Editing Interstate 11 (section)

==Current status==
{{As of|2024|}}, I-11 is entirely in [[Clark County, Nevada]] extending from the [[Arizona]] state line on the Hoover Dam Bypass through [[Las Vegas]] to [[Nevada State Route 157|SR 157]] northwest of the city.<ref name="I-515replaced"/><ref>{{cite web |url = http://i11study.com/IWC-Study/PDF/2014/I-11CCR_Report_2014-12_sm.pdf |title = I-11 and Intermountain West Corridor Study |date = November 2014 |access-date = November 12, 2017 |archive-date = February 15, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170215124925/http://i11study.com/IWC-Study/PDF/2014/I-11CCR_Report_2014-12_sm.pdf |url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="Marroquin"/><ref name="LVRJ-sign-repl"/> An extension to [[Mercury, Nevada|Mercury]] is currently being planned.<ref name="I-11 to Mercury" /> The Nevada portion of the original I-11 corridor is a full freeway that meets current [[Interstate Highway standards]] from the [[Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge]] on [[U.S. Route 93 in Nevada|US&nbsp;93]] to the northwest of Las Vegas on [[U.S. Route 95 in Nevada|US&nbsp;95]]. While the bulk of US&nbsp;93 through Arizona has been widened to four lanes, some portions of the corridor are not built to Interstate Highway standards, as there are scattered at-grade intersections, substandard roadway and shoulder widths, median crossovers, and other deficiencies. Part of these dual roadways are repaved, restriped sections of very old parts of US&nbsp;93. Farther south, a direct system interchange with US&nbsp;93 and I-40 is planned to eliminate the bottleneck at Beale Street in western Kingman.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://azdot.gov/docs/default-source/projects/west-kingman-ti-public-information-meeting-powerpoint-sept-26-2013.pdf |title = I-40/US&nbsp;93 West Kingman System Interchange Public Information Meeting |publisher = Arizona Department of Transportation |date = September 26, 2013 |access-date = February 2, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160224132318/http://azdot.gov/docs/default-source/projects/west-kingman-ti-public-information-meeting-powerpoint-sept-26-2013.pdf |archive-date = February 24, 2016 |url-status = dead }}</ref> The first phase of construction began in 2024 and will finish in 2026.<ref>{{cite web |date = December 28, 2024 |title = I-40/US&nbsp;93 Kingman interchange project to reach halfway point in 2025 |url = https://gilaherald.com/i-40-us-93-kingman-interchange-project-to-reach-halfway-point-in-2025/ |access-date = December 30, 2024 |website = The Gila Herald |language = en }}</ref> It will construct direct connectors from westbound I-40 to northbound US&nbsp;93 and from southbound US&nbsp;93 to eastbound I-40. The remaining movements between US&nbsp;93 and I-40 will continue to use the existing Beale Street interchange until traffic demands warrant and the second phase can be funded.<ref>{{cite web |title = Public Hearing - US&nbsp;93, I-40 West Kingman |publisher = Arizona Department of Transportation |url = https://azdot.gov/projects/northwest-district-projects/us-93-i-40-west-kingman-traffic-interchange-project/ |access-date = July 16, 2022 |archive-date = January 18, 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210118181038/https://azdot.gov/projects/northwest-district-projects/us-93-i-40-west-kingman-traffic-interchange-project |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title = I-40/US&nbsp;93 West Kingman Traffic Interchange |url = https://azdot.gov/projects/northwest-district-projects/i-40us-93-west-kingman-traffic-interchange?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2VtEo9OKR2gulRCZL322jHIkYC1p5dnctsLv9qI1urA6oCdku9jF0f510_aem_s_Zn4fHdOH8dheKm4FOs3Q |access-date = July 6, 2024 |publisher = Arizona Department of Transportation }}</ref>

Phase&nbsp;4 of the US&nbsp;93 Corridor Improvement Project will finish what was started in 1998 and connect the four sections of the divided highway to Wickenburg, allowing more traffic on these congested roads. US&nbsp;93 will be cosigned as I-11 once it is built to Interstate standards.<ref>{{cite web |title = US Route 93 Corridor Projects |publisher = Arizona Department of Transportation |url = https://azdot.gov/projects/northwest-district-projects/us-93-corridor-projects |access-date = June 14, 2023 |archive-date = June 1, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230601063310/https://azdot.gov/projects/northwest-district-projects/us-93-corridor-projects |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title = US&nbsp;93: Tegner Street - Wickenburg Ranch Way |publisher = Arizona Department of Transportation |url = https://azdot.gov/projects/northwest-district-projects/us-93-tegner-street-wickenburg-ranch-way?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3vtD80NcKl5_oAFo4uLR_3olGIPGFmaiVTY9PwJkYdrQGgRGVWgX5J5AU_aem_3Awf_IOC0t0efbMBWmLzZw |access-date = July 6, 2024 }}</ref> US&nbsp;93 from north of Las Vegas to the southern terminus may be [[Decommissioned highway|decommissioned]] afterwards.

===Funding===
The funding bill for the [[U.S. Department of Transportation]], which replaced stopgaps that expired on June 30, 2012, officially designated I-11. This bill sped up funding for studying, engineering, and possibly building the highway. The [[Arizona State Legislature]] passed a law in 2009 that allowed private investors to team up with ADOT. In July 2012, Nevada's Transportation Board awarded $2.5&nbsp;million (equivalent to ${{Formatprice|{{Inflation|US-GDP|2500000|2012}}}} in {{Inflation/year|index=US-GDP}}{{Inflation/fn|index=US-GDP}}) in contracts to a team of consultants to study I-11's feasibility and its environmental and economic consequences.<ref name="bill_advances">{{cite news |last = Holstege |first = Sean |date = June 28, 2012 |title = Bill for Phoenix to Vegas freeway advances |url = http://archive.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/20120628phoenix-vegas-freeway-bill-advances.html |access-date = June 29, 2012 |newspaper = [[The Arizona Republic]] |language = en |issn = 2766-452X |archive-date = February 2, 2015 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20150202104132/http://archive.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/20120628phoenix-vegas-freeway-bill-advances.html |url-status = live }}</ref>

===Intermountain West corridor plans===
I-11 was previously projected to serve as an [[Intermountain West]] part of the U.S.'s long-term [[CANAMEX Corridor]] transportation plans, with potential extensions south from Casa Grande to the [[Sonora]]n border, and north from Las Vegas through northern Nevada (potentially passing through [[Reno, Nevada|Reno]] or [[Elko, Nevada|Elko]]) and onward through either eastern [[Oregon]]–[[Washington (state)|Washington]] or western [[Idaho]] before terminating at the Canadian border.<ref name=i11study>{{cite web |url = http://i11study.com/wp/?page_id=34 |work = Interstate 11 & Intermountain West Corridor Study |title = Project Background |publisher = Arizona and Nevada departments of transportation |access-date = January 2, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121021001118/http://i11study.com/wp/?page_id=34 |archive-date = October 21, 2012 |url-status = dead }}</ref> I-11 is projected to become the Intermountain West Corridor, extending from Phoenix and Las Vegas through Reno to the [[Pacific Northwest]] via central or eastern Oregon and central Washington to the [[Canada–U.S. border]].<ref name=i11study_final_results>{{cite web |url = http://i11study.com/IWC-Study/PDF/2014/I-11CCR_Brochure_11x17_Final_2014-11.pdf |work = Interstate 11 & Intermountain West Corridor Study |title = Corridor Concept Summary |publisher = Arizona and Nevada departments of transportation |access-date = December 19, 2015 |archive-date = December 22, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151222094038/http://i11study.com/IWC-Study/PDF/2014/I-11CCR_Brochure_11x17_Final_2014-11.pdf |url-status = live }}</ref> Feasibility studies for these corridor extensions began in July 2013 and were published in November 2014.

===Arizona extension plans===
Officials in [[Pima County, Arizona]], supported an extension of the planned I-11 from [[Casa Grande, Arizona|Casa Grande]], which would wrap southwest of the [[Tucson Mountains]] before meeting with [[Interstate 19|I-19]] in [[Sahuarita, Arizona|Sahuarita]], south of Tucson, and continuing east to I-10.<ref>{{cite news |last = Rico |first = Gabriela |date = June 30, 2013 |title = Tucson may see another interstate |url = https://tucson.com/business/local/tucson-may-see-another-interstate/article_826cbc8a-059d-5e30-b25e-613adc5e6a7d.html |access-date = January 14, 2024 |work = Arizona Daily Star |location = Tucson |language = en |issn = 0888-546X |oclc = 2949521 |archive-date = January 14, 2024 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240114081313/https://tucson.com/business/local/tucson-may-see-another-interstate/article_826cbc8a-059d-5e30-b25e-613adc5e6a7d.html |url-status = live }}</ref> Over 800&nbsp;residents signed a petition opposing that west-side bypass because it would impact the [[Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum]], [[Saguaro National Park]], and [[Ironwood Forest National Monument]]. They recommended that I-11 be concurrent with existing I-10 route through Tucson. The additional segment would create the Tucson bypass route identified as a critical need by ADOT based upon I-10 traffic projections.<ref>{{cite web |title = I-10 Phoenix/Tucson Bypass Study |publisher = Arizona Department of Transportation |url = http://azdot.gov/planning/systems_planning/i10bypass.asp |access-date = October 29, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131224103850/http://www.azdot.gov/planning/systems_planning/i10bypass.asp |archive-date = December 24, 2013 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1 = Ferguson |first1 = Joe |last2 = Rico |first2 = Gabriela |date = July 1, 2013 |title = Supervisors: I-11 plan faces tall hurdles |url = http://tucson.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/f4ea3e9a-a71f-53f9-89b3-80caee5db2bc.html |access-date = January 14, 2024 |newspaper = Arizona Daily Star |location = Tucson |language = en |issn = 0888-546X |oclc = 2949521 |archive-date = January 14, 2024 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240114155758/https://tucson.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/f4ea3e9a-a71f-53f9-89b3-80caee5db2bc.html |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last = Ferguson |first = Joe |date = July 31, 2013 |title = Huckelberry says new highway I-11 key to Pima County's future |url = http://tucson.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/huckelberry-says-new-highway-i--key-to-pima-county/article_6c202bf5-2c93-5ee7-b3bb-3aa463a83bbb.html |access-date = January 14, 2024 |newspaper = Arizona Daily Star |location = Tucson |language = en |issn = 0888-546X |oclc = 2949521 |archive-date = January 14, 2024 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240114155756/https://tucson.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/huckelberry-says-new-highway-i--key-to-pima-county/article_6c202bf5-2c93-5ee7-b3bb-3aa463a83bbb.html |url-status = live }}</ref> In 2019, the draft tier&nbsp;1 [[environmental impact statement]] selected the Tucson bypass route as the recommended corridor alternative, with the corridor parallel to I-10 until Casa Grande and a connection to I-10 in Marana.<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 |archive-date = February 2, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200202154934/http://i11study.com/Arizona/index.asp |url-status = live }}</ref> Although seen as beneficial to some people,<ref>{{cite news |title = The drive from Phoenix to Las Vegas is horrible. Build an interstate, already |url = https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/letters/2024/01/28/phoenix-las-vegas-need-interstate-11-link/72326935007/ |access-date = January 29, 2024 |work = The Arizona Republic |date = January 28, 2024 }}</ref> the plan to build I-11 in Arizona as a whole is still receiving pushback and conservation groups are currently suing the [[Federal Highway Administration|FHWA]] over the construction of the route.<ref>{{cite news |last1 = Christiansen |first1 = Andrew |date = January 25, 2023 |title = Conservation groups suing over plans to build Interstate 11 |url = https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/conservation-groups-suing-over-plans-to-build-interstate-11 |access-date = May 5, 2023 |publisher = [[KGUN]] |language = en |archive-date = May 5, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230505205417/https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/conservation-groups-suing-over-plans-to-build-interstate-11 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1 = Fischer |first1 = Howard |date = May 26, 2023 |title = Arizona Interstate 11 project still has a chance |url = https://www.kawc.org/news/2023-05-25/arizona-interstate-11-project-still-has-a-chance |access-date = May 26, 2023 |publisher = [[KAWC-FM]] |language = en |archive-date = May 26, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230526022013/https://www.kawc.org/news/2023-05-25/arizona-interstate-11-project-still-has-a-chance |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1 = Jo Neff |first1 = Terri |title = Whatever happened to plans for Interstate 11? |url = https://www.myheraldreview.com/news/business/whatever-happened-to-plans-for-interstate-11/article_9922f58c-0e36-11ef-b41d-cbcf7290ea19.html |access-date = June 19, 2024 |work = Herald/Review Media |date = May 12, 2024 |language = en }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1 = Foster |first1 = Bud |title = Pima County ‘implores’ Hobbs to re-route Interstate 11 away from Avra Valley |url = https://www.kold.com/2024/06/19/pima-county-implores-hobbs-re-route-interstate-11-away-avra-valley/ |access-date = August 13, 2024 |work = www.kold.com |date = June 19, 2024 |language = en }}</ref>

