I-215 Bruce Woodbury Bltwy
Being a Las Vegas Realtor, I’m always planning the quickest and easiest route from Point A to Point B. It seems I’m always rushing from one appointment to the next. All of the way around the Las Vegas Valley? Yes – some days it happens that way.
Construction of 215 seemed a slow process at the time but with each newly opened link of the beltway, it certainly made my travel time to the other side of the Valley much easier! And some segments of the beltway actually were completed ahead of schedule.
A 53-mile beltway route circling about three-fourths of the Las Vegas Valley, it was originally called I-215 , but was officially named the Bruce Woodbury Beltway (a long-term County Commissioner in Las Vegas) in 2004. It’s also designated, in different areas, as either I-215, in another area, Clark County 215 (CC 215), however, you’ll usually hear it referred to by “old-timers” as simply 215.
The new sections opened gradually, inching around the Valley. I remember the opening of the first section that exited at I-15 and ended at Warm Springs Road. That included the airport tunnel and linked McCarran International Airport to South Las Vegas without having to use Tropicana AV or Russell Rd – both could become pretty heavily congested with normal Las Vegas traffic. It gradually opened all the way to Henderson, Boulder Hwy for easier access to Boulder City. It was also heading north and finally completed in 2002 as full freeway, frontage roads, expressway and County highway. With the growth of the Las Vegas area and its accompanying traffic issues, 215 seemed a miracle to me when I was rushing to a listing or showing appointment in Summerlin and even further north.
I understand that traveling The Strip can be a pain in the neck. But, overall, the Las Vegas Valley has a pretty well thought out and efficient road and freeway system. And it’s relatively easy to learn your way around Las Vegas streets – for the most part at least. Coming from someone who might be need to be in Summerlin and Henderson on the same day, I can do it. With the help of 215 and just a little luck.
Sharon Durdel, ABR, CRS, GRI, SRES
Broker-Salesperson
Las Vegas Realtors
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