Editing Interstate 11 (section)

==Route description==
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The southern terminus of the freeway would be at [[Interstate 19 Business (Nogales, Arizona)|I-19 Business]] in [[Nogales, Arizona|Nogales]], concurrent with that of [[Interstate 19|I-19]] proper, or follow [[Arizona State Route 189|State Route&nbsp;189]] (SR&nbsp;189) from its interchange with I-19 to the [[Nogales-Mariposa Port of Entry]] where it continues south as [[Mexican Federal Highway 15D|Federal Highway&nbsp;15D]], creating a Nogales–[[Heroica Nogales]] metro area bypass for high-density [[CANAMEX Corridor]] traffic. As originally envisioned, the freeway would then join [[Interstate 10 in Arizona|I-10]] in [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]] and continue to [[Casa Grande, Arizona|Casa Grande]].<ref name="adot1215" /> Corridor alternatives, however, were studied, and the draft tier&nbsp;1 [[environmental impact statement]] selected a recommended corridor alternative that would split from I-19 near [[Sahuarita, Arizona|Sahuarita]] and travel around the [[Tucson Mountains]] as a Tucson bypass route, then travel parallel to I-10 until Casa Grande.<ref name=I-11studyAZ>{{cite web |title = Arizona |url = http://www.i11study.com/Arizona/index.asp |website = I-11 Corridor Study |access-date = January 26, 2020 }}</ref> The two Interstates would be within miles of each other, and a short connection to I-10 is proposed in [[Marana, Arizona|Marana]].

At or near the interchange with [[Interstate 8|I-8]] and I-10 in Casa Grande, the freeway would split from I-10 and travel in a generally westward and then northward direction as a bypass route around the [[Phoenix metropolitan area]].<ref name="bill_advances">{{cite news |title = Bill for Phoenix to Vegas Freeway Advances |last = Holstege |first = Sean |newspaper = [[Arizona Republic]] |date = June 29, 2012 |url = http://archive.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/20120628phoenix-vegas-freeway-bill-advances.html }}</ref> Two general corridor alternatives have been identified for this bypass section. One recommended alternative would have the highway running concurrently with I-8 west to [[Gila Bend, Arizona|Gila Bend]], turning north to its interchange with I-10 in Buckeye or Tonopah.<ref name="corridorstudy">{{cite web |url = http://i11study.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/I-11_L2_Evaluation_Results_05-29-2014-sm.pdf |title = I-11 and Intermountain West Corridor Study Technical Memorandum: Level 2 Evaluation Results Summary |publisher = Nevada and Arizona Departments of Transportation |access-date = June 4, 2014 |pages = 77–82 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714185654/http://i11study.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/I-11_L2_Evaluation_Results_05-29-2014-sm.pdf |archive-date = July 14, 2014 |url-status = dead }}</ref> The second recommended alternative would have the highway run concurrently with I-8 east to an intersection with either [[Arizona State Route 303|SR&nbsp;303]] or the Hassayampa Freeway and then follow some combination of those highways, [[Arizona State Route 30|SR&nbsp;30]], or [[Arizona State Route 85|SR&nbsp;85]] to an intersection with I-10 in or near [[Buckeye, Arizona|Buckeye]].<ref name="corridorstudy" />

North of I-10 in Buckeye or Tonopah, the study has identified a general corridor roughly parallel to the [[Hassayampa River]] with two more specific corridor alignments. The first would create a new highway running north to the [[U.S. Route 60 in Arizona|US&nbsp;60]]/[[Arizona State Route 74|SR&nbsp;74]] intersection in [[Morristown, Arizona|Morristown]] before turning northwest to run concurrently with US&nbsp;60 to its intersection with [[U.S. Route 93 in Arizona|US&nbsp;93]] in Wickenburg, thereafter, running concurrently with US&nbsp;93 to the northwest. The second alignment would follow the alignment of the Hassayampa Freeway as proposed by [[Maricopa Association of Governments]] to an intersection with US&nbsp;93 northwest of Wickenburg in [[Yavapai County, Arizona|Yavapai County]].<ref name="corridorstudy" />

The highway would then run concurrently with US&nbsp;93 through [[Northern Arizona]], including a concurrency with [[Interstate 40 in Arizona|I-40]] in and near [[Kingman, Arizona|Kingman]]. After leaving Kingman, the highway would continue north, crossing the [[Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge]] into Nevada.

