Carson City area road report for week of Nov. 9-15

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.

Utility work will continue during daytime hours, Monday through Thursday (with the exception of the Wednesday holiday), with flagger controlled traffic at the following locations:

— Division Street between Fleischmann Way and Long Street. Road will be closed Tuesday, Nov. 10, through Friday, Nov. 13.

— Mountain Street between Fleischmann Way and Long Street. Road will be closed Friday, Nov. 13. There will be business access from Washington Street.

— Fleischmann Way between Mountain Street and Division Street. Road will be closed Monday, Nov. 9, through Friday, Nov. 13. There will be business access from Division Street.

— Long Street between Mountain Street and Division Street.

— Sierra Circle, Hillside Way, Miller Way, Pine View Way, and Lane Circle.

The following impacts are expected as a result of the East/West Water Transmission Project. There will be no work on the Wednesday holiday.
— Washington Street will be closed to through traffic between Walsh and Stewart Streets Monday through Friday.
— There will be lane closures on Stewart Street at Washington Street Monday through Friday. Two-way traffic will be maintained.

The intersection of Cochise Street and Overland Street will be closed Monday, Nov. 9, through Thursday, Nov. 12. The intersection of Cochise Street and Roventini Way will be closed beginning Wednesday, Nov. 11 through Monday of the following week. Detours will be signed.

Race Track Road will be closed to through traffic between Bigelow Drive and Schulz Drive for the duration of the week.

There will be utility work on the north shoulder of Snyder Avenue between California Street and Bigelow Drive.

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

Construction of the Carson City Freeway continues. Please use caution in the areas around the construction site, particularly along S. Carson Street.

With the potential for snow in the Sierra and down to the valley floors Sunday into Monday, NDOT is prepared to help keep roads clear.

“Keeping drivers safe and connected is our top priority,” NDOT Director Rudy Malfabon explained. “And, as we are every year, we are fully stocked and prepared to remove snow and ice and help keep state roads clear.”

NDOT begins annual winter preparations in August by readying more than 80 snow plows and other pieces of snow and ice equipment for use in snow removal across northwestern Nevada. More than 32,000 thousand cubic yards of salt and sand has been stockpiled in the area, ready to be spread on winter roads for increased traction and safety.

The sand is combined with salt and wetted with brine to create more dense sand that keeps roads ice-free at lower temperatures and will not as easily bounce off roadway surfaces. NDOT sand trucks calibrate the amount of salt and sand, spreading the mixture on roadways with extreme precision and efficiency.

“Drivers will also see our NDOT vehicles spraying a liquid brine on the roads prior to certain snow storms,” NDOT Assistant District Engineer for Maintenance Mike Fuess explained. “The brine is a water solution of 23 percent salt that we produce in-house at a substantial cost savings. Sprayed in certain conditions before storms, the brine helps reduce how quickly the ice forms and sticks to the road.”

NDOT has approximately 150 permanent maintenance staff in northwestern Nevada. As storms move in, maintenance personnel closely monitor professional meteorological forecasts detailing wind, rain, snow, ice and other weather on state roads. Staff also utilize more than 30 Road Weather Information System meteorological stations located along northwestern Nevada roadways to provide detailed reports of current air and pavement temperature, as well as any moisture. The updated weather readings help pinpoint precise sections of roads needing brine, salt and sand or snow removal.

During major winter storms, crews work in 12 hour shifts, rotating personnel to provide 24 hour-a-day snow removal.

Updated state road conditions, from winter road closures to traffic and road incident information, are available by dialing “511” or logging on to nvroads.com before driving. Drivers can also check nevadadot.com to view live traffic cameras. Winter driving safety tips are available at nevadadot.com/winter.

NDOT has installed automatic anti-icing systems on four bridges on Interstate 580 between Reno and Carson City to help delay and prevent ice formation on bridge surfaces. When potentially freezing conditions set in, pavement sensors on each bridge activate spray disks embedded within the concrete. Each recessed disk sprays a potassium acetate anti-icing solution to help delay formation of ice.

NDOT will also use tow plows on I-580 between south Reno and north Carson City and other areas. The tow plow is a second, steerable snowplow blade towed like a trailer behind a traditional snowplow. The tow plow swings out to the lane next to the lead snowplow to clear a second lane of snow.