Carson City Freeway

A project to complete a new north-south water transmission line on the east side of Carson City will result in activity on Fairview Drive south of Fifth Street. There will be lane closures with flagger controlled traffic. Delays are expected.

There will be work at the following locations as a result of the Freeway Landscaping Project. No closures are expected.

• North Carson Street, in the vicinity of the freeway overpass.
• Arrowhead Drive between North Carson Street and Garnet Way.
• Northgate Lane between Jumbo Court and Dyer Court.

Saliman Road remains closed at Robinson Street due to construction of a water transmission line. Detours are marked. The road is expected to remained closed until August 21.

One lane will be closed in each direction on the Carson City Freeway between the US 50 and Fairview Drive interchanges due to maintenance.

Work will continue on a NDOT project to mill and overlay a section of US 395 from the junction with US 50 (Spooner) in Carson City to south of Waterloo Lane in Gardnerville. There will be nightly lane closures occurring from 8:00 p.m. through 6:00 a.m.

Here is the Carson City road construction and maintenance report for Monday July 25 through Sunday, July 31. Beginning Tuesday, July 26, Saliman Road will be closed at Robinson Street for construction of a water transmission line. Detours will be marked. The road is expected to remained closed until Aug. 21.

An motor home fire has shut down the Carson City bypass and the Highway 50 east entrance to the freeway this evening. According to witnesses on the scene and police scanner traffic, the motor home, parked on the freeway between Fairview and 5th Street near the bridge, went up in flames at around 5:33 this afternoon. It was extinguished at around 5:50 p.m.

The public is invited to view a presentation, review display materials, and submit comments on the Carson Area Metropolitan Planning Organization's Carson City Freeway Corridor Multi-Use Path Alignment Study.

The meeting will be in the lobby and the Bonanza room of the Carson City Community Center, 851 E. William St.

The newest additions to the Carson City Freeway landscaping are metal horse sculptures at Fairview Drive.Years ago, before the freeway was a reality, the consensus was that freeways needn't be s...

We all know the long saga of the Carson City Freeway. In planning for over 50 years, under construction for nearly 10, the freeway has become one of the big punch lines around town as one of those projects that it seems like we’ll never see the tail end of. They’ve been dribbling out freeway segments to us slowly, opening the stretch from Lakeview to Hwy 50 in Spring 2006 and the segment from Hwy 50 to Fairview in Fall 2009.

A Q&D Construction crews installs "cattle drive image panels" on the Fairview overpass above Highway 395 on Monday afternoon in Carson City. The work, which is part of the Carson City Freeway Landscape Project that includes landscape, art and history along the freeway corridor, will continue through the week. Go here to see more images. Photos by Cathleen Allison

As summer winds down, Carson City road construction crews continue on with local projects. Here are the ongoing improvements planned for Monday through Sept. 5. As always, expect minor delays and give crews a wave and a "brake" in construction zones.

With work continuing on the Carson City freeway project, the Nevada Department of Transportation will continue to keep Koontz Lane closed between Raglan Circle and Edmonds Drive until January 2011. There will be lane closures on Carson Street during daytime hours near the intersection of Silver Oak Drive as improvements will be made to

Summer road construction projects continue this week in Carson City as the Nevada Department of Transportation, contractors and city crews continue work throughout the region.

Here is the Carson City road construction report through Aug. 22. As always, expect some delays in the project areas, be courteous and give crews "a brake" in the designated road construction zones.

With the continuing Nevada Department of Transportation project at the Carson City freeway, the following closures are planned:
— Valley View Drive has been permanently closed between Edmonds Drive and Line Drive.

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/07/02/cc_freeway_construction Construction on Phase 3 of the Carson City Freeway is well underway. This is kind of Phase 3a, since all they're going to do right now is build the bridges at Koontz and Clearview, and grade parts of the roadbed along Edmonds. But they've been working on all that for a month, and it's coming along nicely.

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/07/02/cc_freeway_construction Construction on Phase 3 of the Carson City Freeway is well underway. This is kind of Phase 3a, since all they're going to do right now is build the bridges at Koontz and Clearview, and grade parts of the roadbed along Edmonds. But they've been working on all that for a month, and it's coming along nicely.

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/07/02/cc_freeway_construction Construction on Phase 3 of the Carson City Freeway is well underway. This is kind of Phase 3a, since all they're going to do right now is build the bridges at Koontz and Clearview, and grade parts of the roadbed along Edmonds. But they've been working on all that for a month, and it's coming along nicely.

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/07/02/cc_freeway_construction Construction on Phase 3 of the Carson City Freeway is well underway. This is kind of Phase 3a, since all they're going to do right now is build the bridges at Koontz and Clearview, and grade parts of the roadbed along Edmonds. But they've been working on all that for a month, and it's coming along nicely.

