Carson City Freeway

An adult male motorcycle rider who failed to yield for officers during a brief pursuit, died in a single-vehicle crash early Saturday morning near the I-580 ramp at North Carson Street after losing control and flipping the bike, said Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong.

The Nevada Department of Transportation is nearly finished with a $1.2 million project to resurface and improve South Carson Street south of Fairview Drive, the agency announced Friday.

The Nevada Department of Transportation has reached a milestone 50 percent completion of construction of the final leg of the I-580 Carson City Freeway.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Aug. 28 through Sept. 4, 2016: Work will continue on the Downtown Corridor improvement project on Carson Street. The following streets will be impacted:

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Aug. 22-28, 2016: Work will continue on the Downtown Corridor improvement project on Carson Street. The following streets will be impacted:

Nighttime lane closures will take place periodically on South Carson Street near Spooner junction for the Nevada Department of Transportation’s Carson City Freeway project.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of July 11-17, 2016. Beginning Sunday overnight lane closures will take place on South Carson Street south of Fairview Drive as the Nevada Department of Transportation begins a project to resurface and improve the road.

Beginning Sunday, July 17, overnight lane closures will take place on South Carson Street south of Fairview Drive as the Nevada Department of Transportation begins a project to resurface and improve the road.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of June 13-19, 2016: Epic Rides, a nationally known endurance bike ride will be held in Carson City on June 17th through the 19th. There will be significant impacts to traffic on Carson Street and west of downtown.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of June 6-12, 2016. Work will continue on the Downtown Corridor improvement project on Carson Street. The following streets will be impacted:

Overnight lane and ramp closures will take place June 6 through 16 as the Nevada Department of Transportation resurfaces the I-580 Carson City Freeway, U.S. 50 east and Alternate U.S. 395.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of May 16-22, 2016: Work will continue on the Downtown Corridor improvement project on Carson Street. The following streets will be impacted:

Carson City Fire Department, the Nevada Highway Patrol and sheriff's deputies were called Monday afternoon to a single vehicle rollover on the I-580 freeway, in the southbound lane south of Lakeview.

The occupant of the Toyota Tundra, which was hauling a trailer filled with thousands of pieces of white paper, was reportedly out of the vehicle and limping, according to dispatch. The crash was reported at 1:03 p.m.

Hundreds of pieces of paper were blowing across the freeway, according to sheriff's deputies on scene.

A 21-year-old Carson City man was booked into jail Wednesday on suspicion of felony assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly brandishing a gun during a road rage incident on the I-580 freeway, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

Carson City emergency crews were called at 9:50 p.m. Thursday night to a crash involving an overturned semi-truck at the northbound Fairview on-ramp of I-580.

Carson City Fire Department, sheriff's deputies and the Nevada Highway Patrol were called to a vehicle crash with injuries on the I-580 freeway in the southbound lane.

A vehicle pursuit that began in Washoe Valley ended Tuesday night with one man in custody after the vehicle was stopped at the Maverik gas station in the 1400 block of College Parkway in Carson City, according to dispatch.

UPDATE 1:27PM: A Nevada Highway Patrol dispatcher says NHP is able to confirm two people were taken to Renown Medical Center in Reno and that Care Flight was called to the scene. The two had minor injuries, the dispatcher said. It is unclear how many other people were taken to Carson Tahoe Hospital, the dispatcher said. An NHP trooper had said earlier that up to five people were taken to the hospital, between Carson City and Reno. There were two crashes that happened, the first at 11:09 a.m. and the second and more serious reported to NHP at 11:38 a.m.
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The Nevada Department of Transportation has reached a milestone in construction of the final leg of the Carson City Freeway, with project work approximately 25 percent complete.

Have a great day, Carson City. Here's a list of available fun to be had in our valley.

TUESDAY:
•*Carson City School District Winter Break
•*Snow Globe Music Festival at Lake Tahoe Community College in South Lake Tahoe
•*’Divergence’ by artist Katie Lewis at the CCAI Gallery in the Courthouse: 885 E. Musser (8am-5pm)
•*Nevada Artists Association Art Exhibit featuring Howard Friedman and Photography by Chas. H. McDonnell, III at the Carson Visitor Center (8am-5pm)
•*Nate Clark's exhibition ‘Leeway’ in the OXS Gallery at the Nevada Arts Council: 716 N. Carson St. (8am-5pm)

Officials on Tuesday unveiled a nine-mile stretch of the Carson City freeway in honor of Carson City Sheriff's Office Deputy Carl Howell who died in the line of duty August 15, 2015.

The ceremony Tuesday at the Nevada Law Enforcement Officers Memorial on the state capitol grounds featured remarks from Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, Nevada Department of Transportation Director Rudy Malfabon, Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong, Mayor Bob Crowell and Kevin Howell, father of Carl Howell.

On August 15, 2015, Carson City Deputy Sheriff Carl Howell was shot and killed while responding to a domestic violence call.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Nov. 16-22, 2015. Division Street will be closed, due to road construction, between Fifth Street and King Street on Monday until Friday. Detours will be signed.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Nov. 9-15, 2015. Division Street will be closed between Fifth Street and King Street during daytime hours Monday through Friday due to road construction. Detours will be signed.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Nov. 2-8, 2015. Division Street will be closed between Fifth Street and King Street during daytime hours Monday through Friday due to road construction. Detours will be signed.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Oct. 26 through Nov. 1, 2015. Due to Nevada Day events including a parade, Carson Street will be closed on Saturday, Oct. 31, from approximately 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Numerous side streets connected to Carson Street will be impacted as well. Detours will be signed.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Oct. 12-18, 2015: Utility work will continue during daytime hours, Monday through Thursday, with flagger controlled traffic at the following locations:

Here is this week’s Carson City area road report for the week of Oct. 5-11, 2015. The Nevada Department of Transportation will continue bridge maintenance on the Carson City Freeway (I-580) 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. 28 through Oct. 4, 2015. Utility work will continue Monday through Thursday with flagger controlled traffic at the following locations:

Here is this week’s Carson City area road report for the week of Sept. 21-27, 2015: Beginning Monday through Thursday there will be flagger controlled traffic at the following locations due to utility work: