A spur route is a short road forming a branch from a longer, more important road such as a freeway , Interstate Highway , or motorway . A bypass or beltway is not considered a spur route as it typically reconnects with another or the same major road.
36-636: Interstate 515 ( I-515 ) was a 20.54-mile-long (33.06 km) spur route of I-15 in the US state of Nevada that ran from the junction of I-15, US 93 and US 95 (the Las Vegas Spaghetti Bowl Interchange) in Downtown approximately 20 miles (32 km) southeast to just north of Railroad Pass in southeastern Henderson . The freeway connected traffic headed from Boulder City and Henderson to Downtown Las Vegas via
72-746: A "family" of routes with the "parent" route lacking the added "A". Examples of spur routes in the system include the Aomori Expressway (E4A) , linking the Tōhoku Expressway (E4) to the eastern limits of Aomori , and the Sasson Expressway (E5A) , linking the Dō-Ō Expressway (E5) to Otaru ; however, some expressways that lack the "A" designation could also be considered spurs, such as the Kansai-Kūkō Expressway (E71) or
108-547: A business route of US 93/US 95 after the freeway was completed, but that designation has since been removed; it is now just SR 582 . The I-515 freeway, which began construction in 1982, is a continuation of the Oran K. Gragson Freeway (named for the former Las Vegas mayor who advocated for the construction of the then Las Vegas Expressway ) which ran primarily along the former West Fremont Street alignment between Las Vegas Boulevard and Rainbow Boulevard . The spur
144-553: A city or bypassing it and then reconnecting to a major highway would receive an even first digit, and be considered a loop rather than a spur. For example, in the case of Interstate 5 , Interstate 105 is a spur route ending at Los Angeles International Airport , whereas Interstate 405 begins and ends at Interstate 5 , bypassing downtown Los Angeles . Spurs are also found branching from US highways , state routes , and county routes , often as extended onramps and offramps of expressways . There are many numbering violations in
180-556: A direct freeway connection with Henderson. In August 2017, the segment of I-515 between the I-215 interchange and the southern city limits of Henderson was redesignated as I-11 . The Nevada Department of Transportation announced in 2022 that part of the preferred alternative for the future northward extension of I-11 would follow the remainder of the I-515 alignment. Signs for I-11 along I-515 and US 95 north of I-15 began to go up in 2024, and
216-515: A direct, high-speed route, and it ran concurrently with, US 93, and US 95 along its entire length. The I-515 designation was first approved in 1976, but construction did not begin until 1982, and was constructed in stages until it reached its former terminus north of Railroad Pass in 1994, when signs of the designation finally were put up. I-515 was built to bypass Fremont Street and Boulder Highway, both of which were former alignments of US 93, US 95, and US 466 , and provide
252-558: A multi-lane arterial. SR 582 reaches its northern terminus at the "Five-Points" intersection with Charleston Boulevard ( SR 159 ) and Eastern Avenue . North from here, Fremont Street continues beyond the state highway terminus, curving slightly more westward as it heads into Downtown Las Vegas . Boulder Highway was constructed in 1931, and carried SR 5 from 1932 to 1939. It later carried US 93, US 95, and US 466 from near Boulder City through Henderson and into downtown Las Vegas. The US 466 designation
288-544: A relatively short spur route that connects an autostrada (Italian for motorway ) to a nearby city or tourist resort not directly served by the motorway. These spurs are owned and managed by Anas . Some spurs are toll-free motorways (type-A), but most are type-B or type-C roads. All RA have separate carriageways with two lanes in each direction. Generally, they do not have an emergency lane. In Japan, spurs of its expressways are usually designated with an added letter "A". This designation applies to all routes that are part of
324-433: A three-digit number. The last two digits of the number are the number of the "parent" Interstate ( Interstate 238 , which connects Interstate 880 with Interstate 580 near Hayward, CA, is the only exception to this); e.g. a spur route of Interstate 90 could be 990; a spur route of Interstate 5 could be 105. Spur Interstate routes have three-digit numbers with an odd first digit. A subsidiary route either passing through
360-514: A unique A-number road) and the unique case of the M181 motorway , a spur of a spur M180 motorway , and that of the M18 motorway A-road spurs do not follow a noticeable numbering system; they would be impossible to assign due to the quantity of A-road numbers in use. In the US, many Interstate Highways have spur routes when they enter a large metropolitan area. Interstate spur routes are numbered with
396-473: Is in Clark County . Spur route In the province of Ontario, most spur routes are designated as A or B, such as Highway 17A, or 7B. A stands for "Alternate Route", and usually links a highway to a town's central core or main attraction, while B stands for "Business Route" or "Bypass", but are used when a main highway is routed around a town and away from its former alignment. The designation of "C"