===Northern Nevada extension plans===
The proposal to extend I-11 to the Reno area was supported by both of Nevada's U.S. Senators, [[Harry Reid]] and [[Dean Heller]], as well as the rest of [[United States congressional delegations from Nevada|Nevada's delegation to the U.S. Congress]]. Heller stated that connecting the Phoenix area with Las Vegas and Northern Nevada would "spur long-term economic development, create jobs and bolster international trade".<ref>{{cite news |date = December 2, 2015 |title = Reno-to-Vegas interstate is in highway bill deal |url = https://www.rgj.com/story/news/politics/2015/12/01/reno-las-vegas-interstate-included-us-highway-bill-deal/76624672/ |access-date = December 6, 2015 |work = [[Reno Gazette-Journal]] |language = en |issn = 0745-1415 |agency = [[Associated Press]] }}</ref> As originally proposed in the 2012 [[Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act]], the highway would run only from [[Casa Grande, Arizona]], to [[Las Vegas]].<ref>{{cite news |date = June 29, 2012 |title = Phoenix-to-Vegas Interstate Included in Federal Transportation bill |url = http://www.mohavedailynews.com/news/local/phoenix-to-vegas-interstate-included-in-federal-transportation-bill/article_d4d5bab9-4957-53b2-a9b2-9e63e2d46546.html |archive-url = https://archive.today/20150202104205/http://www.mohavedailynews.com/news/local/phoenix-to-vegas-interstate-included-in-federal-transportation-bill/article_d4d5bab9-4957-53b2-a9b2-9e63e2d46546.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = February 2, 2015 |url-access = registration |access-date = July 1, 2012 |work = [[Kingman Daily Miner]] |language = en |issn = 1535-9913 }}</ref> This was to provide a Las Vegas–[[Phoenix metropolitan area|Phoenix]] freeway link. Extensions of the corridor to the north toward Reno and to the south toward Nogales, however, have since been approved by the 2015 [[Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act]] (FAST Act) but not to extensions north of [[Interstate 80 in Nevada|I-80]].<ref name="adot1215">{{cite press release |title = Interstate 11 receives designation in federal transportation funding bill |date = December 4, 2015 |publisher = Arizona Department of Transportation |location = Phoenix |url = http://www.azdot.gov/media/News/news-release/2015/12/04/interstate-11-receives-designation-in-federal-transportation-funding-bill |quote = The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, or FAST Act, formally designates Interstate 11 throughout Arizona. It states that the I-11 corridor will generally follow Interstate 19 from Nogales to Tucson, Interstate 10 from Tucson to Phoenix, and US&nbsp;93 from Wickenburg to the Nevada state line. From there, the Interstate 11 corridor extends north through Nevada, and is designated as an interstate highway north of Las Vegas, through Reno, connecting to Interstate 80. |access-date = December 7, 2015 |archive-date = January 25, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180125134413/http://www.azdot.gov/media/News/news-release/2015/12/04/interstate-11-receives-designation-in-federal-transportation-funding-bill |url-status = dead }}</ref>

