Traffic\u00a0gridlocked along Interstate 15 on the California-Nevada border Monday as Memorial Day weekend travelers headed home from Las Vegas.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 18 or so miles from Primm, Nev<\/a>. to Mountain Pass, Calif. was clocking in at about 1 hour and 20 minutes shortly before 2 p.m. Monday. Traffic cameras<\/a> showed vehicles crawling along the southbound lanes while drivers in the parallel northbound lanes zipped by. For comparison, the northbound route on I-15 between Mountain Pass and\u00a0Primm was taking drivers just 15 minutes at the same time of day.\u00a0<\/p>\n The stretch along the California-Nevada border often jams up<\/a> during holiday weekends, as the artery is the only direct route between Las Vegas and Southern California.\u00a0<\/p>\n Everyone who drives the corridor during busy times knows it\u2019s a problem. Late last year, a group of California and Nevada labor and business leaders formed a coalition to fund an 18-month feasibility study into widening the roadway. The Las Vegas Review-Journal also reported<\/a> it\u2019s one of the most dangerous stretches of highway in the two states; there were over 1,000 injury or fatal crashes between Barstow and Nevada between 2020 and 2024. The Review-Journal reported someone dies on that stretch approximately every three days.<\/p>\n