Maintained by | Clark County, City of Las Vegas and City of North Las Vegas |
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Length | 8.37 mi (13.47 km) |
Location | Las Vegas Clark County |
West end | Egan Crest Way |
Major junctions | US 95 in Las Vegas |
East end | Dead end (future extension to Clayton Street) |
Elkhorn Road is a major west-east road in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, Nevada, United States.
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.
The entire route is in Clark County.
Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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Las Vegas | 0.00 | 0.00 | Egan Crest Drive | Western terminus of Elkhorn Road | |
0.25 | 0.40 | Hualapai Way | |||
0.75 | 1.21 | Grand Canyon Drve | |||
1.25 | 2.01 | Fort Apache Road | |||
1.75 | 2.82 | Durango Drive | |||
1.96 | 3.15 | Grand Montecito Parkway | Access to RTC park and ride lot Access to Mountain Ridge Park | ||
2.21 | 3.56 | US 95 – Downtown Las Vegas, Tonopah, Reno | Northbound exit and southbound entrance to HOV lanes | ||
2.79 | 4.49 | Cimarron Road | |||
3.30 | 5.31 | Buffalo Drive | |||
3.80 | 6.12 | Tenaya Way | |||
4.30 | 6.92 | Rainbow Boulevard | |||
5.30 | 8.53 | Jones Boulevard | |||
5.80 | 9.33 | Bradley Road | |||
North Las Vegas | 6.30 | 10.14 | Decatur Boulevard | ||
6.80 | 10.94 | Aviary Way | |||
7.60 | 12.23 | Aliante Parkway | Access to Aliante Casino and Hotel | ||
8.37 | 13.47 | Dead end | Eastern terminus of Elkhorn Road Future extension to Clayton Street | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
The following lists are in order of west-east location along Elkhorn Road.
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