The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) is announcing upcoming improvements to I-80 in west Reno after the Nevada State Transportation Board this week approved a contract for a project to widen and enhance more than one mile of interstate.
A contractor was selected for the approximately $56 million project to widen and improve I-80 between western McCarran Boulevard and Keystone Avenue, a heavily-traveled section of interstate.
Initial project construction is anticipated to begin over coming months. Community members can anticipate intermittent lane reductions and up to 10-minute travel delays, as well as speed reductions, on I-80 as project construction takes place over the coming year on the following highway improvements:
- Resurface both directions of I-80 between McCarran Boulevard and Keystone Avenue.
- An auxiliary merge lane will also be added on eastbound I-80 between western McCarran Boulevard and Keystone Avenue, providing additional merge opportunities for enhanced traffic safety and mobility.
- Approximately 8,000 linear feet of decorated sound wall will be added in certain areas to help reduce traffic sound impacts for surrounding neighborhoods. Soundwalls will feature water and fish, reflecting the Truckee River.
- Select interstate bridges will also be resurfaced and improved, and the I-80 bridge over Stoker Avenue will be widened.
- Roadside drainage, signage and lighting will be improved. Certain existing roadside trees will be removed for the interstate widening, and replaced with more than 400 deciduous and evergreen trees adapted to the northern Nevada climate.
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