By Eric Jay Toll | Phoenix Business Jouranl
The first segment of Interstate 11 is under construction on the north side of the Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge over the Colorado River at Boulder City, Nevada.
The $318 million, 15-mile segment of divided highway will bypass Boulder City and connect with U.S. 93 near Henderson, Nevada. The Nevada Department of Transportation broke ground on two segments, a 2.5-mile portion bypassing Boulder City for $83 million and a $235 million, 12.5-mile segment funded by the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada.
The project is the first new freeway mileage to be added to the 47,900-mile interstate highway system since 1992. I-11 is to be constructed from Nogales to either Calgary, Alberta, Canada or Seattle.