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/07/02/cc_freeway_construction Construction on Phase 3 of the Carson City Freeway is well underway. This is kind of Phase 3a, since all they're going to do right now is build the bridges at Koontz and Clearview, and grade parts of the roadbed along Edmonds. But they've been working on all that for a month, and it's coming along nicely.

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/07/02/cc_freeway_construction Construction on Phase 3 of the Carson City Freeway is well underway. This is kind of Phase 3a, since all they're going to do right now is build the bridges at Koontz and Clearview, and grade parts of the roadbed along Edmonds. But they've been working on all that for a month, and it's coming along nicely.

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/07/02/cc_freeway_construction Construction on Phase 3 of the Carson City Freeway is well underway. This is kind of Phase 3a, since all they're going to do right now is build the bridges at Koontz and Clearview, and grade parts of the roadbed along Edmonds. But they've been working on all that for a month, and it's coming along nicely.

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/07/02/cc_freeway_construction Construction on Phase 3 of the Carson City Freeway is well underway. This is kind of Phase 3a, since all they're going to do right now is build the bridges at Koontz and Clearview, and grade parts of the roadbed along Edmonds. But they've been working on all that for a month, and it's coming along nicely.

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/07/02/cc_freeway_construction Construction on Phase 3 of the Carson City Freeway is well underway. This is kind of Phase 3a, since all they're going to do right now is build the bridges at Koontz and Clearview, and grade parts of the roadbed along Edmonds. But they've been working on all that for a month, and it's coming along nicely.

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/07/02/cc_freeway_construction Construction on Phase 3 of the Carson City Freeway is well underway. This is kind of Phase 3a, since all they're going to do right now is build the bridges at Koontz and Clearview, and grade parts of the roadbed along Edmonds. But they've been working on all that for a month, and it's coming along nicely.

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/07/02/cc_freeway_construction Construction on Phase 3 of the Carson City Freeway is well underway. This is kind of Phase 3a, since all they're going to do right now is build the bridges at Koontz and Clearview, and grade parts of the roadbed along Edmonds. But they've been working on all that for a month, and it's coming along nicely.

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/07/02/cc_freeway_construction Construction on Phase 3 of the Carson City Freeway is well underway. This is kind of Phase 3a, since all they're going to do right now is build the bridges at Koontz and Clearview, and grade parts of the roadbed along Edmonds. But they've been working on all that for a month, and it's coming along nicely.

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/07/02/cc_freeway_construction Construction on Phase 3 of the Carson City Freeway is well underway. This is kind of Phase 3a, since all they're going to do right now is build the bridges at Koontz and Clearview, and grade parts of the roadbed along Edmonds. But they've been working on all that for a month, and it's coming along nicely.

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/07/02/cc_freeway_construction Construction on Phase 3 of the Carson City Freeway is well underway. This is kind of Phase 3a, since all they're going to do right now is build the bridges at Koontz and Clearview, and grade parts of the roadbed along Edmonds. But they've been working on all that for a month, and it's coming along nicely.

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/07/02/cc_freeway_construction Construction on Phase 3 of the Carson City Freeway is well underway. This is kind of Phase 3a, since all they're going to do right now is build the bridges at Koontz and Clearview, and grade parts of the roadbed along Edmonds. But they've been working on all that for a month, and it's coming along nicely.

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/07/02/cc_freeway_construction Construction on Phase 3 of the Carson City Freeway is well underway. This is kind of Phase 3a, since all they're going to do right now is build the bridges at Koontz and Clearview, and grade parts of the roadbed along Edmonds. But they've been working on all that for a month, and it's coming along nicely.

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/07/02/cc_freeway_construction Construction on Phase 3 of the Carson City Freeway is well underway. This is kind of Phase 3a, since all they're going to do right now is build the bridges at Koontz and Clearview, and grade parts of the roadbed along Edmonds. But they've been working on all that for a month, and it's coming along nicely.

You can always tell when summer arrives in Carson City — that's when Nevada's official state tree, the orange traffic cone, starts sprouting up all over town.
Here is the Carson City road report for the period of Monday, June 21 to Sunday, June 27:
The Nevada Department of Transportation will continue fog sealing sections of roadway in the area. The following roadways will have lane closures between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., weather permitting:
— Northbound Carson City Freeway from US 50 to East Lake Boulevard — Monday and Tuesday

Here is the Carson City area road construction report for Monday, June 14 through Sunday, June 20:
The Nevada Department of Transportation will continue fog sealing sections of US Highway 395/Carson City Freeway next week that will result in temporary closures of on and off ramps at some interchanges.
The following temporary ramp closures are expected, weather permitting:
— Carson Street off ramp, Monday, June 14
— Arrowhead Drive on ramp, College Parkway southbound off and on
ramp, Tuesday, June 15

The Nevada Department of Transportation has received an award for archeological preservation of the Old Stewart Indian Cemetery. 
An Exemplary Human Environment Initiative award to NDOT was presented by the Federal Highway Administration for partnering efforts to enhance and preserve the historic cemetery as part of the Carson City Freeway project.