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#1732776821619432-797: The Brașov . In the UK , a spur route carries the same definition, but the numbering rules differ. Short spurs from primary roads or motorways typically are not given a unique number, and three arms of the junction will apparently have the same number. For example, the A14 has a same-number spur to the A1(M) motorway at Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire , the M23 motorway has one to Gatwick Airport in West Sussex and
468-522: The M4 has one to Heathrow Airport . To distinguish the spur on road signs, the road it leads to is usually given - for example "Gatwick Airport ( A23 )". Typically, slightly longer spurs, or those with intermediate junctions of their own, are given unique numbers to distinguish them from their parent road, for example, the A48(M) motorway , a spur of the M4 . There is a loose numbering system for these spurs on
504-568: The concurrent designations of I-515, US 93, and US 95 through Henderson as it passed the Sunset Station casino and Galleria at Sunset shopping mall. I-515 then turned north and intersected Tropicana Avenue (SR 593), Flamingo Road (SR 592), and the Boulder Highway (SR 582) as it approached Las Vegas. After entering the city of Las Vegas, the highway turned west and intersected Las Vegas Boulevard on
540-586: The Ōita Airport Road (E97) . In New Zealand, spurs on state highways are usually designated with an added letter. Examples include SH 2B , linking SH 2 to Napier Airport, and SH 6A , linking SH 6 with Queenstown town center. Not all such alphabetic suffixes refer to spurs, however; ring roads and linking roads between highways are also so designated. Conversely, some State Highways could themselves be considered spurs, notably SH 78 , New Zealand's shortest state highway, which links SH 1 in Timaru city center with
576-566: The I-515 designation was decommissioned in May 2024. The southern terminus of I-515 was at an interchange with I-11 , I-215 , US 93 , US 95 , and SR 564 in Henderson , a suburb of Las Vegas . The freeway continues south as I-11 towards Boulder City and the Hoover Dam on the former alignment of I-515. The six-lane freeway travels northwest from the interchange and carried
612-583: The Port of Timaru. Such spurs and spur roads leading from smaller urban thoroughfares to individual facilities are often referred to in New Zealand as "feeder roads". All national roads, local roads and county roads have spur routes. A good example is DN1 and DN1A . DN1A goes from Bucharest to Brașov via Buftea , and have an intersection with DN1 at Ploiești . After Ploiești , DN1A goes to Vălenii de Munte, Cheia, and then DN1A goes directly onto
648-492: The city of Las Vegas completed the Fremont East district, a reconstruction of Fremont Street between Las Vegas Boulevard and Eighth Street designed to "stir memories of old Las Vegas" and promote active nightlife. Completion of this project moved the northern terminus of SR 582 southward to Eighth Street. NDOT removed the portion of SR 582 between Charleston Boulevard and Eighth Street from its maintenance logs by
684-537: The current freeway alignment shared with Interstate 11 (I-11) formerly Interstate 515 (I-515). Known primarily as Boulder Highway , the route connects Downtown Las Vegas with Henderson and (now indirectly) Boulder City to the southeast. Present-day SR 582 officially begins at the I-11/US ;93/US 95 interchange at Wagonwheel Drive in Henderson, although the highway itself actually starts at
720-750: The designation of "Future Interstate 11", which included routing I-11 along existing I-515 between Railroad Pass and the I-215 Henderson Spaghetti Bowl interchange—AASHTO approved this request on May 29, 2014, with condition that it also be approved by the Federal Highway Administration . The Boulder City Bypass was completed in August ;2018. As a result, I-515 was shortened by 5.566 miles (8.958 km) to its current length of 14.444 mi (23.245 km). NDOT began replacing I-515 signs along
756-771: The freeway was completed to the Wagonwheel interchange and US 93 and US 95 had been completely removed from SR 582. In Downtown Las Vegas , Fremont Street originally extended further west to terminate at Main Street (former US 91 , later SR 601 ). In September 1994, Fremont Street west of Las Vegas Boulevard was permanently closed to vehicular traffic to construct the Fremont Street Experience , an outdoor pedestrian mall and light show attraction. This section of SR 582 ceased to be maintained by Nevada DOT around this time. In 2007,
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#1732776821619792-414: The intersection of Boulder Highway and Wagonwheel Drive just east of the interchange. From its southern terminus, SR 582 quickly transitions to an urban divided highway lined with businesses as it heads northwest through Henderson. The portion of SR 582 between Tropicana Avenue (SR 593) and the I-11/US 93/US 95 freeway is sometimes referred to as the " Boulder Strip ", playing off
828-579: The length of I-515 was 20.010 miles (32.203 km). The I-515 designation was first approved by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) on July 12, 1976, from the I-15 interchange to the junction of US 93 and US 95 (at Boulder Highway, current exit 70). On December 7, 1984, AASHTO approved the southeasterly extension of the route to its former terminus near Boulder City. Even though
864-471: The main National Highways with letter suffixes. For example, National Highway 1 has four spur routes: NH 1A , NH 1B , NH 1C , and NH 1D , the shortest of which is just 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) in length (NH 1C) and the longest is 663 kilometres (412 mi) (NH 1A). While the spur routes essentially originate at the parent National Highway, they are not merely secondary in status as some of
