UPDATE - July 11, 2025: 

The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) has officially completed Phase One of the Pyramid Highway improvement project, marking a key milestone in the ongoing efforts to enhance traffic flow and safety along this major corridor.

Since construction began in May 2023, crews have logged over 300,000 work hours and excavated approximately 181,000 cubic yards of earth.

With Phase One now finished, drivers between Queen Way and Los Altos Parkway are already experiencing the benefits of widened lanes and improved mobility.

Today, NDOT celebrated the completion of this phase with an invite-only ribbon-cutting ceremony held in Spanish Springs.

Phase One improvements include:

  • Widening of the highway: The section between Queen Way and Los Altos Parkway was expanded from four to six lanes.

  • Pedestrian and cyclist infrastructure: A 10-foot-wide shared-use path and five-foot bike lanes were added, enhancing safety and access for non-motorized users.

  • Traffic safety upgrades: Smart traffic signals, raised medians, and enhanced drainage were implemented, improving safety for the approximately 50,000 vehicles that travel this stretch of highway daily.

Looking ahead, NDOT will continue with the remaining phases of the project, which are expected to be completed by the summer of 2025.

Motorists should be prepared for occasional lane shifts, overnight lane closures, and potential delays of up to 30 minutes.

This $66 million, two-year investment is aimed at reducing congestion, preventing crashes, and improving overall safety on Pyramid Highway, a key connection between Pyramid Highway and U.S. 395.

This is a developing story, stay tuned for further updates as the project progresses. 

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ORIGINAL STORY - September 26, 2024:

 A Nevada Department of Transportation project to widen and enhance Pyramid Highway in Sparks has reached a milestone, as construction reaches 75 percent completion. 

The project which began construction in May 2023 remains on schedule according to NDOT.

NDOT says that as of last week, construction crews completed the construction of a new third lane on Pyramid Highway between Queen Way and Los Altos Parkway, which opened in August 2024. 

Crews will continue to work on the utilities, drainage, erosion control, and sound along  Pyramid Highway north of Los Altos Parkway.

NDOT says that as many as 50,000 cars travel Pyramid Highway daily, and the improvements they are making will improve traffic flow and driver safety.  

As the project progresses through the summer of 2025, drivers will continue to see traffic control along Pyramid Highway between Queen Way and Golden View Drive, speed reductions, lane size reductions and shifts, single lane closures and delays of up to 30 minutes are to be expected along this section of highway as part of the project:

  • Lanes are slightly reduced in width and shifted through the work zone 24/7 between Los Altos Parkway and Golden View Drive.
  • Lanes are reduced to one lane overnight primarily between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m. Sunday evenings through Friday mornings.
  • Periodic overnight single lane closures will take place on cross streets in the area, such as Disc Drive and Los Altos Parkway.

The Construction schedule is subject to change, weather permitting.

Ultimately, the approximately $66 million, two-year project by NDOT will widen and improve two and a half miles of the highway. 

The project is expected to be substantially complete by the Summer of 2025, it will widen the highway from four to six lanes along the section between Queen Way and Los Altos Parkway and reconstruct three-quarters of a mile of the existing four-lane roadway from Los Altos Parkway to Golden View Drive, add a projected 10-foot-wide shared use path, five-foot bike lanes, raise medians, add smart traffic signals, as well as enhanced lighting, landscape and improved the scenery and drainage infrastructure.

Motorists are asked to obey traffic controls and drive at posted construction speed limits, or slower as necessary for conditions.