Nevada State Route 612

State Route 612
Nellis Boulevard
Route information
Maintained by NDOT
Length:	9.427 mi[1] (15.171 km)
Major junctions
South end:	SR 593 in Las Vegas
North end:	SR 573 in Las Vegas
Highway system
Nevada highways ← SR 610 SR 646 →

State Route 612 (SR 612) is a state highway in Clark County, Nevada. It comprises about 9.4 miles (15.1 km) miles of the major north–south section line arterial Nellis Boulevard in the eastern Las Vegas Valley.

Route description

State Route 612 begins at the intersection of Nellis Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue (SR 593) on the border of unincorporated communities of Paradise and Whitney. From there, the route heads north along Nellis Boulevard north as it travels through the Las Vegas area, entering the unincorporated town of Sunrise Manor and briefly forming the easternmost border of the city of Las Vegas. The state highway comes to an end at the intersection of Nellis Boulevard and Las Vegas Boulevard (SR 604) near Nellis Air Force Base.^[1][2]

SR 612, as Nellis Boulevard, passes by many retail businesses as well as residential neighborhoods. It is one of the major north-south roadways in Sunrise Manor.^[3]

History

SR 612 was established in the 1976 renumbering of Nevada's state highways. The route was designated on July 1, 1976.^[4]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Clark County.

Location[2][note 1]	Mile[1]	Destinations	Notes
Paradise–Whitney		Tropicana Avenue (SR 593)
Paradise–Sunrise Manor		SR 582 (Boulder Highway)
		Flamingo Road (SR 592)
Sunrise Manor		Sahara Avenue (SR 589)
Las Vegas–Sunrise Manor		SR 159 (Charleston Boulevard)
Sunrise Manor		SR 147 (Lake Mead Boulevard)
		Cheyenne Avenue (SR 574)
		SR 604 (Las Vegas Boulevard)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Notes:

1. ^ Except for "Las Vegas", all locations listed are unincorporated townships in the urban Las Vegas area.

Public transport

RTC Transit Routes 115A & 115B function on this road.

References

	Nevada portal
	U.S. Roads portal

1. ^ ^{a b c} "State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps - Quarter 2 Update". Nevada Department of Transportation. July 2011. http://www.nevadadot.com/Documents/State_Maintained_Highways,_Descriptions,_Index___Maps.aspx. Retrieved 26 July 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Clark County Comprehensive Planning (2009) (PDF). Las Vegas Valley Jurisdictional Boundary Map (Map). http://gisgate.co.clark.nv.us/gisplot_pdfs/ds/cpindexvalley.pdf. Retrieved 26 July 2011. 
3. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Overview of SR 612 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Nellis+Blvd+%26+Tropicana+Ave,+Las+Vegas,+NV&daddr=Nellis+Blvd+%26+Las+Vegas+Blvd,+Las+Vegas,+NV&hl=en&sll=36.137875,-115.054321&sspn=0.4098,0.727158&geocode=FWDYJgIdiUMk-SlFnCI2kdrIgDG5u6ot5z4e6A%3BFWPqKAIdU0ok-SlFFh7ubt3IgDHTc5GOVB0sVQ&mra=ls&t=h&z=12. Retrieved 26 July 2011. 
4. ^ Nevada State Maintained Highways: Descriptions, Index and Maps. Nevada Department of Transportation. January 2001. p. 99.