State Route 604 (SR 604) is the
route number designation for parts of
Las Vegas Boulevard, a major north–south road in the
Las Vegas metropolitan area of
Nevada in the
United States best known for the
Las Vegas Strip and its
casinos. Formerly carrying
U.S. Route 91, which had been the main highway between
Los Angeles and
Salt Lake City, it has been bypassed by
Interstate 15 and serves mainly local traffic.
Route description
State Route 604 is a section of Las Vegas Boulevard going northeast from Carey Avenue in North Las Vegas. SR 604 enters the unincorporated town of
Sunrise Manor
Sunrise Manor is a census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada, United States, located on the western base of Frenchman Mountain, east of Las Vegas. The population was 205,618 at the 2020 census. If Sunrise Manor were to be incorporated, ...
, where it has intersections at Cheyenne Avenue (
SR 574), Lamb Boulevard (
SR 610) and Nellis Boulevard (
SR 612). After that, SR 604 then passes
Nellis Air Force Base where it intersects Craig Road (
SR 573) and the main entrance of Nellis AFB. The highway then continues northeast as SR 604 passes the
Las Vegas Motor Speedway and later re-enters an undeveloped area of the city of North Las Vegas. The highway leaves the city of North Las Vegas shortly after just before SR 604 ends at Interstate 15 at exit 58 near
Apex. The I-15
frontage road stretching northeast 11.823 miles (19.027 km) from Apex to a point between
Garnet and
Crystal is also state maintained as FRCL07,
[ and was ]milepost
A milestone is a numbered marker placed on a route such as a road, railway line, canal or boundary. They can indicate the distance to towns, cities, and other places or landmarks; or they can give their position on the route relative to so ...
ed as SR 604.[2006 Nevada’s State Maintained Highways Descriptions, Index, and Maps]
History
State Route 604 was created in the 1970s from what had been Nevada State Route 6 (1919), State Route 6 between Jean, Nevada, Jean, where it intersected with State Route 161 (Nevada), State Route 161, and a point north of Las Vegas. However, it has been truncated over time, as segments were given to the city of Las Vegas and Clark County to maintain. The portion between Jean, Nevada and Carey Avenue has been given to local control. The portion of Las Vegas Boulevard between Tonopah Avenue and Carey Street was turned over to local control by 2017. From the mid-1980s to 2005, this highway was used as the course for the start and a significant portion of the Las Vegas Marathon.
Major intersections
See also
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References
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State highways in Nevada, 604
Transportation in Clark County, Nevada
U.S. Route 91
North Las Vegas, Nevada
Sunrise Manor, Nevada