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.svg)  Las Vegas Beltway | ||||
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| Bruce Woodbury Beltway | ||||
 Interstate 215 in red, Clark County 215 in blue | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Auxiliary route of I-15 | ||||
| Maintained by NDOT and Clark County Public Works | ||||
| Length | 50 mi[1] (80 km) | |||
| Existed | April 17, 1993–present | |||
| Component highways |  I-215 from Henderson to Enterprise CC 215 from Enterprise to North Las Vegas | |||
| NHS | Entire route | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| Beltway around Las Vegas | ||||
| Counterclockwise end |     I-11 / US 93 / US 95 / SR 564 in Henderson | |||
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| Clockwise end |  I-15 / US 93 in North Las Vegas | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Nevada | |||
| Counties | Clark | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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The Las Vegas Beltway (officially named the Bruce Woodbury Beltway) is a 50-mile (80 km) beltway route circling three-quarters of the Las Vegas Valley in southern Nevada. The Las Vegas Beltway carries two numerical designations. 11.1 miles (17.9 km) of the highway, from its southern terminus at Interstate 11 (I-11) / U.S. Route 93 (US 93) / US 95 in Henderson west and northwest to I-15, is signed as Interstate 215 (I-215) and maintained by the Nevada Department of Transportation.[3] Clark County Route 215 (CC 215) composes the remaining approximately 38.9 miles (62.6 km) of this semi-circumferential highway, with the county's Department of Public Works responsible for all construction and maintenance. The beltway is a freeway up to Interstate Highway standards in its entirety.
Clark County planned and constructed the beltway. This marked the first time in the United States that a county had overseen the construction of an Interstate highway with little to no state or federal funding. With all the previous expressway segments of the beltway now completely upgraded to a freeway, the CC 215 portion of the beltway is expected be redesignated I-215 and the entire facility turned over to the Nevada Department of Transportation for maintenance.[4]
- ^ "Overview of Las Vegas Beltway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
- ^ Starks, Edward (January 27, 2022). "Table 1: Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways". FHWA Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
- ^ a b Nevada Department of Transportation (January 2021). "State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps". Retrieved May 31, 2019.
- ^ "The projected date for finishing the Las Vegas Beltway?". Las Vegas Sun. January 27, 2009. Retrieved December 12, 2019.