Carson City Freeway

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Sept. 14-20, 2015: The Nevada Department of Transportation will continue bridge maintenance on the I-580 Carson City Freeway with nightly lane closures and intermittent on and off ramp closures during weeknights from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Sept. 7-13, 2015: Beginning Tuesday, Sept. 8, through Friday Sep. 11, Race Track Road will be closed between Bigelow Drive and Saddlehorn Road due to utility work. Saddlehorn Road will be open to local traffic only and there will be limited access during night hours. Detours will be signed.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of August 24-30, 2015. Crews will continue re-striping pavement markings on roadways throughout the city Sunday through Thursday each night from 7:30 p.m. to 6 a.m. the following morning. There will be a moving traffic control at locations where the striping occurs, with minor delays expected.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Aug. 17-23, 2015: Beginning Sunday through Thursday, August 20, crews will be re-striping pavement markings on roadways throughout the city each night from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. the following morning. There will be a moving traffic control at locations where the striping occurs, with minor delays expected.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Aug. 10-16, 2015: Minnesota Street is now closed to through traffic between King and Second streets. The area will be used as a public space for special events.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of August 3-9, 2015: Beginning Tuesday, August 4, Minnesota Street will be closed to through traffic between King and Second Streets. The area will be used as a public space for special events.

The Nevada Department of Transportation will continue construction of drainage improvements on U.S. Highway 50 West between the two truck ramps, just west of Highway 395 to Sierra Highlands Drive. There will be lane closures Monday through Friday, but the roadway will remain open to traffic in both directions.

A 52-year-old Sun Valley man was arrested early Sunday on felony drug charges following a traffic stop in which the suspect was driving the wrong way on I-580, a Carson City sheriff's deputy said.

Thomas Higgins was arrested at 4:12 a.m. He faces felony charges of possession of dangerous drugs without a prescription and two charges of possession with intent to sell. He also faces misdemeanor charges of DUI and reckless driving.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of July 27 to August 2, 2015. Beginning Monday Little Lane will be closed from Janas Way to Saliman Road for a reconstruction project. The road will remain closed until project completion. Detours will be marked.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of July 20-26, 2015. Beginning Sunday, July 19, through Friday, July 24, there will be nightly lane closures on Carson Street between Old Clear Creek Road and Snyder Avenue from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., as part of the Nevada Department of Transportation’s continued work on the construction of the Carson City Freeway.

Nighttime lane closures will be in place beginning Sunday on South Carson Street and U.S. 50 near Spooner junction for the Nevada Department of Transportation’s Carson City Freeway project, according to the Nevada Department of Transportation.

The Nevada Highway Patrol, Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies were called to a multi-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon on I-580 north of Carson City in the northbound lane at Lakeview.
The crash was reported to NHP at around 2 p.m. and no major injuries were reported but the northbound lane was moving extremely slow around the crash scene.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of July 13-19, 2015. Clear Creek Avenue will continue to be closed to through traffic Monday through Thursday between Lynette Lane and Center Drive due to utility work.

UPDATE 5:39PM: Four vehicles were involved in the accident tonight in the southbound lane of I-580 near the Fairview exit. One person was being taken by ambulance to the hospital.
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Carson City Fire Department, Nevada Highway Patrol and Carson City sheriff's deputies have responded to an injury accident tonight in the southbound lane of I-580 near the Fairview exit. Expect traffic delays in the southbound lane.
At least three people are reportedly injured. The extent of their injuries are unknown at this time. The accident was reported at around 5:20 p.m.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of June 29 through July 5, 2015: Division Street will be closed between Sophia Street and William Street for sidewalk improvements as well as Sophia Street just west of Division Street.

Work will occur from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. each day and detours will be in place. The JAC bus stop on Route 2A on Division Street just south of Sophia Street will be temporarily closed.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of June 22-28, 2015. Beginning Friday, the Battle Born 1864 “Brews, Bikes, and Bubbly” event, coupled with the Carson City Sheriff’s Office 12th Annual Extreme Motor Officer Training Challenge, will force temporary road closures.

Carson Street will be closed between Robinson Street and Musser Street from 9 a.m. on Friday, June 26, through midnight Saturday, June 27. In addition, the following streets will be closed during the same time period.

— Spear Street between Carson Street and Curry Street.

The Nevada Department of Transportation begins construction today on the $42 million final leg of the Carson City Freeway project.

