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The Summerlin Parkway, between U.S. Highway 95 and Buffalo Drive, will be completely closed to traffic from 9 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 18, through 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 19. The westbound flyover that connects northbound U.S. 95 to the Summerlin Parkway will also be closed.
The temporary closure is necessary as bridgework for the Tenaya Way overpass over Summerlin Parkway improvement project continues.
Motorists traveling from northbound U.S. 95 to the Summerlin Parkway may want to use the Rainbow Boulevard southbound exit to westbound Westcliff Drive, to northbound Buffalo, to travel westbound on the Summerlin Parkway.
Motorists traveling eastbound on the Summerlin Parkway to northbound U.S. 95, may want to use the Buffalo northbound exit to Lake Mead Boulevard eastbound. Motorists traveling from the Summerlin Parkway to southbound U.S. 95, may want to use the Buffalo southbound exit to eastbound Westcliff to northbound Rainbow.
This section of the Summerlin Parkway will reopen to traffic at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 19.
Motorists are reminded that the U.S. 95 southbound ramp to westbound Summerlin Parkway is closed and will remain closed through September.
Work on the Tenaya Way Overpass project started in January and will take approximately 10 months to complete. The project includes construction of approximately one-half mile of street improvements to connect Tenaya Way from Westcliff to Washington Avenue. An overpass bridge structure is being built over the Summerlin Parkway, along with retaining walls, barrier rails and median islands. Streetlights, traffic signals, curbs, gutters, sidewalks and a pedestrian underpass will be constructed. Sanitary sewer and storm drainage improvements are also part of the project.
In addition to the overpass, a 1,350-foot shared use pathway on the north side of the Summerlin Parkway will be constructed to connect Bill Briare Family Park to the
Kellogg-Zaher Sports Complex. Known as the Bonanza Trail, this pathway will eventually connect the Summerlin trail system to downtown Las Vegas.
Funding for the project is provided by the city of Las Vegas, the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, and the Bureau of Land Management through the sale of public lands as authorized by the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act.
Southwest Iron Works is the project contractor, while the city of Las Vegas Public Works Department is managing the project. The city’s Planning and Development department developed the Bonanza Trail concept and secured federal funds for its construction.
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