Rainbow Boulevard is a north–south

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. A portion of the road is designated State Route 595 (SR 595).

Rainbow Boulevard description

Rainbow Boulevard begins south of Blue Diamond Road ( SR 160) in Clark County and continues north to Horse Drive in northern

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. Prior to the completion of Durango Drive north of Blue Diamond Road, Rainbow Boulevard was one of only two roads west of I-15 that connected Blue Diamond Road with the developed areas to the north. The other road was Dean Martin Drive (formerly Industrial Road).

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and Fort Apache Road would soon join them in this distinction.AAA map Las Vegas Map 1996

SR 595 description

SR 595 begins at

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and proceeds north along Rainbow Boulevard for to U.S. Route 95 (at the interchange locally known as the "Rainbow Curve"). The state-maintained portion of Rainbow Boulevard is a designated portion of the National Highway System.

History

Rainbow Boulevard was originally known as Lorenzi Boulevard north of Westcliff Drive. The road got its current name sometime after US 95 (Oran K. Gragson Freeway) was built within the area (a separate Lorenzi Street exists just east of it, from Westcliff to Charleston). In January 2003, the southern terminus of SR 595 was at State Route 160 (Blue Diamond Road), giving the highway a total distance of . By January 2006, the highway had been truncated to its current terminus at Tropicana Avenue.

Major intersections

Public transport

RTC Transit Routes 101: Rainbow and 219: Craig (continuations of each other north and west respectively) function on this road.

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