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Nevada State Route 168

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to Glendale. South of Ely, the extension of US 93 was routed over State Route 7, including the portion northwest of Glendale. AASHO ordered another southerly extension of US 93 to Arizona via
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After the removal of US 93 from the route, the southerly segment of SR 7 remained unchanged for several years. On July 1, 1976, the Nevada Department of Transportation initiated the
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in 1935, which was signed by 1939. The routing of US 93 via the Glendale–Moapa segment remained in place until 1967. In that year, a shorter route connecting Las Vegas and
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of Nevada's state highways. In this process, the highway was renumbered to State Route 168. This change was first seen on the 1978 edition of the state's highway map.
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was completed, bypassing Glendale. The 24 miles (39 km) of highway northwest of Glendale remained in the state highway system, still marked as State Route 7.
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about 25 miles (40 km) southeast. The route was designated as the southern end of State Route 7 in 1919, and served as part of US 93 from 1931 to 1967.
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amended the general highway law to add State Route 7, which was vaguely defined as "commencing at the city of
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State Route 168 has existed as part of Nevada's state highway system since 1919. In that year, the
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Statutes of the State of Nevada Passed at the Thirtieth Session of the Legislature
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The western terminus of SR 168 is in northern Clark County, near the proposed
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through Nevada. This extension brought the southern end of that route from
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Nevada State Maintained Highways: Descriptions, Index and Maps
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SR 168 was previously part of State Route 7 and U.S. Route 93
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1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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for the next 15 miles (24 km), passing adjacent to the
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View from the west end of SR 168 looking eastbound in 2015
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State Route 168 marker
Nevada State Route 168 moves west to east from US 93 to I-15 in northern Clark County.
NDOT
US 93
Moapa
I-15
Glendale
United States
Nevada
Clark
Interstate
US
State
Pre‑1976
Scenic
SR 167
SR 169
state highway
Clark County
Nevada
U.S. Route 93
Interstate 15
Glendale

A two-lane asphalt highway passes through a desert landscape dotted with sagebrush and cacti as it heads towards the distant mountains in 2006.
Sheep Range
planned community
Coyote Springs
Sheep Range
Desert National Wildlife Refuge

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