Desert Inn Road
Desert Inn Road, also known as Wilbur Clark Road, is a major west-east road in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, Nevada, United States. It is named after the former Desert Inn hotel and casino.
Desert Inn Expressway
For the majority of its route, Desert Inn Road is a typical stroad with access to residential, commercial, and industrial areas. However, the route features a expressway in the Las Vegas Strip with grade separations and partial interchanges, acting as a border for Paradise and Winchester. Although it is officially called the Desert Inn Road Super Arterial, it is signed as Wilbur Clark Road. Construction of the expressway was completed in 1996 with a cost of US$84 million. It is primarily used to bypass The Strip, passing over I-15 and under Las Vegas Boulevard.Route
Desert Inn Road is disconnected from all freeways it crosses, with bridges over Clark County 215 and I-15 and is overpassed by I-11/US 93/US 95. It is also disconnected from Las Vegas Boulevard, with a tunnel passing under it, which makes it the only major east–west surface street on the Strip to not intersect with Las Vegas Boulevard.Desert Inn Road begins in Summerlin South at Red Rock Ranch Road before crossing over CC 215 with no direct access and then crossing Hualapai Way and entering Las Vegas. The road crosses NV 595 and NV 596 and eventually crosses Valley View Boulevard where the Desert Inn Road Super Arterial expressway begins.
The Desert Inn Expressway begins with driveways and minor roads connecting to it before forming a partial interchange at Rancho Drive. A right-in/right-out on the eastbound side connects the expressway to Highland Drive, Western Avenue, and Spring Mountain Road before the expressway crosses Highland Drive, the Union Pacific Railroad, and Sammy Davis Drive. The Desert Inn Expressway then lowers from the viaduct to pass through a tunnel under Las Vegas Boulevard where an eastbound entrance ramp leading from Wynn Boulevard connects. The expressway then crosses a signalized intersection with Paradise Road before it passes under the Las Vegas Monorail and Las Vegas Convention Center before terminating at the intersection with University Center Drive and Joe W. Brown Drive where Desert Inn Road continues east as a standard arterial road.
Eventually, Desert Inn Road passes under I-11/US 93/US 95 and then intersects NV 582 where it continues north as Lamb Boulevard, creating a short gap in the route. Desert Inn Road restarts off Lamb Boulevard and continues east then crosses NV 612. Near its eastern terminus, the road crosses a bridge over the Las Vegas Wash, which opened on September 19, 2022 and connected two dead-end segments of Desert Inn Road.