Nevada Department of Transportation

Single lane closures will be in place on U.S. 50 in east Carson City Sunday, April 15 as the Nevada Department of Transportation repairs a section of roadway median barrier damaged in a crash.

This week is National Work Zone Awareness Week, an annual effort to bring national attention to motorist and worker safety and mobility in work zones. The Nevada Department of Transportation reminds motorists to drive safely in road work zones throughout the year.

Kids to Parks Day is a national event hosted by the National Park Trust with the mission of bringing outdoor education and recreation to youth via local parks. Carson City's Kids to Parks Day will be at Silver Saddle Ranch Saturday, May 19 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will feature:

On Monday, April 2, the Nevada Department of Transportation will begin the second scheduled construction season of roadway drainage pipe improvements on Kingsbury Grade, State Route 207.

CARSON CITY, Nev. – The Nevada Department of Transportation will host public information meetings through Thursday, March 29 to gather feedback on the future Interstate 11 corridor connecting the Las Vegas valley and northwestern Nevada.

CARSON CITY — The Nevada Department of Transportation is reminding community members that advertising signage is not allowed on state highway property.

Carson City Public Works, Parks and Recreation personnel and emergency managers have been working on flood prone areas throughout Thursday and will continue to do so until the storm is over, officials said this afternoon.

CARSON CITY — Beginning Sunday, March 18, the Nevada Department of Transportation is scheduled to begin overnight single lane closures as part of an ongoing project to install a traffic signal on U.S. 395 at Airport Road and improve other highway intersections in the Carson Valley.

Carson High School Theatre Arts teacher Andie Wilkerson and her students earned multiple awards from the Nevada State Thespian Festival last weekend.

A strong winter storm moving through the region has dropped several inches of fresh snow in valley locations, including Carson City, causing road controls on highways and by-ways around the Nevada state capital.

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Nevada Department of Transportation Director Rudy Malfabon said Monday, March 12, that with federal highway funding good just through March 23, Congress still hasn't acted on a two-year spending bill. He said congressional hearings have been held on the subject, including ...

Fire crews from the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest’s Carson Ranger District are wrapping up pile burning in the North Washoe Valley Fuels Reduction Project area, north of Carson City.

Though not mandatory to wear in Carson City, the “brain bucket” movement continues to grow with more children than ever wearing bicycle helmets.

CARSON CITY – Governor Brian Sandoval, the Nevada Department of Transportation and the Governor's Office of Energy activated a new electric vehicle charging station at Veterans Memorial Park in Hawthorne. Located at the junction of U.S. 95 and Business U.S. 95 in downtown Hawthorne, the ...

This Wednesday, join our students and community. Come out and enjoy a night of hands-on fun. Make a paper airplane, a gumdrop and toothpick bridge, build with LEGOS and use robotic arms.

A strong band of winter weather moving through the area Thursday night into Friday has placed travel restrictions on area highways and roadways in and around Carson City, the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) said.

Some light snowfall arrived in Carson City early Thursday evening, dropping temperatures and bringing some accumulation along the foothill roadways by commute time.

During the afternoon and evening hours on Thursday, Nevada Highway Patrol troopers handled a large number of crashes in the region.

UPDATE 7:59PM: I-580 northbound at the Galena Bridge has reopened, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol. Snow was still coming down at around 8 p.m. The Nevada Department of Transportation has plows and sand trucks in the area. NHP advises the roadway remains icy and snow-covered.
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The Nevada Highway Patrol responded to multiple crashes Thursday night, one that involved up to 35 vehicles and closed northbound I-580 near Galena Creek Bridge and the other crash on I-80 east of Fernley that closed westbound traffic.

For those commuting to work or traveling on this President's Day, the Monday morning drive includes snow and icy conditions on area road ways.

Chains or snow tires are required on the following highways around Carson City:

The Nevada Department of Transportation is planning a major fencing project along US 50 in Dayton in hopes of preventing vehicle and wildlife collisions.

The Nevada Department of Transportation is planning a major fencing project along U.S. 50 through the Dayton corridor.

CARSON CITY, Nev. – The Nevada Department of Transportation is looking ahead to the summer road construction season by accepting applications for paid summer internships through Feb. 28.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Feb. 5-11, 2018. Road closures are expected at the following locations due to road and utility work. Please follow detours.

On Monday, Feb. 5, the Nevada Department of Transportation will begin preliminary utility work as part of an upcoming project to install a traffic signal on U.S. 395 at Airport Road and improve other highway intersections in the Carson Valley.

CARSON CITY, Nev. – The Nevada Department of Transportation’s dedicated bridge inspection and rehabilitation program has helped Nevada bridges to be named the nation’s best for the fifth consecutive year.

In late 2015, the Nevada Department of Transportation enhanced the wind warning system prohibiting high-profile vehicles such as semi-trucks and RVs during high winds through Washoe Valley.

Fewer traffic fatalities, including pedestrian deaths, were reported in Carson City during 2017, according to data released by the Nevada Office of Traffic Safety, whose statewide numbers showed a decrease in overall traffic deaths but an increase in pedestrian fatalities last year.

High clouds with periods of sunshine and gusty winds are expected this weekend around the Carson City and Lake Tahoe regions, putting a familiar capper on a likely Christmas without snow in western Nevada.

The long-awaited, much-anticipated 800 pound metal eagle sculpture has finally found its permanent home Thursday on the south end of the Carson City freeway.