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Lake Mead Boulevard is a major arterial road serving the Las Vegas Valley in southern Nevada. It runs from Twilight Run Drive and Park Drift Trail in Summerlin West to the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Two portions of Lake Mead Boulevard are designated as unsigned State Route 147 (SR 147). The western segment runs from Interstate 15 (I-15) and U.S. 93 to Yale Street (both in North Las Vegas). The eastern segment runs from Pecos Road (at the North Las Vegas–Sunrise Manor boundary) to the border of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. It is not to be confused with Lake Mead Parkway (SR 564, formerly Lake Mead Drive), which also goes to Lake Mead but mainly runs through Henderson instead.
 State Route 147 | ||||
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| Lake Mead Boulevard | ||||
 Lake Mead Boulevard in red, unsigned SR 147 in blue, former SR 147 in green | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by NDOT | ||||
| Length | 14.252 mi[1] (22.936 km) | |||
| Existed | July 1, 1976–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end | Twilight Run Drive / Park Drift Trail in Las Vegas | |||
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| East end | Lake Mead National Recreation Area | |||
 SR 147 (Western segment) | ||||
| West end | Losee Road in North Las Vegas | |||
| Major intersections |   I-15 / US 93 | |||
| East end | Yale Street in North Las Vegas | |||
| SR 147 (Eastern segment) | ||||
| West end | Pecos Road at the North Las Vegas–Sunrise Manor line | |||
| Major intersections |  SR 612 in Sunrise Manor | |||
| East end | Lake Mead National Recreation Area | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Nevada | |||
| County | Clark | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Lake Mead Boulevard became a state highway in 1978, but the highway never had markers posted to identify it as a state highway.
Route description
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State Route 147 begins at Interstate 15 and U.S. Route 93 in North Las Vegas. From there, SR 147 has an intersection at Las Vegas Boulevard (SR 604) and Civic Center Drive (former SR 607). Traveling further east, SR 147 leaves the city of North Las Vegas as it enters the unincorporated town of Sunrise Manor where it has intersections at Lamb Boulevard and Nellis Boulevard (SR 612). The highway then leaves the unincorporated town of Sunrise Manor as it travels through the Frenchman Mountain on its northern slope. The road then curves into a southeastern direction where the highway ends near the Lake Mead NRA as Lake Mead Boulevard continues beyond the highway's eastern terminus.
History
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SR 147 first appeared on the official Nevada state highway map in the 1978–79 edition as a semi-circular route. The route followed Lake Mead Boulevard (which was previously unnumbered) eastward from I-15 in North Las Vegas to North Shore Road in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. It then turned south onto North Shore Road (replacing SR4 1A), then west toward Lakeshore Road (later Lake Mead Drive, now Lake Mead Parkway), replacing part of SR 41. The terminus was at Lakeshore Road and Boulder Highway (then US 93/US 95, formerly SR 582). The highway continued west of Boulder Highway as SR 146.
The northern section along Lake Mead Boulevard la"cks the "SR 147 designation on the 1983–84 and 1985–86 maps. However, it is back on the 1987–88 map, so it is unclear whether this was a map error or possibly a planned decommissioning that was not carried out.
On the 1998–99 map, the southern section of SR 147 (along Lake Mead Drive) was replaced by an eastward extension of SR 146 (now SR 564). The entire length of SR 147 is now on Lake Mead Boulevard, with the eastern terminus truncated to the northern border of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
Sometime between 1999 and 2025, SR 147 was shrunken even further: the segment between Yale Street and Pecos Road was removed from the state highway.
