Desert Inn Road

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Desert Inn Road

Maintained by	Clark County
Length	17.25 mi (27.76 km)
Location	Las Vegas Clark County
West end	Red Rock Ranch Road in Summerlin South
Major junctions	SR 595 in Spring Valley SR 596 in Spring Valley SR 582 in Sunrise Manor SR 612 in Whitney
East end	Hollywood Boulevard in Whitney

Desert Inn Road, also known as Wilbur Clark D. I. Road, is a major west-east road in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, Nevada, United States, part of the Las Vegas grid road system. It is named after the former Desert Inn hotel and casino.

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 expressway portion in the Las Vegas Strip with grade separations and partial interchanges officially called the Desert Inn Road Super Arterial (also commonly referred to as the Desert Inn Expressway (DIE)), acting as a border for Paradise and Winchester. Construction of the expressway was completed in 1996 with a cost of US$84 million. It is primarily used as a Las Vegas Strip traffic avoidance route, passing over Interstate 15 and under Las Vegas Boulevard.^[1][2]

Route[]

Desert Inn Road is disconnected from all freeways it crosses, with bridges over Clark County 215 (CC 215; Bruce Woodbury Beltway) and I-15 and is overpassed by I-515/US 93/US 95. It is also disconnected from Las Vegas Boulevard, 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 Summerlin South at Red Rock Ranch Road before crossing over CC 215 with no direct access and then crossing Hualapai Way and entering Las Vegas. 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 before forming a partial interchange (eastbound exit, westbound entrance) at Rancho Drive, where a brief freeway-grade segment begins. A right-in/right-out (RIRO) on the eastbound side connects the expressway to Highland Drive, Western Avenue, and Spring Mountain Road before the expressway crosses Highland Drive, the Union Pacific Railroad, and Sammy Davis Drive. The Desert Inn Expressway then lowers from the viaduct to pass through a tunnel under Las Vegas Boulevard where an eastbound entrance ramp leading from Wynn Boulevard connects. The freeway segment ends at Channel 8 Drive which connects on the westbound side and Desert Inn Road then intersects with Paradise Road. The expressway then passes under the Las Vegas Monorail and Las Vegas Convention Center before terminating at the intersection with University Center Drive and Joe W. Brown Drive where Desert Inn Road continues east as a regular street.

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) and then eventually downgrades to a residential road where it then meets its first eastern terminus at a dead end at Theme Road, which continues south. A short 0.25-mile (0.40 km) portion of Desert Inn Road spurring west off Hollywood Boulevard to a dead end exists east of the main route.

Major intersections[]

The entire route is in Clark County.

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Summerlin South	0.00	0.00	Red Rock Ranch Road	Western terminus of Desert Inn Road
	0.33– 0.39	0.53– 0.63	Bridge over CC 215
	0.59	0.95	Golden Willow Lane	Access to The Alexander Dawson School at Rainbow Mountain
	0.93	1.50	Town Center Drive
Las Vegas–Spring Valley line	1.46	2.35	Hualapai Way
	1.96	3.15	Grand Canyon Drive
	2.47	3.98	Fort Apache Road
	2.94	4.73	Crystal Water Way	Southern terminus of Crystal Water Way
	2.98	4.80	El Capitan Way	Northern terminus of southern segment of El Capitan Way
	3.48	5.60	Durango Drive	Access to Desert Breeze Park
Spring Valley	3.98	6.41	Cimarron Road
	4.48	7.21	Buffalo Drive
	4.99	8.03	Tenaya Way
	5.49	8.84	SR 595 (Rainbow Boulevard)
	5.99	9.64	Torrey Pines Drive
	6.49	10.44	SR 596 (Jones Boulevard)
	6.97	11.22	Lindell Road
Las Vegas–Paradise line	7.44	11.97	Decatur Boulevard
	7.94	12.78	Arville Street
	8.44	13.58	Valley View Boulevard	Western terminus of Desert Inn Expressway
	8.63– 8.72	13.89– 14.03	Rancho Drive	Interchange; westbound entrance and eastbound exit; western end of freeway
	8.93– 9.02	14.37– 14.52	Bridge over Rancho Drive and I-15
	8.98– 9.09	14.45– 14.63	Highland Drive	Interchange; eastbound exit and entrance
Winchester–Paradise line	8.93– 9.02	14.37– 14.52	Bridge over Highland Drive, Union Pacific Railroad, and Sammy Davis Drive
	9.79– 9.90	15.76– 15.93	Tunnel under Las Vegas Boulevard	Desert Inn Road changes signing from West Desert Inn Road to East Desert Inn Road.
	9.95	16.01	Wynn Boulevard	Eastbound entrance
	10.08	16.22	Channel 8 Drive	Eastern end of freeway
	10.48	16.87	Paradise Road	Access to Las Vegas Convention Center
	10.48– 10.98	16.87– 17.67	Corridor under Las Vegas Convention Center
	10.98	17.67	Joe W. Brown Drive, University Center Drive	Eastern terminus of Desert Inn Expressway
	11.23	18.07	Cambridge Street	Cambridge Street terminus
	11.48	18.48	Maryland Parkway	Access to Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center
	11.62	18.70	Onieda Way
	11.75	18.91	La Canada Street
	12.51	20.13	Eastern Avenue
	12.75	20.52	Topaz Road
	13.00	20.92	McLeod Drive
	13.14– 13.16	21.15– 21.18	Bridge over Flamingo Arroyo
	13.25	21.32	Mojave Road
	13.50	21.73	Pecos Road
	14.00	22.53	Sandhill Road
	14.15– 14.18	22.77– 22.82	Underpass under I-515/US 93/US 95
Sunrise Manor–Paradise line	14.45	23.26	SR 582 (Boulder Highway) / Lamb Boulevard north	Desert Inn Road first western terminus, road continues north as Lamb Boulevard
	Gap in route
	14.45	23.26	Lamb Boulevard	Desert Inn Road second western terminus
Whitney	15.48	24.91	SR 612 (Nellis Boulevard)
	15.98	25.72	Cabena Drive
	17.00	27.36	Theme Road	Desert Inn Road second eastern terminus
	Gap in route
	17.00	27.36	Dead end	Desert Inn Road third western terminus
	17.25	27.76	Hollywood Boulevard	Desert Inn Road eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access       Route transition

Places along Desert Inn Road[]

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

• The Alexander Dawson School at Rainbow Mountain
• Desert Breeze Park (access via Durango Drive)^[3]
• Trump International Hotel Las Vegas (no direct access from Desert Inn Road)
• Resorts World Las Vegas (no direct access from Desert Inn Road)
• Encore Las Vegas (no direct access from Desert Inn Road)
• Las Vegas Convention Center (access via Paradise Road)
• Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center (access via Maryland Parkway)
• Las Vegas National Golf Club
• Boulder Station (access via Boulder Highway and Lamb Boulevard)

References[]