The back-to-school season is a time to see old friends after summer vacation. For drivers across the Las Vegas valley, it is a time to reunite with a familiar orange frenemy, the traffic cone.

If you're driving to Las Vegas ... 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Mondays through Thursdays. But, ADOT noted most of the construction for ...

This will be the longest day trip from Vegas that we recommend in this guide – it still takes just over 2 hours to drive there.