Nevada State Route 579
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| State Route 579 |
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| Bonanza Road | |||||||||
| Length: | 2.206 mi[1] (3.550 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1976-07-01 | ||||||||
| West end: |  SR 599 in Las Vegas |
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| East end: | Las Vegas Boulevard in Las Vegas | ||||||||
| Major cities: | Las Vegas | ||||||||
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State Route 579 is a minor east-west arterial roadway near Downtown Las Vegas. It is also named Bonanza Road.
[edit] Route description
State Route 579 begins at its western terminus with Rancho Drive (SR 599, Business U.S. 95). From there, the highway follows Bonanza Road east, underneath Interstate 15 to terminate at Las Vegas Boulevard (former SR 604).
[edit] History
SR 579 was originally a part of State Route 5 as it passed through Las Vegas. When US 95 was extended south into Nevada in 1940, the route replaced SR 5 through Las Vegas, including the section along Bonanza Road.
As the Las Vegas Expressway was completed in northwestern Las Vegas in the 1970s, the US 95 designation was relocated from Bonanza Road and Rancho Drive to the new facility. The state highway was redesignated SR 579 around this time, in conjunction with a statewide route renumbering that occurred beginning in 1976.
[edit] References
- Nevada State Highway Department. Official Road Map of the State of Nevada [map]. (1940)
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