{{short description|State highway in Nevada, United States}} {{Use American English|date=April 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=NV |type=SR |route=169 |alternate_name=Logandale Road<br />Moapa Valley Boulevard<br />Northshore Road |map=Nevada 169 map.svg |map_notes=State Route 169, highlighted in red |map_alt=Nevada State Route 169 travels north to south through much of the Moapa Valley in northeastern Clark County. |length_mi=18.598 |length_round=3 |length_ref=<ref name="NDOT_Log">{{cite web |title=State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps |author=Nevada Department of Transportation |author-link=Nevada Department of Transportation |url=http://www.nevadadot.com/doing-business/about-ndot/ndot-divisions/planning/roadway-systems/state-maintained-highways-descriptions-index-maps |date=January 2018 |accessdate=February 18, 2018 }}</ref> |established=July 1, 1976 |direction_a=South |terminus_a=Northshore Road in Lake Mead National Recreation Area |direction_b=North |terminus_b={{jct|state=NV|I|15}} near Moapa Valley |county=Clark |previous_type=SR |previous_route=168 |next_type=SR |next_route=170 }} '''State Route 169''' ('''SR 169''') is a state highway in Clark County, Nevada, United States. It connects the northern reaches of Lake Mead National Recreation Area to Interstate 15 (I-15) via Moapa Valley and the communities of Overton and Logandale. It is also called Northshore Road, Moapa Valley Boulevard, and Logandale Road.
==Route description== thumb|right|View from the north end of SR 169 looking southbound as seen in 2015 State Route 169 begins approximately {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} north of the intersection of Northshore Road and Valley of Fire Road, at the northern boundary of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. From this point, SR 169 winds northward approximately {{convert|5|mi|km}} before entering the rural town of Overton and becoming Moapa Valley Boulevard.<ref name=Google>{{google maps|title=Overview of SR 169|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/36.4621,-114.4380349/36.6716492,-114.5222047/@36.6729916,-114.519624,15.75z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0|accessdate=February 18, 2018}}</ref><ref name=NDOTclark2>{{cite map |author = Nevada Department of Transportation |author-link = Nevada Department of Transportation |date = January 2017 |title = General Highway Map: Clark County, Nevada (zone 2) |scale = c. 1:95,040 |location = Carson City |publisher = Nevada Department of Transportation |url = https://www.nevadadot.com/travel-info/county-maps |access-date = September 4, 2017 }}</ref> On the southern outskirts of Overton, the route passes by the Lost City Museum, a historical landmark built on the site of an Anasazi village called Pueblo Grande de Nevada that was estimated to have been settled circa 300–500 BC.<ref name="Moreno">{{cite book|last1=Moreno|first1=Richard|title=Roadside History of Nevada|date=2000|publisher=Mountain Press Publishing Company|location=Missoula, MT|isbn=0-87842-410-5}}</ref> As SR 169 travels northward through Overton, it forms the main road through the rural town while paralleling a Union Pacific railroad line to the west and the Muddy River to the east. The route transitions into the town of Logandale, winding its way northwestward as the main thoroughfare through the rural community. After traveling about {{convert|10|mi|km}} through Overton and Logandale, the route runs through open desert terrain another {{convert|3.5|mi|km}} to reach its terminus at exit 93 on Interstate 15 approximately {{convert|26|mi|km}} west-southwest of Mesquite.<ref name=Google/><ref name=NDOTclark2/>
==History== 50px|thumb|left|SR 169 was previously designated State Route 12 A road appearing in the approximate alignment of SR 169 appears on official state highway maps as early as 1933. This road, designated '''State Route 12''' proceeded southerly from U.S. Route 91 (US 91) (now I-15) through Logandale and Overton and southeasterly to the former town of St. Thomas a total distance of {{convert|20|mi|km}} and then easterly crossing the Virgin River towards the Arizona state line over a distance of {{convert|18|mi|km}}.