Nevada State Route 163

State Route 163
Laughlin Highway
Nevada State Route 163, highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NDOT
Length19.207 mi (30.911 km)
Existed1978–present
HistorySR 77 by 1942
Major junctions
West end US 95 north of the California state line
East end SR 95 near Bullhead City
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
CountiesClark
Highway system
  • Nevada State Highway System
SR 161 SR 164

State Route 163 (SR 163), often referred to as the Laughlin Highway, is a state highway in southern Clark County, Nevada. The route connects the town of Laughlin to the rest of the state via U.S. Route 95 (US 95).

SR 163 and Arizona State Route 95 provide the next closest public Colorado River crossing to Hoover Dam. Due to the restriction of commercial vehicles over the dam following the September 11 attacks, SR 163 comprised part of the required detour for truck traffic traveling between the Las Vegas and Phoenix metropolitan areas until October 2010, when the Mike O'Callaghan – Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge just downstream from the dam was opened to traffic.

Prior to the renumbering of Nevada state routes in the late 1970s, SR 163 previously comprised the northern part of State Route 76 and all of State Route 77.