- Boulder Highway
Boulder Highway is a 17
mile dividedroadway in theLas Vegas metropolitan area ,Nevada , USA. It begins at Foothills Drive at the southeastern edge of the city of Henderson. It runs northwest through that city, and the towns of Whitney and Winchester. The Boulder Highway name ends at the Las Vegas city limit atSahara Avenue . The highway continues northwest asFremont Street for another mile, ending at the five points intersection ofFremont Street ,Charleston Boulevard andEastern Avenue s. Fremont continues as an undivided road until it intersects withLas Vegas Boulevard , where it ends at theFremont Street Experience pedestrian mall .Originally, Boulder Highway began where U.S. Route 93 and U.S. Route 95 merge, east of
Railroad Pass and west of Boulder City (about US 93 Milepost 11). This old section is also know as the Boulder StripIt is signed as State Route 582. It was formerly known as US 93/US 95 before the completion of the
Oran K. Gragson Expressway now designated Interstate 515, which also carries the 93/95 designation.The section of Boulder Highway between
Tropicana Avenue and Sahara Avenue is known as theBoulder Strip , in reference to the famousLas Vegas Strip to the west. The Boulder Strip contains Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall,Boulder Station , and several smallercasino s andmotel s.
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