Nevada State Route 582
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| State Route 582 |
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| Boulder Highway, Fremont Street | |||||||||
| Length: | 16.777 mi[1] (27.000 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1976-07-01 | ||||||||
| South end: | .svg/25px-I-515_(NV).svg.png){kind=small}   I-515 / US 93 / US 95 in Henderson |
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| Major junctions: |
 SR 564
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| North end: | Eighth Street in Las Vegas | ||||||||
| Major cities: | Henderson, Las Vegas | ||||||||
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State Route 582 is a major 16.777 mile highway in the Las Vegas valley. It connects Downtown Las Vegas with Henderson and (indirectly) Boulder City to the southeast. The highway is primarily known as Boulder Highway, and is also named Fremont Street within the Las Vegas city limits.
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[edit] Route description
Present-day State Route 582 officially begins at Interstate 515/U.S. Route 93/U.S. Route 95 interchange at Wagonwheel Drive in Henderson, although the highway itself actually starts at the intersection of Boulder Highway and Wagonwheel Drive just east of the interchange. From its southern terminus, SR 582 quickly transitions to a urban divided highway lined with businesses as it heads northwest through Henderson.
The portion of SR 582 between Tropicana Avenue (SR 593) and the I-515/US 93/US 95 freeway is sometimes referred to as the "Boulder Strip", playing off the more-famous Las Vegas Strip to the west. This section of Boulder Highway features a landscaped median and is adjacent to several local casinos, including Boulder Station Hotel and Casino and Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall.
North of the Boulder Strip area, SR 582 changes names from Boulder Highway to Fremont Street as it crosses the Las Vegas city limits at Sahara Avenue (SR 589). Just south of Charleston Boulevard (SR 159), Fremont Street transitions from divided highway to a multi-lane arterial. After the "Five-Points" intersection (with Charleston Boulevard and Eastern Avenue), the highway curves slightly more westward as it heads into downtown Las Vegas. SR 582 reaches its northern terminus at Eighth Street just east of downtown; the Fremont Street roadway itself extends a few blocks further to terminate at the intersection with Las Vegas Boulevard.
[edit] History
Originally, Boulder Highway carried U.S. Routes 93 and 95 from near Boulder City through Henderson and into downtown Las Vegas. During the 1980s, Nevada DOT worked to extend the US 95/Oran K. Gragson Expressway southeast from downtown to Henderson. As portions of the freeway opened, the US 93 and US 95 designations were gradually relocated from Fremont Street and Boulder Highway, relegating the highway to state route status. In 1994, the freeway was completed to the Wagonwheel interchange and US 93 and US 95 had been completely removed from SR 582.
In downtown Las Vegas, Fremont Street originally extended further north to terminate at Main Street (former US 91, later SR 601). By September of 1994, Fremont Street north of Las Vegas Boulevard was permanently closed to vehicular traffic to construct the Fremont Street Experience, an outdoor pedestrian mall and light show attraction. This section of SR 582 ceased to be maintained by Nevada DOT around this time.
In 2007, the city of Las Vegas completed the Fremont East district, a reconstruction of Fremont Street between Las Vegas Boulevard and Eighth Street designed to "stir memories of old Las Vegas" and promote active nightlife.[2] Completion of this project pushed the northern terminus of SR 582 to Eighth Street.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Nevada DOT. Nevada State Maintained Highways, Descriptions, Index and Maps, January 2008. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
- ^ "New district is all about old Las Vegas", Las Vegas Sun, 2007-01-18. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
