Final paving begins Tuesday on Highway 50 project from Carson City to Mound House
Submitted by editor on Mon, 10/20/2014 - 9:12pm
Final paving work will take place during daytime hours on Highway 50 this week in the Moundhouse area as part of finishing touches on a Nevada Department of Transportation project to enhance the highway.
Between Tuesday and Saturday, Oct. 21-25, lane closures will take place between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Highway 50 between east Carson City and just east of the State Route 341 intersection as the final asphalt paving is placed on the roadway. The paving is temperature sensitive, and will take place during daytime hours, weather dependent, to take advantage of warmer temperatures.
Once paving completes, project work will continue through the end of November with striping and shoulder, drainage and other final roadway improvements, according a NDOT news release. Much of that final roadwork will take place on the roadside, with minimal traffic delays or lane closures.
The paving is part of an approximately $6 million project by contractor Granite Construction to repave and improve Highway 50 from Arrowhead Drive in east Carson City to one mile east of the State Route 341 (Virginia City) intersection.
Since the project’s start in June, more than 34,000 tons of base asphalt has been paved and approximately 2,900 feet of new barrier rail, 12 new drainage inlets and 22 new luminaire light fixtures installed. A half-mile frontage road has also been constructed on the south side of Highway 50 between Dorff Lane and Jeanette Drive, and an acceleration lane added for westbound turns from Alfonso Drive. Safety enhancements such as slope flattening and concrete barrier rail, as well as T intersection improvements at SR 341 and Flint Drive, are also part of the project.
The project is projected to complete weeks ahead of the originally-scheduled 120 working days, weather dependent.