Road crews will pave and open the last four miles of the freeway to traffic between Fairview Drive and the Spooner, Highway 50 junction in south Carson City, including construction of sound walls and drainage features. The project is expected to complete, opening the final segment of freeway to traffic, in 2017, according to NDOT. It is being constructed by contractors Road and Highway Builders.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of June 15-21, 2015. The Nevada Department of Transportation will begin preparation work Monday for the construction of the next phase of the Carson City Freeway.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of June 1-7, 2015. Roadway sealing will continue resulting in road closures in the following areas, at which time there will be traffic control in place:
— The area along Deer Run Road and Pinon Hills Drive, Monday, June 1 and the general vicinity of Washington Street to the north, Roop Street to the east, Seventh Street to the south, and Carson Street to the west; as well as along Morgan Mill Road, Sunday, June 7.

Carson City emergency crews responded to a single vehicle accident on the Carson City freeway this afternoon. The accident involved a single vehicle that crashed into the wall near the Arrowhead onramp of the Carson City I-580 freeway. It was reported shortly before 2:30 p.m. The accident is in the southbound lane and traffic is being diverted.

Emergency were initially called to a second accident on the freeway but it turned out the accident was the same accident as the one on Arrowhead.

The Nevada Highway Patrol also responded to the scene.

The Nevada Department of Transportation’s Carson City Freeway Project has reached an important milestone with the recent opening of construction contract bids for the project’s final leg.

Road and Highway Builders’ approximately $42 million bid was named as the apparent low bid for the project. Final bid approval and contract execution will take place in future weeks, with the contract pending ultimate approval at the state transportation board’s May 11 meeting.

Nevada is facing a $26 billion shortfall in transportation funding during the next 20 years. Transportation planning, improvement, maintenance and transit agencies throughout the state are coming together to urge everyone to Stand Up 4 Transportation.

UPDATE: Carson City fire and rescue responded to a single vehicle traffic accident with injuries Monday night in the northbound lane of I-580 near the College Parkway ramp. Care Flight was also called.
The accident was reported to NHP at 8:14 p.m. The vehicle had airbag deployment. Traffic was re-directed around the accident scene.

UPDATE 230PM: Trooper Dave Gibson of the Nevada Highway Patrol reports just one vehicle, the semi, was involved in the accident on I-580 at Fairview. The driver was not injured and the road is now clear and open. The cause of the accident is under investigation.
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The Nevada Highway Patrol reports an injury accident on the I-580 Freeway in Carson City that involves a semi in which a trailer overturned that is blocking traffic lanes.

The Carson City Chamber of Commerce held an open house Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015 to unveil its new Artisan Showcase. The works of talented artists from within the region are now showcased along with metal artisan Robbie St Clair who created a special sculpture for the event.

The chamber recently finished an overhaul of its building including adding the Artisan Showcase where local art and jewelry are sold. It commissioned St Clair to recreate the Carson City freeway eagle to a size suitable for displaying in homes or on desks.

UPDATE: Motorists are urged to find an alternative route home during rush hour following a single-vehicle rollover accident on the Carson City freeway near the Highway 50 onramp in the southbound lane. Carson City Sheriff's Sgt. Scott McDaniel said traffic in the area is congested and will only get worse around the 5 p.m. hour. He urges motorists to avoid the freeway during their commute.
The victim suffered minor injuries. His pickup was traveling in the northbound lane when it flipped into the southbound lane, said McDaniel.
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Carson City firefighters and emergency personnel have been called to a single-vehicle rollover accident this afternoon in the southbound lane of I-580 Carson City freeway near the Highway 50 on-ramp. The accident happened at around 4:21 p.m. and involved a single pickup truck that apparently had been going northbound and hit the median, flipping into the southbound lane.

A 46-year-old Carson City man was arrested Monday on suspicion of felony domestic battery with strangulation and two misdemeanor warrant charges, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.
Monty Ludwig was arrested after being found by a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper. Bail was set at $16,241.

Two people were arrested at a Carson Street casino early Thursday morning after officers were called regarding a fight inside a bathroom, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said. Neither arrest involved assault charges at the casino, located in 900 block of South Carson Street. The fight had broken up at around the time officers arrived.

A 25-year-old Carson City woman was arrested Monday in the 3100 block of Airport Road on a charge of misdemeanor domestic battery after allegedly punching her roommate after she asked about rent money, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

Officers were called to the apartment location at around 4:40 p.m. and met with the female victim who said her roommate grabbed her by the hair and punched her in the face when she went to speak with her about payment of rent.

A Fernley man remains in critical condition Sunday after a road rage incident Friday caused a single vehicle rollover at the Carson City Freeway exit at Highway 50, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.

UPDATE: Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong said witnesses to the accident on the Carson City Freeway this afternoon were interviewed to determine if it was a hit and run that caused the rollover accident at the ramp.
A portion of the freeway was closed earlier this afternoon to southbound traffic due to cleanup and a subsequent investigation.
Photos provided by Nevada Highway Patrol and Carson Now reader Lidia Barrios.
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