Nevada State Route 612

State Route 612
State Route 612
Nellis Boulevard
	SR 612 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by NDOT
Length	9.417 mi[1] (15.155 km)
Major junctions
South end	SR 593 at Paradise–Whitney line
North end	SR 604 in Sunrise Manor
Location
Country	United States
State	Nevada
Highway system
	Nevada State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Pre‑1976; Scenic;

State Route 612 (SR 612) is a state highway in Clark County, Nevada. It comprises about 9.4 miles (15.1 km) of the major north–south section line arterial Nellis Boulevard in the eastern Las Vegas Valley.

Route description

View at the south end of SR 612 looking northbound in 2015

State Route 612 begins at the intersection of Nellis Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue (SR 593) on the border of unincorporated communities of Paradise and Whitney. From there, the route heads north along Nellis Boulevard north as it travels through the Las Vegas area, entering the unincorporated town of Sunrise Manor and briefly forming the easternmost border of the city of Las Vegas. The state highway comes to an end at the intersection of Nellis Boulevard and Las Vegas Boulevard (SR 604) near Nellis Air Force Base.[1][2]

SR 612, as Nellis Boulevard, passes by many retail businesses as well as residential neighborhoods. It is one of the major north–south roadways in Sunrise Manor.[3]

History

SR 612 was established in the 1976 renumbering of Nevada's state highways. The route was designated on July 1, 1976.[4]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Clark County. [2][note 1]

Location[2][note 2]	Destinations	Notes
Paradise–Whitney line	Tropicana Avenue (SR 593)
Paradise–Sunrise Manor line	Boulder Highway (SR 582)
Paradise–Sunrise Manor line	Flamingo Road (SR 592)
Sunrise Manor	Sahara Avenue	Former SR 589
Las Vegas–Sunrise Manor line	SR 159 (Charleston Boulevard)
Sunrise Manor	SR 147 (Lake Mead Boulevard)
	SR 574 (Cheyenne Avenue)
	SR 604 (Las Vegas Boulevard)	Former US 91/US 93
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Notes:

Except for "Las Vegas", all locations listed are unincorporated townships in the urban Las Vegas area.
Except for "Las Vegas", all locations listed are unincorporated townships in the urban Las Vegas area.

Public transport

RTC Transit Route 115 functions on this road.

References

Nevada Department of Transportation (January 2017). "State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps". Retrieved January 28, 2017.
Las Vegas Valley Jurisdictional Boundary Map (PDF) (Map). Clark County Comprehensive Planning. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
Google (26 July 2011). "Overview of SR 612" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
Nevada State Maintained Highways: Descriptions, Index and Maps. Nevada Department of Transportation. January 2001. p. 99.

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[5] Except for "Las Vegas", all locations listed are unincorporated townships in the urban Las Vegas area.

[6] Except for "Las Vegas", all locations listed are unincorporated townships in the urban Las Vegas area.

[NDOT_Log-1] Nevada Department of Transportation (January 2017). "State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps". Retrieved January 28, 2017.

[CCmap-2] Las Vegas Valley Jurisdictional Boundary Map (PDF) (Map). Clark County Comprehensive Planning. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.

[googlemaps-3] Google (26 July 2011). "Overview of SR 612" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 26 July 2011.

[NDOT_Log2001-4] Nevada State Maintained Highways: Descriptions, Index and Maps. Nevada Department of Transportation. January 2001. p. 99.