# Desert Inn Road

Desert Inn Road, also known as Wilbur Clark D. I. Road, is a major west-east road in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, Nevada, United States, part of the Las Vegas grid road system. It is named after the former Desert Inn hotel and casino.

## Desert Inn Expressway

For the majority of its route, Desert Inn Road is a regular street with residential, commercial, and industrial areas along it, but it features a 2.5-mile expressway portion in the Las Vegas Strip with grade separations and partial interchanges officially called the Desert Inn Road Super Arterial (also commonly referred to as the Desert Inn Expressway or DIE), acting as a border for Paradise and Winchester. Construction of the expressway was completed in 1996 with a cost of US$84 million. It is primarily used as a Las Vegas Strip traffic avoidance route, passing over Interstate 15 and under Las Vegas Boulevard.

## Route

Desert Inn Road is disconnected from all freeways it crosses, with bridges over Clark County 215 (CC 215; Bruce Woodbury Beltway) and I-15 and is overpassed by I-11/US 93/US 95. It is also disconnected from Las Vegas Boulevard, with a tunnel passing under it, which makes it the only major east–west surface street on the Strip to not intersect with Las Vegas Boulevard.
Desert Inn Road begins in Summerlin South at Red Rock Ranch Road before crossing over CC 215 with no direct access and then crossing Hualapai Way and entering Las Vegas. The road crosses NV 595 (Rainbow Boulevard) and NV 596 (Jones Boulevard) and eventually crosses Valley View Boulevard where the Desert Inn Road Super Arterial expressway begins.
The Desert Inn Expressway begins with driveways and minor roads connecting to it before forming a partial interchange (eastbound exit, westbound entrance) at Rancho Drive. A right-in/right-out (RIRO) on the eastbound side connects the expressway to Highland Drive, Western Avenue, and Spring Mountain Road before the expressway crosses Highland Drive, the Union Pacific Railroad, and Sammy Davis Drive. The Desert Inn Expressway then lowers from the viaduct to pass through a tunnel under Las Vegas Boulevard where an eastbound entrance ramp leading from Wynn Boulevard connects. The expressway then crosses a signalized intersection with Paradise Road before it passes under the Las Vegas Monorail and Las Vegas Convention Center before terminating at the intersection with University Center Drive and Joe W. Brown Drive where Desert Inn Road continues east as a standard arterial road.
Eventually, Desert Inn Road passes under I-11/US 93/US 95 and then intersects NV 582 (Boulder Highway) where it continues north as Lamb Boulevard, creating a short gap in the route. Desert Inn Road restarts off Lamb Boulevard and continues east then crosses NV 612 (Nellis Boulevard). Near its eastern terminus, the road crosses a bridge over the Las Vegas Wash, which opened on September 19, 2022 and connected two dead-end segments of Desert Inn Road.