900-600: The more-famous Las Vegas Strip to the west. This section of Boulder Highway features a landscaped median and is adjacent to several local casinos, including Boulder Station and Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall . North of the Boulder Strip area, SR 582 changes names from Boulder Highway to Fremont Street as it crosses the Las Vegas city limits at Sahara Avenue. Just south of Charleston Boulevard (SR 159), Fremont Street transitions from divided highway to
936-733: The motorway network, not dissimilar to the US system – the road takes a three-digit number derived from that of the parent road. Examples include the M602 motorway (spur of the M60 and M62 motorways), M621 motorway (spur of the M62 and M1 motorways), and M271 motorway (spur of the M27 motorway ). There are anomalous spur numbers though, for instance the M898 motorway (spur of the M8 motorway ; number given to match with
972-466: The north side of Downtown Las Vegas . I-515 ended at the Spaghetti Bowl , an interchange with I-15, while the roadway continues west as Oran K. Gragson Freeway (carrying US 95). Prior to the completion of the freeway, US 93 and US 95 originally followed Fremont Street/Boulder Highway from Downtown Las Vegas southeast through Henderson to Boulder City. Boulder Highway was signed as
1008-695: The route number was approved prior to the highway's construction, I-515 was not consistently signed until after the freeway was completed down to its former southern terminus north of Railroad Pass in 1994. With the pending construction of the Boulder City Bypass introducing the I-11 designation to Nevada, the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) sought to connect the new route to other Interstate Highways. NDOT submitted an application to AASHTO at their spring 2014 meeting to request
1044-464: The southern stretch with I-11 signs on March 17, 2019. The signing continued through April 26, 2019. The designation of future I-11 is planned to connect the Phoenix, Arizona , and Las Vegas metropolitan areas, with potential for future expansion northwest of Las Vegas to Reno in the northwestern part of the state. The former I-515 alignment, with a continuation northwest along US 95,
1080-491: The spur route numbering system, thus the general rules above do not always apply (e.g. U.S. Route 400 —there is no parent "route 0"). Nevada State Route 582 State Route 582 ( SR 582 ) is a major 15.392-mile-long (24.771 km) highway in the Las Vegas Valley . The highway is the former route of U.S. Route 93 (US 93) and US 95 (and, historically, US 466 ) before they were moved to
1116-467: The spur routes serve important cities in India. For example, Srinagar , the capital of the state of Jammu and Kashmir , is served by the spur route NH 1A. Some spur routes are specifically used to connect important Indian ports : NH 5A links Paradip with its parent NH 5 and NH 7A links Tuticorin with NH 7 ). The acronym RA stands for Raccordo autostradale (translated as "motorway connection"),
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1152-458: Was completed southeast to Charleston Boulevard ( SR 159 ) in 1984, to Tropicana Avenue ( SR 593 ) in 1986, to Russell Road in 1988, to Lake Mead Parkway ( SR 564 ) (then known as Lake Mead Drive, SR 146 west and SR 147 east), in 1990, and finally to Railroad Pass just south of Boulder Highway in 1994 at an at-grade intersection with Paradise Hills Drive (which was eventually removed). With this extension of highway complete,
1188-519: Was decommissioned at that time. Beginning in 2022, several construction projects have been started or planned to improve the I-515 corridor as a whole. The projects include soundwall and retaining wall reconstruction, bridge rehabilitation, and interchange improvements. All the projects are expected to be started by 2027. Exits listed below reflect the maximum extent of I-515 prior to the southern portion being renumbered to I-11. Exits on I-515 were numbered according to US 95 mileposts.The entire route
1224-456: Was later removed in 1971. During the late 1980s, the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) worked to extend the US ;95 (Oran K. Gragson Expressway) southeast from downtown to Henderson. As portions of the freeway opened, the US 93 and US 95 designations were gradually relocated from Fremont Street and Boulder Highway, relegating the highway to state route status. In 1995,
1260-537: Was one of three corridors under consideration to carry the I-11 designation through the Las Vegas Valley. On July 27, 2022, it was announced that the Nevada Department of Transportation had chosen the central corridor, following the former path of I-515 and US 95, as the preferred alternative for the alignment of I-11 through Las Vegas, and signage was put up in May 2024; the I-515 designation
1296-559: Was used twice (Highway 3C and 40C), and is assumed to mean "Connector". Both highways have long since been retired and are now county roads . There was also one road with the D designation (Highway 8D, later the original Highway 102), and this may have stood for "Diversion", as it was along the first completed divided highway in Canada at the time ( Cootes Drive in Hamilton ). The Indian National Highway system designates spur routes of
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