Construction is no stranger to U.S. 93, the most direct route from Phoenix to Las Vegas. Here's what crews are doing.

Far from laying new asphalt across the desert, I-11 would run along mostly existing highways. U.S. Highway 93 and Interstate 40, from Las Vegas to Wickenburg, Ariz., would get additional improvements.

May 8—Two people were taken to a local hospital and Interstate 93 South was reduced to one lane during the Monday morning rush hour following a crash involving a dump truck and a minivan, state ...