KVIG Informative

East Las Vegas is getting a new bridge over the Las Vegas Wash. County officials say it’s about more than crossing water — it’s about connecting a part of the valley that’s had to make do without it.

A $13.9 million road and bridge project is extending Sloan Lane with a newly paved road and a bridge over the Las Vegas Wash, connecting Ruby Creek Drive to Vegas Valley Drive, according to Clark County.

The project includes new asphalt pavement, medians, sidewalks, curbs and gutters, storm drains, streetlights, traffic signals, utility adjustments, pavement markings and signage along the corridor.

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Commissioner Tick Segerblom said the bridge is more than infrastructure, framing it as a matter of connection and access for the community. He said the new road and bridge will significantly increase connectivity on the east side of the valley, linking residents to schools and businesses that have been harder to reach without a direct route.

Construction crews are working weekdays, generally from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. along Sloan Lane and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. near Sahara Avenue, a schedule designed to limit traffic disruption during the build.

The project is expected to wrap up in winter 2026, adding a direct east-side crossing over the Las Vegas Wash where residents previously had to route around it to reach the other side.

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Bridge and road connectivity projects like this one have become a recurring theme across the east valley, where older infrastructure and natural barriers like the Las Vegas Wash have historically left some neighborhoods more isolated from schools, jobs and services than their counterparts elsewhere in the valley.

A bridge doesn’t fix decades of underinvestment on its own. But for East Las Vegas residents who’ve had to plan their routes around a barrier that didn’t need to exist, a direct road to Vegas Valley Drive is the kind of infrastructure most of the valley has taken for granted for years.