Nevada State Route 168

State Route 168
Glendale/Moapa Road
Route information
Maintained by NDOT
Length:	24.764 mi[1] (39.854 km)
Existed:	1976 – present
Major junctions
West end:	US 93 northwest of Moapa
East end:	I-15 in Glendale
Highway system
Nevada highways ← SR 167 SR 169 →

State Route 168 (SR 168) is a state highway in Clark County, Nevada, USA. Also known as Glendale/Moapa Road, the highway connects Interstate 15 at Glendale to U.S. Route 93 (US 93) 25 miles (40 km) northwest. 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.

Route description

Looking west towards the Sheep Range from near Dead Man Wash

SR 168 begins at the Interstate 15 interchange (exit 90) in the town of Glendale in northern Clark County. From there, the highway heads westward about 2 miles (3.2 km) to enter the town of Moapa in the Moapa River Indian Reservation. SR 168 continues west for 21 miles (34 km), passing north of the Arrow Canyon Wilderness Area. The highway ends at the junction with US 93 east of the Sheep Range on the eastern border of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge.^[2] A new master planned community, Coyote Springs, is proposed to be constructed near the western terminus.^[3]

History

State Route 168 has existed as part of Nevada's state highway system since 1919. In that year, the Nevada Legislature amended the general highway law to add State Route 7, which was vaguely defined as "commencing at the city of Ely and running thence southerly through Pioche to Las Vegas."^[4] The southern terminus of SR 7 was later truncated to Glendale, with its southernmost miles following the alignment of present-day SR 168.^[5]

SR 168 was previously part of State Route 7 and U.S. Route 93

At a meeting held on June 8, 1931, the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO) approved an extension of U.S. Route 93 through Nevada. This extension brought the southern end of that route from Wells to Glendale.^[6] South of Ely, the extension of US 93 was routed over State Route 7, including the portion northwest of Glendale.^[5] AASHO ordered another southerly extension of US 93 to Arizona via Las Vegas in 1935, which was signed by 1939.^[6][7] 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 Caliente 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.^[8]

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 renumbering of Nevada's state highways. In this process, the highway was renumbered to State Route 168.^[9] This change was first seen on the 1978 edition of the state's highway map.^[10]

Major intersections

Mileposts on SR 168 are assigned from east to west. The entire route is in Clark County.

Location	Mile[11]	Destinations	Notes
	24.76	US 93 – Las Vegas, Caliente
Glendale	0.00	I-15 – Las Vegas, Mesquite
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

	Nevada portal
	U.S. Roads portal

1. ^ Nevada Department of Transportation (January 2008). "Nevada State Maintained Highways: Descriptions, Index and Maps". http://www.nevadadot.com/reports_pubs/State_Maintained/. Retrieved 2009-10-19. 
2. ^ Nevada Department of Transportation (2007). Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map) (2007–08 ed.). Section F6. 
3. ^ Sherman, Frederick, (April 23, 2006). "The birth of Nevada's newest town". Las Vegas Review-Journal. http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Apr-23-Sun-2006/opinion/6934612.html. Retrieved September 18, 2010. 
4. ^ Statutes of the State of Nevada Passed at the Thirtieth Session of the Legislature. Carson City, Nevada: State Printing Office. 1921. pp. 383–384. http://books.google.com/books?id=qUA4AAAAIAAJ. Retrieved 2009-06-02. 
5. ^ ^{a b} Nevada Department of Highways (1932). Road Map (Map). http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,459. Retrieved 2009-10-19. 
6. ^ ^{a b} "U.S. 93 Reaching For The Border". Highway History. Federal Highway Administration. 2009-01-09. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/us93.cfm. Retrieved 2009-10-19. 
7. ^ Nevada Department of Highways. Official Road Map of the State of Nevada (Map) (1939 ed.). http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,471. Retrieved 2009-10-19. 
8. ^ Nevada State Highway Department. Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map) (1967 ed.). http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,517. Retrieved 2009-10-19. 
9. ^ Nevada State Maintained Highways: Descriptions, Index and Maps. Nevada Department of Transportation. January 2001. p. 98. 
10. ^ Nevada State Highway Department (1978). Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map) (1978-79 ed.). Section F6. http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,535. Retrieved 2009-10-19. 
11. ^ Nevada Department of Transportation (May 2008). "Maps of Milepost Location on Nevada's Federal and State Highway System by County". http://www.nevadadot.com/traveler/maps/StateMaps/pdfs/MilepostBook2008.pdf. Retrieved 2009-10-19.