The Reno City Council was informed of potential I-11 corridor plans on March 15, 2018.<ref name="ktvn">{{cite news |last = Fuhs |first = Brandon |date = March 15, 2018 |title = Reno City Council Learns Potential Corridors for Future Interstate 11 |url = http://www.ktvn.com/story/37729438/reno-city-council-learns-potential-corridors-for-future-interstate-11 |access-date = April 1, 2018 |publisher = [[KTVN]] |location = Reno, Nevada |language = en |archive-date = April 1, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180401213645/http://www.ktvn.com/story/37729438/reno-city-council-learns-potential-corridors-for-future-interstate-11 |url-status = live }}</ref>

North of its current terminus, I-11 is expected to follow and become co-signed with US&nbsp;95 from Las Vegas to [[Schurz, Nevada|Schurz]] or [[Fallon, Nevada|Fallon]] pending upgrades to Interstate standards.

North of Tonopah, the route is undecided, with various different proposed routings through Northern Nevada. These include a route through [[Yerington, Nevada|Yerington]] that roughly parallels [[Nevada State Route 208|SR&nbsp;208]] until just before the [[Topaz Lake]] area, then takes a new route into [[Gardnerville, Nevada|Gardnerville]] and [[Minden, Nevada|Minden]] before meeting up with current [[Interstate 580 (Nevada)|I-580]] in [[Carson City, Nevada|Carson City]], which it follows to its terminus of I-80 in Reno. The other potential corridors stick closer to [[U.S. Route 95 in Nevada|US&nbsp;95]], with one following [[U.S. Route 95 Alternate (Schurz–Fernley, Nevada)|US&nbsp;95 Alternate]] (US&nbsp;95 Alt.) through [[Silver Springs, Nevada|Silver Springs]] to meet I-80 in [[Fernley, Nevada|Fernley]], while another would take a new route east of Silver Springs to Fernley, meeting current [[U.S. Route 50 Alternate (Nevada)|US&nbsp;50 Alt.]] west of Fallon, which would then go to I-80 and US&nbsp;95 Alt in Fernley. Another proposed route would go east of [[Mina, Nevada|Mina]] and [[Luning, Nevada|Luning]] and go north through [[Salt Wells, Nevada|Salt Wells]] before meeting US&nbsp;95 north of Fallon, which then meets I-80 farther north. Other minor alterations to these routes were also shown.

On July 26, 2018, NDOT selected the future northbound terminus of I-11 to I-80 and US&nbsp;95 Alt. in Fernley near [[Reno, Nevada|Reno]] and [[Sparks, Nevada|Sparks]] as there are only 2 options under consideration: US&nbsp;95, US&nbsp;50 and US&nbsp;50 Alt. (Fernley East Connection aka Fallon option) and US&nbsp;95 Alt. and US&nbsp;50 Alt. (Fernley West Connection aka Yerington option) as the rest of them were removed from consideration.<ref>{{cite news |last = Alonzo |first = Amy |url = https://www.rgj.com/story/news/local/leader-courier/2018/07/26/ndot-says-interstate-11-pass-near-fernley/845533002/ |title = Interstate connecting Canada, Mexico might pass near Fernley |work = [[Reno Gazette-Journal]] |date = July 26, 2018 |accessdate = April 3, 2025 }}</ref>