Desert Inn Road, also known as Wilbur Clark D. I. Road, is a major west-east road in the

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, part of the Las Vegas grid road system. It is named after the former Desert Inn

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and

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Desert Inn Expressway

For the majority of its route, Desert Inn Road is a regular street with residential, commercial, and industrial areas along it, but it features a 2½ mile

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portion in the

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with

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s and partial

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officially called the Desert Inn Road Super Arterial (also commonly referred to as the Desert Inn Expressway (DIE)), acting as a border for

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and

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. Construction of the expressway was completed in 1996 with a cost of US$84 million. It is primarily used as a

traffic avoidance route, passing over

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and under

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Route

Desert Inn Road is disconnected from all freeways it crosses, with bridges over

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(CC 215; Bruce Woodbury Beltway) and I-15 and is

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ed by I-515/ US 93/ US 95. It is also disconnected from

, with a tunnel passing under it, which makes it the only major east–west surface street on the Strip to not intersect with Las Vegas Boulevard. Desert Inn Road begins in

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at Red Rock Ranch Road before crossing over CC 215 with no direct access and then crossing Hualapai Way and entering

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. The road crosses NV 595 (Rainbow Boulevard) and NV 596 (Jones Boulevard) and eventually crosses Valley View Boulevard where the Desert Inn Road Super Arterial expressway begins. The Desert Inn Expressway begins with driveways and minor roads connecting to it before forming a partial interchange (eastbound exit, westbound entrance) at

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(RIRO) on the eastbound side connects the expressway to Highland Drive, Western Avenue, and

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before the expressway crosses Highland Drive, the

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, and Sammy Davis Drive. The Desert Inn Expressway then lowers from the viaduct to pass through a tunnel under

where an eastbound entrance ramp leading from Wynn Boulevard connects. The expressway then crosses a signalized intersection with Paradise Road before it passes under the

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and

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before terminating at the intersection with University Center Drive and Joe W. Brown Drive where Desert Inn Road continues east as a standard arterial road. Eventually, Desert Inn Road passes under I-515/US 93/US 95 and then intersects NV 582 (Boulder Highway) where it continues north as Lamb Boulevard, creating a short gap in the route. Desert Inn Road restarts off Lamb Boulevard and continues east then crosses NV 612 (Nellis Boulevard). Near its eastern terminus, the road crosses a bridge over the

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, which opened on September 19, 2022 and connected two dead-end segments of Desert Inn Road.

Major intersections

Places along Desert Inn Road

The following are sorted by west-east location along Desert Inn Road. *

The Alexander Dawson School at Rainbow Mountain The Alexander Dawson School at Rainbow Mountain or Dawson is a private independent, college-preparatory, and day school in Summerlin, Nevada. The Alexander Dawson School at Rainbow Mountain provides co-educational and secular education to over 52 ...

* Desert Breeze Park (access via

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) *

Trump International Hotel Las Vegas The Trump International Hotel Las Vegas is a 64-story hotel, condominium, and timeshare located on Fashion Show Drive in Paradise, Nevada, US, named for owner Donald Trump, who later became US president. It is located down the street from Wynn L ...

(no direct access from Desert Inn Road) *

Resorts World Las Vegas Resorts World Las Vegas is a resort, mall, and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada, United States. The property had been the site of the Stardust Resort and Casino until 2007, when Boyd Gaming demolished the resort to develop its ...

(no direct access from Desert Inn Road) *

Encore Las Vegas Encore Las Vegas (also called Encore at Wynn Las Vegas or simply Encore) is a luxury resort, casino and hotel located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The resort is connected to its sister resort, Wynn Las Vegas, located directly sout ...

(no direct access from Desert Inn Road) *

(access via Paradise Road) *

Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center is a for-profit hospital owned by the Hospital Corporation of America and operated by Sunrise Healthcare System. It is located in the Las Vegas Valley in Winchester, Nevada. History Sunrise was founded in 1958. I ...

(access via Maryland Parkway) * Las Vegas National Golf Club *

Boulder Station Boulder Station is a hotel and casino located in Sunrise Manor, Nevada on Boulder Highway. It is owned and operated by Station Casinos. Groundbreaking began on August 5, 1993. The project was built at a cost of $103 million, and opened on August ...

(access via Boulder Highway and Lamb Boulevard)

References

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