Talk:Las Vegas Beltway

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[edit] Official length

the official length is more like 11mi. from i515 to i15. i215 has i status all the way to i515 now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.53.13.24 (talk • contribs)

• I-215 does extend to I-515/US 93&95. However, the official length of I-215 as maintained by NDOT is the 2+ miles stated in the article. The remainder of I-215 (and all the rest of the beltway) is still maintained by Clark County and is not officially considered to be I-215. Ljthefro 06:25, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Clark County 215 shield

Is it possible that someone can upload an image of the Clark County 215 shield? It looks like the one on this page: http://www.rockymountainroads.com/i-215_nv.html (but don't use that one here, unless there is no alternative) Noting the custom design, and that Clark County's website is copyrighted (see http://accessclarkcounty.com/clark_county/privacy.htm) are we to assume that the shield itself is copyrighted? If it is simply a derivative of the generic county shield, which can't be copyrighted,[1] or is it unique enough to be copyrighted by the county? I found this also: http://www.accessclarkcounty.com/newsletters/sand_m/March_2005/mar_woodbury.html. --Geopgeop (T) 07:47, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Ooh, this may work: http://www.co.clark.nv.us/PUBWORKS/county_projects/beltway/06_bulletin.pdf --Geopgeop (T) 13:54, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Wow, no shield yet? --Geopgeop (T) 03:04, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Article name

Since all of the physical signage says Bruce Woodbury Beltway I plan on moving the article to that name unless someone has a good reason not to. 02:41, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Naming conventions (common names). The majority of media usage of Bruce Woodbury Beltway is talking about the renaming, while there are 137 matches for Las Vegas Beltway in 2007 only. --NE2 01:52, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Neither number is so large as to impact any decision. Locally the road is know as the 215 or the Beltway. Vegaswikian (talk) 02:20, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

No, it's clear from the results that the media almost never uses the "official" name, and that the common name is "Las Vegas Beltway" (or, as you say, "Beltway" or "215", neither of which works for an article title). --NE2 03:04, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

I think changing the name to Bruce Woodbury Beltway or Las Vegas Beltway is fine for now, due to the current ambiguous nature of the I-215 designation. But if you go by the naming conventions linked above, Las Vegas Beltway is more appropriate. In the future when the beltway is fully freeway and designated as Interstate, the article name should be reverted to Interstate 215 (Nevada). Ljthefro (talk) 00:14, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

I have not seen any mention of the federal government taking the road over and designating it as an interstate. Are you aware of anything in this area?? I know the county would love that, especially if they reimburse for the money spent to build it. Vegaswikian (talk) 01:11, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

It wouldn't be the federal government, since the States actually own all the interstate highways. I recall hearing or reading many years ago that the Clark County would turn the beltway over to NDOT once the entire facility was constructed to freeway/Interstate standards. It would be at this point that the beltway would be fully designated as I-215 (whether this would be "chargeable" Interstate wasn't specified). AASHTO has currently only approved the designation for use between I-15 and I-515.