Emergency repairs to close part of Highway 50 through Cave Rock

The weekend's storm brought heavy rains into the Lake Tahoe area which caused heavy boulders to fall onto Highway 50 near Cave Rock on Saturday evening. NDOT maintenance crews removed the boulders from the roadway, some as large as six feet wide.

Starting on Wednesday, February 11, emergency repairs will begin to remove potentially unstable hillside rocks in the same area to prevent future slides. The westbound lanes in the tunnel will be closed as crews work in the area.

Expect delays up to 30 minutes between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Both directions of traffic will be alternated through the eastbound tunnel.

“Making sure that drivers can safely get where they need to go is our top priority, and this work will help ensure safety by reducing the potential of future storm-related rockfall,” NDOT District Engineer Thor Dyson explained.