Decatur Boulevard

Decatur Boulevard is a major north–south section line arterial in the Las Vegas metropolitan area located on the west side of the city.

Decatur Boulevard

Maintained by	Clark County, City of Las Vegas and City of North Las Vegas
Length	25.0 mi (40.2 km)
Location	Las Vegas Clark County
South end	Cactus Avenue and Southern Highlands Parkway in Enterprise
Major junctions	SR 160 in Enterprise CC 215 in Enterprise SR 592 at Paradise–Spring Valley line Future I-11 / US 95 in Las Vegas US 95 Bus. / SR 599 at Las Vegas–North Las Vegas line CC 215 at Las Vegas–North Las Vegas line
North end	Roundabout at the Clark County Shooting Complex at Las Vegas–North Las Vegas line

Route

Decatur Boulevard is situated in the west of Las Vegas and runs for roughly 25 miles along a north–south axis. At the southern end, at the junction with West Cactus Avenue, the road becomes Southern Highland Parkway. U.S. Route 95 delineates the road as South Decatur Boulevard and North Decatur Boulevard. It is crossed twice by the Las Vegas Beltway and provides access to the North Las Vegas Airport.^[1] At the northern end, it dead ends at a roundabout at the Clark County Shooting Complex.

Part of the southern section of the Boulevard is known as the location of a number of live music venues.^[2] Notable places located along the road include Arizona Charlie's Decatur^[3] and an office of the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles.^[4]

South Decatur Boulevard has another section of road in Sloan, along with three other north–south roads, Cameron Street, Arville Street, and Hinson Street, off of Sloan Road acting as an access road to the Sierra Ready Mix South Plant. It is a dead-end road without any outlets.

History

Decatur Boulevard was named after the city of Decatur, Illinois in the 1930s by Leonard Frechette, who lived on the junction of the street and Vegas Drive. The city was itself named in honor of Stephen Decatur, a naval officer during the early 19th century.^[1]

A $46 million Clark County construction project that widened much of Decatur Boulevard and introduced a railroad crossing for both Decatur Blvd and Warm Springs Road under the Union Pacific tracks was completed in summer 2010.^[5] Sewerage along parts of the route was renewed in spring 2011.^[6]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Clark County.

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Enterprise	0.00	0.00	Southern Highlands Parkway	Continuation beyond southern terminus
			Cactus Avenue
	2.40	3.86	SR 160 (Blue Diamond Road) – Pahrump
	4.70– 4.90	7.56– 7.89	CC 215 – Henderson	Interchange; future I-215; CC 215 exit 13
Paradise–Spring Valley line	7.10	11.43	Tropicana Avenue	Former SR 593
	8.10	13.04	Flamingo Road (SR 592)
Las Vegas–Spring Valley line	10.1	16.3	Sahara Avenue	Former SR 589
Las Vegas	11.1	17.9	Charleston Boulevard	Former SR 159
	12.0– 12.2	19.3– 19.6	US 95 – Downtown Las Vegas, Tonopah, Reno	Interchange; US 95 exit 79; future I-11
Las Vegas–North Las Vegas line	14.6– 14.9	23.5– 24.0	US 95 Bus. (Rancho Drive, SR 599)
	15.2	24.5	SR 574 (Cheyenne Avenue)
	16.7	26.9	SR 573 (Craig Road)
	19.1– 19.3	30.7– 31.1	CC 215	Interchange; future I-215; CC 215 exit 41
	25.0	40.2	Clark County Shooting Complex	Roundabout; northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Public transport

RTC Transit Route 103 functions on this road.^[7]

References

1. Fryman, Jessica (September 6, 2011). "Las Vegas' Decatur Boulevard's history pulls from the Navy". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
2. "Takin' It to the Street: Decatur Boulevard alive with live entertainment". Las Vegas Sun. May 20, 2004.
3. Fink, Jerry (May 5, 2008). "Staging a comeback". Las Vegas Sun.
4. . vegas4locals.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2011. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
5. . Spring Valley View. September 21, 2010. Archived from the original on April 30, 2012.
6. Hansen, Kyle (April 17, 2011). "Sewer project to close lanes on Decatur Boulevard near Edna Avenue". Las Vegas Sun.
7. . Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada. Archived from the original on November 22, 2011. Retrieved November 30, 2011.

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