NDOT season-long road construction on SR28 and Mt. Rose Highway beings Monday
Submitted by paula on Tue, 04/26/2022 - 4:59pm
May 2-October: commercial trucks with air brakes (26,000 pounds or greater) will once again be prohibited 24-7 from traveling westbound over Mt. Rose Highway between the Mt. Rose ski resort and Incline Village. The truck closure is a safety precaution to prevent trucks traveling down the mountain from potentially encountering brake issues in the road work zone. Trucks will be allowed to travel eastbound from Incline Village to Reno.
LAKE TAHOE, Nev. – Drivers will see lane closures beginning May 2 as the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) and Q&D Construction launch the second season of a multi-year project to enhance sections of State Routes 431 and 28 near Incline Village.
Day and nighttime single-lane closures will take place on sections of State Route 28 from Crystal Bay to the Sand Harbor State Park area and on Mt. Rose Highway from the summit to the State Route 28 roundabout. While the majority of delays will be minimal, drivers can anticipate delays of up to 30 minutes with traffic flaggers and pilot cars alternating directions of traffic through the work zone. No lane closures will take place over holiday weekends.
May 2-May 13: single-lane closures will take place 7 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays
May 2-October: commercial trucks with air brakes (26,000 pounds or greater) will once again be prohibited 24-7 from traveling westbound over Mt. Rose Highway between the Mt. Rose ski resort and Incline Village. The truck closure is a safety precaution to prevent trucks traveling down the mountain from potentially encountering brake issues in the road work zone. Trucks will be allowed to travel eastbound from Incline Village to Reno.
Construction during the 2022 season will include:
- ITS conduit line installation – SR 28 from Nevada/California border to south in front of the casinos, and from the Northwood/Southwood Boulevard intersection in Incline Village to Ponderosa Ranch
- Select roadway cross slopes will be reconstructed for enhanced roadway alignment and drainage
- Drainage and guardrail improvements will enhance roadside safety and water quality, ensuring additional stormwater treatment before reaching Lake Tahoe
- Enhanced sidewalks, sidewalk ramps, and driveway accesses
- An aging timber retaining wall on SR 28 approximately a half-mile north of - Memorial Point lookout will be reinforced
- Drainage improvements will be made where Marlette Creek crosses underneath SR 28, enhancing water quality and ensuring additional stormwater treatment before reaching Lake Tahoe
- SR 431 from SR 28 roundabout in Incline Village to Tahoe Rim Trailhead at Mt. Rose Summit:
- Repaving eight miles of SR 431- Three inches of roadway asphalt will be removed and replaced
- Approximately three miles of new concrete barrier rail
- Select roadway shoulders will be reconstructed and flattened
Last construction season, crews installed 57,000 linear feet of Intelligent Traffic Systems (ITS) underground conduit line along SR 431 from Mt. Rose summit to the SR 28 intersection; east of the SR 28 roundabout toward Crystal Bay; and west of the SR 28 roundabout to the Northwood/Southwood Boulevard intersection in Incline Village, among other improvements.
For additional information, please visit InclineHighways.com. You can also call the project hotline at (775) 560-0402, e-mail InclineHighways@gmail.com or text INCLINE to (775) 242-9168 to sign up for text alerts.
Additional state highway information is available at dot.nv.gov or by calling (775) 888-7000. Also follow @NevadaDOTReno on Twitter for traffic and project updates in northern Nevada, and @nevadadot on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram for updates from across the state.