The route provides access to Lake Mead and downtown Boulder City from Interstate 11 (I-11).

From there, it proceeds northwest heading towards the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

The route upgrades to a major arterial highway when upon leaving the urban area.

AASHTO's Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering approved the new designation at their meeting on May 23, 2017, concurrently with a relocation of mainline US 93 to the alignment of the I-11 Boulder City Bypass then under construction.

[3] By 2019, after completion of the Boulder City Bypass, NDOT had officially designated the business route.