Spring Mountain Road

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State Route 591
Spring Mountain Road
Spring Mountain Road
Former SR 591 highlighted in red
Route information
Length0.242 mi [1] (0.389 km)
Existed1976–2008
Major junctions
West endAldebaran Avenue
 I-15.svg I-15
East endHighland Drive
Highway system
  • Highways in Nevada
Nevada 589.svg SR 589 Nevada 592.svg SR 592

Spring Mountain Road is a major east-west road in the Las Vegas Valley. It runs from Hualapai Way at its western terminus to Las Vegas Boulevard in the east. East of Las Vegas Boulevard, Spring Mountain becomes Sands Avenue, and then jogs south to join Twain Avenue. State Route 591 (SR 591) was a state highway that comprised a 0.242-mile (0.389 km) section of Spring Mountain at Interstate 15.

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The street is located in the unincorporated towns of Paradise (east of Decatur Boulevard) and Spring Valley (west of Decatur). [2] It is the main thoroughfare of Las Vegas's Chinatown.

State highway route

SR 591 began at the intersection of Spring Mountain Road and Aldebaran Avenue. From there, it proceeded east under Interstate 15 and terminated near Highland Drive. Highland Drive intersects Spring Mountain Road in the form of a ramp from southbound Highland to westbound Spring Mountain, underneath I-15.

As of January 2008, SR 591 had been decommissioned. Although not maintained as a state route, Nevada DOT still maintains the former highway as a frontage road (FR CL 51). [1]

Landmarks

Public transport

RTC Transit Routes 119 & 203 function on this road.

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References

  1. 1 2 Nevada DOT. "Nevada State Maintained Highways, Descriptions, Index and Maps, January 2008". Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2008-03-24.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. "Clark County Tax District Map" (PDF). Clark County Assessor. Retrieved 2019-02-26.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

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