State Route 146 (SR 146) is a major east–west
state highway
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in the
southern part of the U.S. state of
Nevada
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. It begins at the exit 27
interchange on
Interstate 15 (I-15) south of the
Las Vegas Strip
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and ends at the Pecos Road (exit 6) interchange on
I-215 in
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. The highway is currently known as Saint Rose Parkway, but was known as Lake Mead Drive prior to 2001.
History
The original segment of SR 146 was known as State Route 41 (Lake Mead Drive) until the early-1980s. Originally, it was a route that began at the current western terminus at Interstate 15 and crossed
Boulder Highway
State Route 582 (SR 582) is a major highway in the Las Vegas Valley. The highway is the former route of U.S. Route 93 (US 93) and US 95 (and, historically, US 466) before they were moved to the current freeway alignment shar ...
in Henderson before ending at the intersection of North Shore Road near
Lake Mead
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.
Construction of I-215 through southeast
Las Vegas
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and Henderson altered the routing of SR 146.
Clark County decided to build I-215 between Mile 6 (St. Rose Parkway/Pecos Road) and Mile 0 (the
Interstate 515
Interstate 515 (I-515) is a spur route of I-15 in the US state of Nevada that runs from the junction of I-11, I-215, and State Route 564 (SR 564) at the Spaghetti Bowl Interchange in Henderson to the junction of I-15, U.S. R ...
/
U.S. Route 93
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U.S. Route 95 interchange) on the SR 146 alignment. Since the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) does not co-sign state routes along Interstate highways, the decision was made in 1999 to officially truncate SR 146 to its current eastern terminus.
The portion of the highway east of I-515/US 93/US 95 was recommissioned as
State Route 564 (and has since been renamed Lake Mead Parkway). Clark County posted SR 146 signs along the overlapping section of I-215, even though the state highway designation no longer existed in this section when the freeway was completed in 2001—Many SR 146 signs still remained on I-215 in 2007, but have since been removed.
Major intersections
See also
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References
{{Commons category, Nevada State Route 146
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Streets in Henderson, Nevada
Transportation in Clark County, Nevada
Enterprise, Nevada
Transportation in the Las Vegas Valley