Providing security and access to both automobile and pedestrian traffic is handled differently along Las Vegas Boulevard and has changed over the years on the Strip. First installed in the 1990s, the pedestrian overpass has become commonplace and provides flow across the Strip without bringing automobile traffic to a standstill. This one connects Planet Hollywood and Cosmopolitan hotel and casinos.

Providing security and access to both automobile and pedestrian traffic is handled differently along Las Vegas Boulevard and has changed over the years on the Strip. Since large casino properties, like Planet Hollywood as seen here, have done away with traditional sidewalks in an effort to entice tourist into their casinos, certain public access areas have been created.

Power lines from Hoover Dam lead towards the marinas at Hemenway Harbor as seen from the Historic Railroad Trail in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

A sailboat navigates around a land mass barely breaching the waterline as seen from the Historic Railroad Trail in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. With historic low water levels, boaters face new obstacles with each elevation change.

As night falls over Lake Mead, lights at the marinas at Hemenway Harbor glow as seen from the Historic Railroad Trail in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

Tourists walk along Las Vegas Boulevard near the Linq Hotel and Casino. Many sidewalks are protected from traffic lanes by physical barriers, where others are not. Moving pedestrians along the Strip safely has become a major effort over the years.

Tourists walk along Las Vegas Boulevard near the Linq Hotel and Casino. Many sidewalks are protected from traffic lanes by physical barriers, where others are not. Moving pedestrians along the Strip safely has become a major effort over the years.