A fatal crash at McCarran International Airport early Thursday had a modest impact on traffic headed to Terminal 3.
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Two thoroughfares in the eastern Las Vegas Valley were closed early Thursday.
Impairment was not suspected on behalf of the driver.
The Nevada Highway Patrol said the crash was reported at 8:14 a.m. on the beltway near West Cheyenne Avenue.
Motorists traveling between Las Vegas and Utah next week should brace for lane restrictions.
Work on the second of seven phases planned to upgrade Las Vegas Boulevard begins Monday.
Boulder Highway will be revamped following the securing of a $40 million federal grant, spearheaded by Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto.
The Nevada Highway Patrol was expected to re-open U.S. Highway 95 at Las Vegas Boulevard by 7:30 a.m. Wednesday following an investigation into a pedestrian being struck.
U.S. Highway 95 was closed Monday afternoon in both directions because of police activity near Creech Air Force Base, according to the Regional Transportation Commission.
Terrell Travon Brown, 33, of Las Vegas was ejected when his Ford Explorer drifted into a rock area between northbound Interrstate 11 and Horizon Drive early Thursday.
Police say the 5:43 a.m. crash at Tropicana Avenue and Nellis Boulevard left a 33-year-old Las Vegas woman with a life-threatening head injury.
A multivehicle crash in the southern Las Vegas Valley Tuesday morning sent at least two people to the hospital and delayed traffic, police said.
The stretch of U.S. 95 between the Spaghetti Bowl and Eastern Avenue will be reduced to two travel lanes in each direction starting Sunday for southbound traffic and June 29 for northbound through Dec. 2022.
The closure was slated to begin Monday and last through Sept. 1, but scheduling issues resulted in the delay, the Nevada Department of Transportation announced Thursday.
Motorist traveling on the 215 Beltway between Windmill Lane and Pecos can expect significant traffic congestion as a repaving project is carried out in the area.