<ref name=1933NDOTmap>{{cite map |author = Nevada State Highway Department |year = 1933 |title = Official Road Map of Nevada |scale = Scale not given |location = Carson City |publisher = Nevada State Highway Department |url = http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/hmaps/id/570 |access-date = February 18, 2018 |via = University of Nevada, Reno, Library }}</ref> The portion between US 91 and Logandale was paved by 1935,<ref name=1935NDOTmap>{{cite map |author = Nevada State Highway Department |year = 1935 |title = Official Road Map of the State of Nevada |scale = Scale not given |location = Carson City |publisher = Nevada State Highway Department |url = http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/hmaps/id/572 |access-date = February 18, 2018 |via = University of Nevada, Reno, Library |archive-date = September 8, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170908153515/http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/hmaps/id/572 |url-status = dead }}</ref> with pavement reaching Overton the next year.<ref name=1936NDOTmap>{{cite map |author = State of Nevada Department of Highways|year = 1936 |title = Official Road Map of the State of Nevada |location = Carson City |publisher = State of Nevada Department of Highways |url = http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/hmaps/id/573 |access-date = February 18, 2018 |via = University of Nevada, Reno, Library}}</ref> By 1937, the completion of Hoover Dam and subsequent creation of Lake Mead caused the town of St. Thomas to be submerged and also resulted in SR 12 being severed into two pieces by the filling lake.<ref name=1937NDOTmap>{{cite map |author = State of Nevada Department of Highways |year = 1937 |title = Official Road Map of the State of Nevada |location = Carson City |publisher = State of Nevada Department of Highways |url = http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/hmaps/id/574 |access-date = February 18, 2018 |via = University of Nevada, Reno, Library}}</ref> The eastern end of SR 12 was removed from maps by 1940, leaving a {{convert|24|mi|km|adj=on}} paved route from Lake Mead (near the St. Thomas site) to US 91.<ref name=1940NDOTmap>{{cite map |author = Nevada State Highway Department |year = 1940 |title = Official Road Map of the State of Nevada |location = Carson City |publisher = Nevada State Highway Department |url = http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/hmaps/id/576 |access-date = February 18, 2018 |via = University of Nevada, Reno, Library}}</ref>
SR 12 remained unchanged for many years after this. On July 1, 1976, the Nevada Department of Transportation began an effort to renumber its state highways. During this process, the SR 12 designation along Logandale Road was proposed to be combined with the SR 40 designation along Valley of Fire Road to create a new State Route 169, leaving the roughly {{convert|3|mi|km|adj=on}} southeastern edge as SR 12. This new highway designation was first seen on state highway maps in 1978.<ref name=1978NDOTmap>{{cite map |author = Nevada State Highway Department |year = 1978 |title = Official Highway Map of Nevada |edition = 1978-79 |scale = Scale not given |location = Carson City |publisher = Nevada State Highway Department |url = http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/hmaps/id/607 |section = F6 |access-date = February 18, 2018 |via = University of Nevada, Reno, Library |archive-date = February 6, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160206084929/http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/hmaps/id/607 |url-status = dead }}</ref> However, it appears that ultimately the SR 40 section was not included in the new route designation—the present-day SR 169 alignment appears on the 1982 map while the Valley of Fire Road and southernmost miles of SR 12 were left without new state route numbers.<ref name=1982NDOTmap>{{cite map |author = Nevada Department of Transportation |year = 1982 |title = Official Highway Map of Nevada |scale = Scale not given |location = Carson City |publisher = Nevada Department of Transportation |url = http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/hmaps/id/609 |section = F6 |access-date = February 18, 2018 |via = University of Nevada, Reno, Library |url-status = dead }}</ref>
==Major intersections== {{jcttop|state=NV|county=Clark|length_ref=<ref name=NDOT_MPmap>{{cite map |publisher=Nevada Department of Transportation |title=NDOT Maintenance Districts and Mileposts |url=https://www.nevadadot.com/home/showdocument?id=128 |year=2017 |accessdate=February 18, 2018 }}</ref>}} {{Jctint |location_special=Lake Mead National Recreation Area |mile=5.82 |road=Northshore Road |notes=Continuation beyond southern terminus }} {{NVint |location=none |mile=24.31 |road={{jct|state=NV|I|15|city1=Las Vegas|location2=Salt Lake City}} |notes=I-15 exit 93 }} {{jctbtm}}
==See also== * {{Portal-inline|Nevada}} * {{Portal-inline|U.S. Roads}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Attached KML|display=inline,title}} * {{Commons category-inline|Nevada State Route 169}}
169 Category:Transportation in Clark County, Nevada