hills neighborhood where it forms a major intersection with Durango Drive near the RTC park and ride lot. Elkhorn Road eventually crosses U.S. Route 95 and intersects with an HOV ramp completed in 2019, serving as an entrance to US 95 south and an exit from US 95 north. [1] The road continues west from there through residential areas and past farms and ranches before intersecting Decatur Boulevard and entering North Las Vegas city limits. The road runs through North Las Vegas and for 2 miles and passes through the Aliante community and the Aliante Casino and Hotel before ending at a dead end. From the dead end, Elkhorn Road will be extended to the soon-to-be extended Clayton Street.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Clark County.

LocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Las Vegas 0.000.00Egan Crest DriveWestern terminus of Elkhorn Road
0.250.40Hualapai Way
0.751.21Grand Canyon Drve
1.252.01Fort Apache Road
1.752.82 Durango Drive
1.963.15Grand Montecito ParkwayAccess to RTC park and ride lot
Access to Mountain Ridge Park
2.213.56US 95.svg US 95   Downtown Las Vegas, Tonopah, Reno Northbound exit and southbound entrance to HOV lanes
2.794.49Cimarron Road
3.305.31Buffalo Drive
3.806.12Tenaya Way
4.306.92 Rainbow Boulevard
5.308.53 Jones Boulevard
5.809.33Bradley Road
North Las Vegas 6.3010.14 Decatur Boulevard
6.8010.94Aviary Way
7.6012.23 Aliante Parkway Access to Aliante Casino and Hotel
8.3713.47Dead endEastern terminus of Elkhorn Road
Future extension to Clayton Street
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Places along Elkhorn Road

The following lists are in order of west-east location along Elkhorn Road.

Buildings

Parks

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References

  1. C. Moon Reed (23 May 2019). "What you need to know to drive in the new HOV lanes in Las Vegas". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  2. Winding Trails Park
  3. Mountain Ridge Park
  4. Centennial Hills Park