Expect lane closures on Mt. Rose Highway between Incline Village and ski resort

CARSON CITY, Nev. – The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) will be working on State Route 431, the Mt. Rose Highway, from August 28 to mid-October to improve roadside guardrail and resurface sections of the roadway.

The daytime work will require them to have intermittent lane closures from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on small sections of the highway in Incline Village and the northern side of Mt. Rose Summit. Though they expect drivers to have short delays, motorists should anticipate maximum travel delays of up to 30 minutes.

Motorists are advised to leave extra travel time and reduce travel speeds to posted speed limits or slower as needed.

A half-mile of roadside concrete barrier rail just below Country Club Drive in Incline Village will be replaced. The barrier rail is aging and has been worn by elements and traffic. It will be replaced with a new concrete barrier to deflect and prevent wayward vehicles from drifting off of the mountainous highway.

On the other side of the summit, two switchback roadway curves will be repaved with a high friction asphalt surface. The pavement uses a polymer binding to provide a more skid-resistant surface that has shown to reduce crashes between 57 and 90% in other states. Roadway signage will also be enhanced to further focus drivers on navigating the turns.

The improvements by contractor Road and Highway Builders will enhance the sections of highway for the more than 5,000 drivers who travel it daily.