OCTOBER CONSTRUCTION UPDATES: U.S. 50 Tahoe Stateline to Spooner Summit Repaving Project

THANK YOU: 

Paving operations are complete! We appreciate your ongoing patience as this two year project is almost finalized.

FINAL WORK: 

• Traffic control will remain in place as crews are finalizing signs, striping, painting barrier rails and cleaning up staging areas.
• Work zones are there to improve the roads, and are not a place for impatient or aggressive driving. Please still Take it Slow Tahoe: speed is reduced to 35 mph through all zones.
• Minimal delays are expected the remainder of the project.

PROJECT BENEFITS: 

• The resurfacing will provide a smoother, safer drive for the approximately 26,000 drivers who travel the busy stretch of highway daily with:
• Three inches of aging roadway surface will be removed and replaced with new asphalt.
• Between Spooner Summit and Glenbrook, two double yellow lines in the median will create a two-foot separation between traffic directions to reduce potential head-on crashes and enhance safety. 
• To also help reduce cross-over crashes, centerline rumble strips will be placed between Spooner Pass and Glenbrook and other select areas to help alert and correct drivers who may unintentionally leave their lane.
• Certain sections of roadside guardrail will also be replaced or upgraded to concrete barrier rail to enhance safety.
• Existing asphalt curbs will be replaced with concrete curbing to better withstand winter snow removal activities.
• Drainage improvements will reduce roadway water ponding.
• A fiber optic trunk line will also be installed to expand NDOT’s communications network, connect intelligent transportation systems, and provide a pathway for other communications services. 
• The resurfacing does not reduce the number of highway lanes and will not include major turn lane or intersection reconfigurations.