Nevada State Route 604

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State Route 604
Las Vegas Boulevard
Length:	13.407 mi[1] (21.576 km)
South end:	Owens Ave. in Las Vegas
North end:	I-15 at Apex
Major cities:	Las Vegas
Nevada highways < SR 602 SR 605 >

State Route 604 is the route number designation for parts of Las Vegas Boulevard, a major north-south road in the Las Vegas metropolitan area of Nevada in the United States best known for the Las Vegas Strip and its casinos. Formerly carrying U.S. Route 91, the main highway between Los Angeles and Salt Lake City, it has been bypassed by Interstate 15, and serves mainly local traffic.

[edit] Route description

State Route 604 currently exists in two discontinuous sections. The first is a 0.119-mile section of Las Vegas Boulevard at the intersection of Tropicana Avenue. The second is the 13.288-mile section of Las Vegas Boulevard from Owens Avenue in northern Las Vegas to Interstate 15 at Exit 58 near Apex.^[1]

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See also: U.S. Route 91 in Nevada, Las Vegas Boulevard, and Las Vegas Strip

State Route 604 was commissioned in 1974 from sections of U.S. Route 91 in Nevada that were not incorporated into the then newly-completed Interstate 15 when the U.S. 91 designation was eliminated in Nevada. State Route 604 originally began in Jean, Nevada, where it intersected with State Route 161, and ended north of Las Vegas at Interstate 15 (Exit 64) at the intersection of Great Basin Highway (U.S. Route 93). However, it has been truncated over time. Initially, some sections within the city of Las Vegas were decommissioned, leaving the highway as discontinuous segments. Most recently, it was decommissioned between Jean and Russell Road in the southern part of Las Vegas. However, the signs on some decommissioned sections had not been removed as of 2008.

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