## Major intersections

The entire route is in Clark County.
| Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
| Summerlin South | 0.00 | 0.00 | Red Rock Ranch Road | Western terminus of Desert Inn Road |
| Summerlin South | 0.33– 0.39 | 0.53– 0.63 | Bridge over CC 215 | Bridge over CC 215 |
| Summerlin South | 0.59 | 0.95 | Golden Willow Lane | Access to The Alexander Dawson School at Rainbow Mountain |
| Summerlin South | 0.93 | 1.50 | Town Center Drive | |
| Las Vegas–Spring Valley line | 1.46 | 2.35 | Hualapai Way | |
| Las Vegas–Spring Valley line | 1.96 | 3.15 | Grand Canyon Drive | |
| Las Vegas–Spring Valley line | 2.47 | 3.98 | Fort Apache Road | |
| Las Vegas–Spring Valley line | 2.94 | 4.73 | Crystal Water Way | Southern terminus of Crystal Water Way |
| Las Vegas–Spring Valley line | 2.98 | 4.80 | El Capitan Way | Northern terminus of southern segment of El Capitan Way |
| Las Vegas–Spring Valley line | 3.48 | 5.60 | Durango Drive | Access to Desert Breeze Park |
| Spring Valley | 3.98 | 6.41 | Cimarron Road | |
| Spring Valley | 4.48 | 7.21 | Buffalo Drive | |
| Spring Valley | 4.99 | 8.03 | Tenaya Way | |
| Spring Valley | 5.49 | 8.84 | SR 595 (Rainbow Boulevard) | |
| Spring Valley | 5.99 | 9.64 | Torrey Pines Drive | |
| Spring Valley | 6.49 | 10.44 | SR 596 (Jones Boulevard) | |
| Spring Valley | 6.97 | 11.22 | Lindell Road | |
| Las Vegas–Paradise line | 7.44 | 11.97 | Decatur Boulevard | |
| Las Vegas–Paradise line | 7.94 | 12.78 | Arville Street | |
| Las Vegas–Paradise line | 8.44 | 13.58 | Valley View Boulevard | Western terminus of Desert Inn Expressway |
| Las Vegas–Paradise line | 8.63– 8.72 | 13.89– 14.03 | Rancho Drive | Interchange; westbound entrance and eastbound exit |
| Las Vegas–Paradise line | 8.93– 9.02 | 14.37– 14.52 | Bridge over Rancho Drive and I-15 | Bridge over Rancho Drive and I-15 |
| Las Vegas–Paradise line | 8.98– 9.09 | 14.45– 14.63 | Highland Drive | Interchange; eastbound exit and entrance |
| Winchester–Paradise line | 8.93– 9.02 | 14.37– 14.52 | Bridge over Highland Drive, Union Pacific Railroad, and Sammy Davis Drive | Bridge over Highland Drive, Union Pacific Railroad, and Sammy Davis Drive |
| Winchester–Paradise line | 9.79– 9.90 | 15.76– 15.93 | Tunnel under Las Vegas Boulevard | Desert Inn Road changes signing from West Desert Inn Road to East Desert Inn Road. |
| Winchester–Paradise line | 9.95 | 16.01 | Wynn Boulevard | Eastbound entrance |
| Winchester–Paradise line | 10.48 | 16.87 | Paradise Road | Access to Las Vegas Convention Center -Las Vegas Monorail |
| Winchester–Paradise line | 10.48– 10.98 | 16.87– 17.67 | Corridor under Las Vegas Convention Center | Corridor under Las Vegas Convention Center |
| Winchester–Paradise line | 10.98 | 17.67 | Joe W. Brown Drive, University Center Drive | Eastern terminus of Desert Inn Expressway |
| Winchester–Paradise line | 11.23 | 18.07 | Cambridge Street | Cambridge Street terminus |
| Winchester–Paradise line | 11.48 | 18.48 | Maryland Parkway | Access to Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center |
| Winchester–Paradise line | 11.62 | 18.70 | Onieda Way | |
| Winchester–Paradise line | 11.75 | 18.91 | La Canada Street | |
| Winchester–Paradise line | 12.51 | 20.13 | Eastern Avenue | |
| Winchester–Paradise line | 12.75 | 20.52 | Topaz Road | |
| Winchester–Paradise line | 13.00 | 20.92 | McLeod Drive | |
| Winchester–Paradise line | 13.14– 13.16 | 21.15– 21.18 | Bridge over Flamingo Arroyo | Bridge over Flamingo Arroyo |
| Winchester–Paradise line | 13.25 | 21.32 | Mojave Road | |
| Winchester–Paradise line | 13.50 | 21.73 | Pecos Road | |
| Winchester–Paradise line | 14.00 | 22.53 | Sandhill Road | |
| Winchester–Paradise line | 14.15– 14.18 | 22.77– 22.82 | Underpass under I-11/US 93/US 95 | Underpass under I-11/US 93/US 95 |
| Sunrise Manor–Paradise line | 14.45 | 23.26 | SR 582 (Boulder Highway) / Lamb Boulevard north | Desert Inn Road first western terminus, road continues north as Lamb Boulevard |
| Gap in route |||||
| Sunrise Manor–Paradise line | 14.45 | 23.26 | Lamb Boulevard | Desert Inn Road second western terminus |
| Whitney | 15.48 | 24.91 | SR 612 (Nellis Boulevard) | |
| Whitney | 15.98 | 25.72 | Cabena Drive | |
| Whitney | 17.21 | 27.70 | Bridge over the Las Vegas Wash | Bridge over the Las Vegas Wash |
| Whitney | 17.49 | 28.15 | Hollywood Boulevard | Desert Inn Road eastern terminus |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Incomplete access Route transition |||||

## Places along Desert Inn Road

The following are sorted by west-east location along Desert Inn Road.
* The Alexander Dawson School at Rainbow Mountain
* Desert Breeze Park (access via Durango Drive)
* Trump International Hotel Las Vegas (no direct access from Desert Inn Road)
* Resorts World Las Vegas (no direct access from Desert Inn Road)
* Encore Las Vegas (no direct access from Desert Inn Road)
* Las Vegas Convention Center (access via Paradise Road)
* Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center (access via Maryland Parkway)
* Las Vegas National Golf Club
* Boulder Station (access via Boulder Highway and Lamb Boulevard)