NDOT completed this I-11 Feasibility Study between Kyle Canyon Road and Mercury Highway to:

• Assess the existing deficiencies of US-95 to meet interstate standards.
• Identify new interchange locations and access considerations.
• Evaluate the potential realignment of US-95 through or around Indian Springs.
• Identify right-of-way needs.
• Initiate and complete the Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) process.

Project Area

Feasibility Study and Recommendations

The final I-11 Feasibility Study was published in January 2025 and identifies recommendations for corridor improvements, interchanges, and potential alignment options around the community of Indian Springs. The study documents are linked below:

• Volume 1: Feasibility Study
• Volume 2: Technical Appendices, including the PEL documentation
• Volume 3: Conceptual Plans and Cost Estimates

A series of corridor improvements are recommended to upgrade US-95 to a fully access-controlled interstate facility, including alignment improvements, wider shoulders, median barriers, enhanced lighting, interstate standard signage and striping, desert tortoise fencing and other features to improve safety, specifically due to the higher interstate speed limit allowed.

A set of 10 interchanges are proposed to be built or improved in the future along US-95, along with a new dedicated truck parking facility. The recently constructed Kyle Canyon Road interchange is proposed to remain as is and is not included in that count. Generally, the new interchanges will provide access to both sides of I-11, and where needed, provide frontage road access to other connecting roadways and points of interest.

The location of the interchanges are generally provided where there is existing access today. Discussions with the public and stakeholders – specifically agencies that manage adjacent lands – have helped shape the type of access provided at each interchange. Some existing access points have been rerouted, connected by frontage roads to existing or proposed interchanges.

This link includes 3D visualizations of each interchange location.

Through the community of Indian Springs, US-95 runs between commercial businesses and neighborhoods and Creech Air Force Base, leaving little room to expand the footprint to allow both local access and the interstate. Through a review of the physical landscape, terrain, and discussions with stakeholders and the public, two options are recommended for further consideration and detailed engineering and environmental evaluation to meet both of these travel needs.

• Alternative 1 – Full Bypass: This new route would provide a bypass loop south of Indian Springs, with two interchanges on both sides of the community.
• Alternative 3a/b – On Alignment: This option would maintain both directions of travel on US-95 through the community via two options: 3a: I-11 would be raised or 3b: I-11 would be depressed, providing local access across the interstate via an underpass (3a) or an overpass (3b), in addition to interchanges on both ends of the community.

The following links include “fly through” conceptual visualizations of what these alternatives could look like.

• Alternative 1 – Full Bypass: https://youtu.be/CFihIZHi3QI
• Alternative 3a – On Alignment (Raised) – Southbound https://youtu.be/6hMdxT_VVcM
• Alternative 3a – On Alignment (Raised) – Northbound: https://youtu.be/Z9xMrumSaDU
• Alternative 3b – On Alignment (Depressed) – Southbound https://youtu.be/cNddAjuz388
•  Alternative 3b – On Alignment (Depressed) – Northbound: https://youtu.be/W_G3TdpEpsE

Contact Us:

To provide comments or submit questions about the study, contact NDOT Project Manager Fred Shakal at 775-888-7589 or FShakal@dot.nv.gov.