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State Route 147 (SR 147) is a state highway serving the Las Vegas Valley in southern Nevada.It is signed as Lake Mead Boulevard and runs from Interstate 15 (I-15) and U.S. Route 93 (US 93) in North Las Vegas east to the border of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
The first reported non-Native American visitor to the Las Vegas Valley was the Mexican scout Rafael Rivera in 1829.[10] [11] [12] Las Vegas was named by Mexicans in the Antonio Armijo party, [4] including Rivera, who used the water in the area while heading north and west along the Old Spanish Trail from Texas.
Statewide map Las Vegas highlight 1983–1992 1993–2002 2003–2013 2013–2023 Obsolete districts. Nevada Territory's at-large congressional district;
The population of the region, as measured by the 2020 U.S. Census, is 2,327,680, with 2,265,461 living in the Las Vegas Valley (i.e., Clark County). Over time and influenced by climate change, droughts in Southern Nevada have been increasing in frequency and severity, [2] putting a further strain on Las Vegas's and Southern Nevada’s water ...
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 the current freeway alignment shared with Interstate 11 (I-11) formerly Interstate 515 (I-515).
Las Vegas: 1909: Lincoln County: William A. Clark (1839–1925), former United States Senator from Montana, and builder of a railroad line through the area. 2,336,573: 7,911 sq mi (20,489 km 2) Douglas County: 005: Minden: 1861: Original: Stephen Arnold Douglas (1813–1861), former United States Senator from Illinois. 49,545: 710 sq mi (1,839 ...
From there, the route heads north along Rancho Drive to intersect the I-11/US 95 freeway (at exit 77). The highway continues heading northwest for several miles, briefly skirting the western edge of North Las Vegas and providing access to the North Las Vegas Airport. The route reaches its northern terminus at the end of Rancho Drive, at the ...