Talk:Rainbow Boulevard (Las Vegas)
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[edit] Nevada State Route 153
Why does Nevada State Route 153 redirect here? It's not mentioned anywhere in the article... -- Kéiryn talk 10:06, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm not sure of all the details, so bear with me; most of what is below is original research. Between 1976 (?) and 1991, NDOT used federal/state (?) aid numbers that matched the signed numbers. But, some of the time, a single route had more than one aid designation, as it entered or left an urban area. Rainbow Boulevard was FAS (federal aid secondary) 153 and FAU (urban) 595. [1] and [2] both indicate that SR 595 was FAU 595 and FAS 153. (FAS 829 was the old designation pre-1970s.) Due to its inclusion in the former document, [3], probably erroneously, lists SR 153 as an old number for SR 595.
Complicating this particular route (but not most others) is the official NDOT maps, which actually show it as SR 153 in 1978 and 1980 (the two editions that have old and new numbers), and in 1982. The shield was removed for the 1983 edition, which shows no number at all on the road; this remains true through several redesigns until 1999, when it is marked as SR 595.
So SR 153 may or may not have been the actual designation, but, even if it wasn't, several sources (NDOT maps 1978-1982 and rockymountainroads) show that it was, and due to the way numbers have been assigned, no other route could have been SR 153. So there's no reason not to redirect, but I don't think it should be mentioned unless we have more evidence than a probable map error (there was no redesign from 1982 to 1983, when the shield was removed). If you have any Nevada maps from the 1980s that can shed some light, it would be appreciated. (My 1988 Rand McNally atlas does not place a shield on the road.) --NE2 15:26, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
