Traffic slows near Primm into California after Thanksgiving weekend

Traffic was slow on Sunday afternoon near Primm as visitors traveled south into California as the Thanksgiving holiday weekend ended. Motorists also found slow going as they headed south from Las Vegas into Arizona.

Southbound traffic on the I-15 between Las Vegas and California was slowed for about 24 miles as of 4 p.m. Sunday, according to sigalert.com.

Vehicles were traveling at around 10 to 15 miles per hour north of Primm as of 4 p.m. Traffic returned to normal freeway speed about 23 miles south of Primm near Halloran Summit Road, according to sigalert.com.

Around 3 p.m. Sunday, traffic also moved slowly down through Mountain Pass to the Cima Road exit in California, according to the Nevada Department of Transportation.

Traffic was also was traveling slower than normal in Baker, California, around the Kelbaker Road exit, NDOT maps showed.

Traffic from Las Vegas to Arizona

“There appears to be heavy traffic causing some slowing on U.S. 93 southbound near the I-40 interchange in Kingman,” an Arizona Department of Transportation spokesperson said in a statement to the Review-Journal.

U.S. 93 is the primary route that connects Las Vegas to Phoenix.

Arizona transportation officials said that they did not have an estimate on when traffic will clear as of Sunday evening.

Contact Annie Vong at avong@reviewjournal.com. Follow @annievwrites on X or @annievong.bsky.social. Contact Taylor Lane at tlane@reviewjournal.com. Review-Journal digital content producer Marvin Clemons contributed to this report.