LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) -NDOT says I-11, the country’s newest interstate, will stretch from the U.S.-Mexico border to Canada.
NDOT says it’s similar to I-5 that runs from Southern California to Oregon and Washington state. NDOT is now putting up I-11 signs in the Las Vegas Valley to get people used to where the interstate will run.
“I-515 goes away. U.S. 95 goes away. It all becomes I-11,” said NDOT spokesperson Justin Hopkins.
I-11 in Nevada starts at Pat Tillman Bridge at Hoover Dam. It runs around Boulder City and then stops at the 215 in Henderson, where U.S. 95 runs. Intestate 11 will run past the Spaghetti Bowl and out to the Kyle Canyon Road area. From there, it will eventually make its way to Reno and up to Canada.
Arizona is working on its own section of I-11, which NDOT says involves many different studies to bring existing roads up to freeway conditions.
“That section that we just redesignated at I-11 wasn’t that difficult. It’s already mostly up to standard with the interstate system,” said Hopkins.
Officials have said the new I-11 initiative will support economic growth and increase state tourism. New I-11 signs will also be going up on side streets in the coming months, with a big public information campaign in the fall.
The next phase of the I-11 project is expected from the Kyle Canyon area to Mercury. There will be a public meeting on the feasibility study. That meeting is set for June 25 in Indian Springs at the Indian Springs Community Center from 4 p.m.-7 p.m.
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