Flamingo Road (Las Vegas)

State Route 592 marker

State Route 592
Flamingo Road
Route information
Maintained by NDOT
Length: 8.451 mi[1] (13.601 km)
Section 1
Length: 3.614 mi[1] (5.816 km)
West end: SR 595 in Las Vegas
East end: I‑15
Section 2
Length: 4.873 mi[1] (7.842 km)
West end: Paradise Road
Major
junctions:		 I‑515 / US 93 / US 95
East end: SR 582
Highway system
  • Highways in Nevada
← SR 591SR 593 →

State Route 592 (SR 592) is a 8.451-mile (13.601 km) east–west highway section line arterial in the Las Vegas Valley. The highway currently exists in two separate sections on Flamingo Road. The road is named after the Flamingo Hotel which is located on the Las Vegas Boulevard near where it intersects with Flamingo Road.

Route description

View east from the west end of SR 592

The first portion of SR 592 begins at Rainbow Boulevard (SR 595) and extends easterly to Interstate 15. The second section resumes at Paradise Road and continues east, skirting the northern edge of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus before reaching its terminus at Boulder Highway (SR 582).

History

Western half of Flamingo Road in 2006, from the Strip to I-215
Flamingo Road near Caesars Palace.
Flamingo Road and Hotel Rio Drive intersection.
Flamingo Road near Platinum Hotel.

Flamingo Road originally was called Monson Road, and only existed east of Las Vegas Boulevard, with a nearby street, Dunes Road connecting Las Vegas Boulevard with Interstate 15 (I-15). In the early 1980s, the Nevada Department of Transportation rebuilt the Dunes interchange at I-15, and constructed a six-lane Flamingo Road west to Rainbow Boulevard.

The segment between I-15 and Las Vegas Boulevard remained named Dunes-Flamingo Road until 1995.

The portion of SR 592 between I-15 and Paradise Road was decommissioned by 2008.

The route is a candidate to be decommissioned with control given to Clark County; however, only the above section located in the resort corridor has been relinquished as of January 2008.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Clark County.

LocationmikmDestinationsNotes
 Rainbow Boulevard (SR 595)
 Jones Boulevard (SR 596)
  I‑15 – Los Angeles, Salt Lake City
Gap in route
 Paradise Road
  I‑515 / US 93 / US 95 – Phoenix
 Boulder Highway (SR 582)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Attractions

Public transport

RTC Transit Route 202 functions on this road.

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flamingo Road (Las Vegas).

References

Route map: Bing / Google

  1. 1 2 3 "State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps". Nevada Department of Transportation. April 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
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