===Nevada===-->
The highway currently begins at the [[Arizona]] state line at the [[Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge]], then runs along the {{convert|15|mi|km|adj=on}} Boulder City Bypass around [[Boulder City, Nevada|Boulder City]], which opened on August 9, 2018. It is signed concurrently with [[U.S. Route 93 in Nevada|US&nbsp;93]] throughout. An at-grade intersection just north of Buchanan Road overpass is for emergency vehicles only. At mile&nbsp;14, I-11 intersects and joins with [[U.S. Route 95 in Nevada|US&nbsp;95]] heading north.<ref name="corridorstudy">{{cite web |url = http://i11study.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/I-11_L2_Evaluation_Results_05-29-2014-sm.pdf |title = I-11 and Intermountain West Corridor Study Technical Memorandum: Level 2 Evaluation Results Summary |publisher = Nevada and Arizona Departments of Transportation |access-date = June 4, 2014 |pages = 77–82 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714185654/http://i11study.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/I-11_L2_Evaluation_Results_05-29-2014-sm.pdf |archive-date = July 14, 2014 |url-status = dead }}</ref> Continuing northwest, the highway runs along the former [[Interstate 515|I-515]] around [[Henderson, Nevada|Henderson]] to the [[Spaghetti junction|Henderson Spaghetti Bowl]] interchange with [[Interstate 215 (Nevada)|I-215]] and [[Nevada State Route 564|State Route&nbsp;564]] (SR&nbsp;564).<ref name="I-515replaced"/>

In 2024, I-11 was extended through the Las Vegas Valley along US&nbsp;93/US&nbsp;95 (the rest of the alignment of former I-515) to [[Downtown Las Vegas]] and [[Interstate 15|I-15]], then running concurrently with US&nbsp;95 northwest to [[Nevada State Route 157|SR&nbsp;157]]. When this segment was designated, I-515 was decommissioned.<ref name="I-515replaced"/> Studies to extend I-11 from SR&nbsp;157 northward to [[Mercury, Nevada|Mercury]] were started in late 2023.<ref name="Footprint">{{cite news |last1 = Akers |first1 = Mick |date = December 18, 2023 |title = I-11 footprint to grow in Southern Nevada |url = https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/news-columns/road-warrior/i-11-footprint-to-grow-in-southern-nevada-2967497/ |access-date = January 5, 2024 |work = [[Las Vegas Review-Journal]] |language = en |issn = 1097-1645 |archive-date = January 1, 2024 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240101171801/https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/news-columns/road-warrior/i-11-footprint-to-grow-in-southern-nevada-2967497/ |url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="I-11 to Mercury">{{cite web |title = News Releases |publisher = Nevada Department of Transportation |url = https://www.dot.nv.gov/Home/Components/News/News/8004/395 |access-date = January 18, 2024 |language = en }}</ref>

From I-15 to [[Elkhorn Road]], I-11 and US&nbsp;95 have [[High-occupancy vehicle lane|HOV lanes]] that are currently enforced by both [[Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department|LVMPD]] (aka Metro) and [[Nevada State Police|NSP]] (formerly NHP).<ref>{{cite web |url = https://lasvegassun.com/news/2019/may/23/party-of-two-more-than-20-mile-long-hov-network-de/ |title = What you need to know to drive in the new HOV lanes in Las Vegas - Las Vegas Sun Newspaper |date = May 23, 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://lasvegassun.com/news/2020/may/30/why-do-we-have-hov-lanes/ |title = Why do we have HOV lanes in las Vegas? - Las Vegas Sun Newspaper |date = May 30, 2020 }}</ref>