Major intersections
editThe entire route is in Clark County.
| Location | mi[2] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Las Vegas | 0.0 | 0.0 | Twilight Run Drive west | Continuation beyond western terminus | |
| Park Drift Trail | Western terminus | ||||
| 0.3 | 0.48 | Sunset Run Drive | |||
| 1.1 | 1.8 | Park Drift Trail south | Northeastern terminus of Park Drift Trail | ||
| 1.5 | 2.4 | Desert Foothills Drive south / Reverence Parkway north | |||
| 1.7– 1.8 | 2.7– 2.9 |   Future I-215 / CC 215 | Single-point urban interchange; CC 215 exit 29 | ||
| 2.2 | 3.5 | Thomas W. Ryan Boulevard | |||
| 3.0 | 4.8 | Anasazi Drive south / Sun City Boulevard north | |||
| 4.1 | 6.6 | Hills Center Drive south / Del Webb Boulevard east | |||
| 5.2 | 8.4 | Rampart Boulevard | |||
| 6.5 | 10.5 | Buffalo Drive | |||
| 7.0 | 11.3 | Tenaya Way | |||
| 7.30– 7.38[3] | 11.75– 11.88 |     I-11 south / US 95 south / Rock Springs Drive | Access from I-11 / US 95 SB to Lake Mead Boulevard is via Rock Springs Drive; I-11/US 95 SB exit 82 | ||
| 7.50– 7.58[4] | 12.07– 12.20 |   I-11 north / US 95 north / Rainbow Boulevard | I-11/US 95 north exits 82A (eastbound) and 82B (westbound); access from I-11/US 95 NB to Lake Mead Blvd WB is via Rainbow Blvd South | ||
| 8.0 | 12.9 | Torrey Pines Drive | |||
| 8.6 | 13.8 | Jones Boulevard | Former SR 596 | ||
| 9.0 | 14.5 | Michael Way | |||
| 9.6 | 15.4 | Decatur Boulevard | |||
| Las Vegas–North Las Vegas line | 10.2 | 16.4 |   SR 599 / US 95 Bus. (Rancho Drive) | ||
| North Las Vegas | 11.2 | 18.0 | Simmons Street | ||
| Las Vegas | 12.3 | 19.8 | Martin L. King Boulevard | ||
| Las Vegas–North Las Vegas line | 13.3 | 21.4 | Losee Road | Western terminus of unsigned SR 147 | |
| North Las Vegas | 13.4– 13.5 | 21.6– 21.7 | I-15 / US 93 – Los Angeles, Salt Lake City | Interchange; I-15 exit 45; Lake Mead Boulevard changes signage from "West Lake Mead Boulevard" to "East Lake Mead Boulevard" | |
| Begin one-way pair: Eastbound direction is "Lake Mead Boulevard South," while westbound direction is "Lake Mead Boulevard North" | |||||
| 13.6 | 21.9 | Yale Street | Eastern terminus of western segment of unsigned SR 147 | ||
| 13.7 | 22.0 | 5th Street | |||
| 14.0 | 22.5 | Las Vegas Boulevard | Former SR 604/US 91/US 93; End of one-way pair | ||
| 14.7 | 23.7 | Civic Center Drive | Former SR 607 | ||
| North Las Vegas–Sunrise Manor line | 15.7 | 25.3 | Pecos Road | Western terminus of eastern segment of unsigned SR 147 | |
| Sunrise Manor | 16.8 | 27.0 | Lamb Boulevard | ||
| 17.8 | 28.6 | SR 612 (Nellis Boulevard) | |||
| 19.8 | 31.9 | Hollywood Boulevard | |||
| Lake Mead National Recreation Area | 27.5 | 44.3 | 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) north of the Entrance Fee Station | Eastern terminus of unsigned SR 147 | |
| 30.5 | 49.1 | Northshore Road | Former SR 167; eastern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Public transport
editRTC Transit Route 210 functions on this road.
See also
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References
edit- ↑ Nevada Department of Transportation (January 2017). "State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps". Retrieved May 7, 2017.
- ↑ "Lake Mead Boulevard" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved May 6, 2026.
- ↑ "7000 W Lake Mead Blvd to 6980 W Lake Mead Blvd" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved May 6, 2026.
- ↑ "6845 W Lake Mead Blvd to 6700 W Lake Mead Blvd" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved May 6, 2026.
- Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map). Nevada Department of Highways. 1978–1979.
- Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map). Nevada State Department of Transportation. 1983–1984.
- Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map). Nevada State Department of Transportation. 1985–1986.
- Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map). Nevada State Department of Transportation. 1987–1988.
- Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map). Nevada Department of Transportation. 1998–1999.
External links
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