Nevada State Route 147

State Route 147
Lake Mead Boulevard
Route information
Maintained by NDOT
Length:	14.986 mi[1] (24.118 km)
Existed:	1978 – present
Major junctions
West end:	I-15 in North Las Vegas
East end:	Northern boundary of Lake Mead NRA
Highway system
Nevada highways ← SR 146 SR 156 →

State Route 147 is a short distance state highway located southern Nevada. It is signed as Lake Mead Boulevard and runs from Interstate 15 in North Las Vegas east to the border of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

Lake Mead Boulevard became a state highway in 1978, but the highway never had markers posted to identify it as a state highway.

History

Las Vegas seen from where 147 passes over the north shoulder of Frenchman Mountain

SR 147 first appears on the official Nevada state highway map in 1978-9 as a semi-circular route. The route was: Lake Mead Blvd. (which was previously unnumbered) eastward from North Las Vegas to North Shore Rd. in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area; south on North Shore Rd. (replacing SR 41A) to Lakeshore Rd.; then west on Lakeshore Rd. (later Lake Mead Dr., now Lake Mead Parkway), replacing part of SR 41. The terminus was at Lakeshore Rd. and Boulder Highway (then US 93/US 95, now SR 582). The highway continued west of Boulder Highway as SR 146.

The northern section along Lake Mead Blvd. lacks the SR 147 designator on the 1983-4 and 1985-6 maps. However, it is back on the 1987-88 map, so it is unclear whether this was a map error or possibly a planned decommissioning that wasn’t carried out.

On the 1998-9 map, the southern section of SR 147 (along Lake Mead Dr.) is replaced by an eastward extension of SR 146 (now SR 564). The entire length of SR 147 is now on Lake Mead Blvd. with the eastern terminus truncated to the northern border of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

Public transport

Citizens Area Transit Route 210 functions on this road.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Clark County.

Location	Mile	Destination	Notes
North Las Vegas		Lake Mead Boulevard	Continuation beyond I-15
		I-15 / US 93 – Salt Lake City, Los Angeles	Interchange
		Las Vegas Boulevard (SR 604)	Former US 91
Sunrise Manor (unincorporated Las Vegas)		Lamb Boulevard
		Nellis Boulevard (SR 612)
		Lake Mead Boulevard	Continuation beyond the Lake Mead NRA northern boundary
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Notes

1. ^ Nevada State Maintained Highways, Descriptions, Index and Maps

References

Nevada portal

• Nevada Department of Highways (1978-9). Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map). 
• Nevada State Department of Transportation (1983-4). Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map). 
• Nevada State Department of Transportation (1985-6). Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map). 
• Nevada State Department of Transportation (1987-8). Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map). 
• Nevada Department of Transportation (1998-9). Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map). 

External links

• Nevada DOT Historical Highway Maps