Summerlin Parkway (Nevada State Route 613)

Nevada State Route 613 is a 5.513-mile freeway corridor carried along Summerlin Parkway in the city of Las Vegas. Summerlin Parkway originates at Interstate 11/US Route 95 and extends 5.513 miles west to Clark County Route 215.

Summerlin Parkway was initially constructed by Summerlin Homeowners Association in 1989.  The parkway originated as the US Route 95 and initially only spanned west to Town Center Drive.   The parkway corridor was upgraded to expressway standards by 2000 and was extended to Clark County Route 215 by 2004.  

The freeway conversion of Summerlin Parkway began in 2005.  In 2019 the parkway was adopted by the Nevada Department of Transportation as Nevada State Route 613.  Presently work is underway to construct a freeway-to-freeway interchange between Summerlin Parkway and Clark County Route 215. 

Part 1; the history of Summerlin Parkway

Summerlin Parkway was originally a project by the developers of the Summerlin Homeowners Association. The first segment of the parkway was completed in 1989 west of US Route 95 as a divided highway to Town Center Drive. This initial project corridor included an interchange with US Route 95. The interchange lacked an eastbound Summerlin Parkway to northbound US Route 95 movement.

Improvements to Summerlin Parkway during the early 1990s were funded by the Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada. Freeway interchanges along the parkway were installed at Buffalo Drive in 1992 which was followed by Rampart Boulevard in 1994.

Summerlin Parkway first appears on the 1993/1994 Nevada Department of Transportation map. The map displays the parkway ending at Town Center Drive.

The 2000/2001 Nevada Department of Transportation map displays Summerlin Parkway having a planned extension west of Town Center Drive to planned Clark County Route 215 (the Las Vegas Beltway).

The 2002/2003 Nevada Department of Transportation map displays Summerlin Parkway having been extended west of Town Center Drive as a conventional highway to Clark County Route 215. The expressway portion of the parkway is then shown to end approaching Anasazi Drive.

The intersection between Summerlin Parkway and Durango Drive was converted into a half interchange by 2005. In 2006 the intersection between the parkway and Anasazi Drive was converted into an interchange. Also, during 2006 the Nevada Department of Transportation completed the missing movement at the Summerlin Parkway/US Route 95 interchange which permitted eastbound traffic to transition northbound.

Summerlin Parkway can be seen in detail on the 2012 United States Geological Survey map. During 2012 High Occupancy Vehicle lanes were installed on the Summerlin Parkway/US Route 95 interchange.

In mid-year 2016 the city of Las Vegas installed a cable median barrier along Summerlin Parkway. The parkway previously had lacked a median barrier and was subject to head-on collisions due to crossover accidents.

During 2017 High Occupancy Vehicle lanes were installed on Summerlin Parkway between Buffalo Drive and Durango Drive. Auxiliary lanes were on the westbound parkway to Rampart Drive, both directions between Rampart Drive and Town Center Drive, and eastbound from Clark County Route 215 to Anasazi Drive.

On January 1, 2019, maintenance responsibility for Summerlin Parkway was transferred from the city of Las Vegas to the Nevada Department of Transportation. The parkway was assigned as Nevada State Route 613. The Nevada State Route 613 designation first appears on the 2023/2024 Nevada Department of Transportation map.

Construction of a freeway-to-freeway interchange between Summerlin Parkway and Clark County Route 215 broke ground during late 2024. This interchange is still under construction as of the publishing date of this blog.

Part 2; a drive on Summerlin Parkway

Westbound Summerlin Parkway branches from Interstate 11/US Route 95 northbound at Exit 81A. The interchange gantries currently make no references to Nevada State Route 613.

The first westbound exit on Summerlin Parkway is at Buffalo Drive.

Nevada State Route 613 shields can be found on most of the surface interchanges with Summerlin Parkway. This shield was observed on southbound Buffalo Drive along the ramp to westbound Summerlin Parkway.