From the Nevada Department of Transportation:
The Nevada Department of Transportation is announcing that a project to repave and enhance the Mt. Rose Highway will complete one full season ahead of schedule. Paving on the project, originally scheduled to continue through next summer, completed Thursday evening. Remaining minor construction work such as striping and final guardrail and rumble strip installation will continue through November.
Project paving work began June 2. Since that time, crews have removed 532,000 square yards of old asphalt and placed down 81,000 tons of new asphalt, among other roadway improvements.
“In approximately four months, we've repaved and improved 16 miles of the highway,” NDOT Resident Engineer Shane Cocking explained. “Work has taken place 24 hours a day on the project, and we greatly appreciate the understanding of each and every driver on the highway as we've worked to repave and improve Mt. Rose. We're proud to say that we'll be able to wrap up the project in this single construction season, instead of two summers as originally scheduled!”
The approximately $10 million project by contractor Granite Construction repaved and improved Mt. Rose Highway from the highway's base in south Reno to the Mt. Rose summit. Rumble strips were installed to enhance driving safety in residential areas at the base of the highway. Safety enhancements such as nearly 18,000 linear feet of new guardrail, improved drainage facilities, as well as rock removal and mesh cover to reduce erosion-caused rock fall on one roadside slope near the summit, are also part of the project improvements. As many as 10,000 vehicles travel portions of the highway each day.
As remaining project work continues through November, single lane closures and delays of up to 30 minutes are to be expected between the base of Mt. Rose Highway to the summit. Work will take place both night and day Sunday evenings through Friday afternoon. Motorists are asked to obey traffic controls and drive at posted construction speed limits, or slower as necessary for conditions.
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