A Nevada Department of Transportation analysis of the proposed Boulder City Bypass concluded that the cost of building the first phase of the project would outweigh its potential benefits. Despite reaching that conclusion in late 2007, the agency has continued to spend millions on studying and buying land ...

Nevada Way, the main drag through Boulder City, is no longer a locals-only route to Hoover Dam. Until a few weeks ago a large sign above the intersection with Buchanan Boulevard, where the Nevada Highway (U.S. 93) becomes Nevada Way, told motorists they should turn left onto the U.S. 93 ...

The idea of a four-lane bypass around Boulder City isnÕt new: For years, legislators and transportation officials have debated building a 13-mile, $500 million highway that would prevent congestion in town once a new, truck-friendly bridge across the Colorado River opens. That bridge, scheduled to open in late 2010, will handle commercial traffic that, until the 9/11 attacks, had ...