The Bruce Woodbury Beltway continues to gain national and local recognition as an example of  innovative, proactive meaures employed by Clark County to address the demands of explosive urban growth.

A 53-mile stretch of roadway, the Beltway circles three-quarters of the Las Vegas valley to provide transportation mobility to one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas of the United States.  The flexibility of this project makes it unique in that originally, the beltway was to be built as a full freeway,  incrementally, with an ultimate completion date of 2025. 
Due to the valley's population surge, an accelerated approach was adopted and the initial configuration of the Beltway, as the Clark County 215 limited access expressway, was completed in 2003.

The initial facility  is comprised of frontage roads, partial freeway configurations, and an expandable four-lane highway.  The full-freeway design consists of a divided highway with grade-separated interchanges and cross streets.  Signalized intersections will occur only at interchanges.  The number of lanes built will depend upon current and future anticipated traffic volumes in each of the segments; however, a minimum of four lanes - two lanes in each direction - will be provided in all locations. 

the Beltway build-out

As funding is available, Clark County Public Works continues the segment-by-segment build-out of the Bruce Woodbury Beltway to a full-freeway facility. 

2005
Construction was completed on Town Center Interchange, a $10 million single-point urban interchange, and the Alta Drive Bridge over the Beltway, a $2.2 million project primarily funded with contributions from the Coast Casinos.

During that year, Nevada Department of Transporation also completed work on the interchange of the Beltway with the I-515 in the south east valley. Clark County Public Works assisted in design and funding efforts of this segment.

2006
Construction was completed on upgrades to the beltway from Pecos Road to Stephanie Street. One additional travel lane and an auxiliary lane between interchanges were provided in each direction.

Full-freeway improvements from Buffalo Drive to Sunset Road and from Sunset Road to Hualapai Way were also completed during the year. The community applauded these improvements as they could now travel the beltway from I-515 (US93/95) in Henderson, the south east part of the valley to Far Hills Avenue in Summerlin, on the far west side, without being stopped by a traffic signal.