NDOT is undertaking an improvement project to reconstruct and enhance Interstate 80 between McCarran Boulevard and Keystone Avenue in west Reno.

Drivers will see lane reductions/shifts, speed reductions and intermittent ramp and road closures as part of the project, beginning in fall 2024 and running through mid 2026.

Interstate Lane Shifts and Speed Reductions

• Lanes will be slightly reduced in width and shifted in the work zone 24/7.
• Speeds will be reduced to 55mph through the work zone.
• Interstate drivers can anticipate moderate travel delays through the work zone.                                       

 Overnight Lane and Ramp Closures

• At least two interstate lanes will remain open in each direction during daytime hours.
• Interstate lanes will additionally be reduced to a minimum of one lane between 10 p.m. - 5 a.m. weekdays.
• Intermittent overnight ramp closures of the west McCarran Boulevard and Keystone Avenue ramps to I-80 will take place between 9 p.m. - 5 a.m. Sunday evenings through Friday mornings. No two consecutive ramps will be closed in the same direction, and detour routes will be marked.
• Motorists should also anticipate overnight lane reductions on McCarran Boulevard and Keystone Avenue between 8 p.m.- 6 a.m. nightly.
• Stoker Avenue will be closed for an extended period underneath I-80 between West Fourth Street and Stardust Street, with business and pedestrian access available. NDOT will provide notification in advance of the closure.
• Construction schedule is weather permitting and subject to change.

The project will resurface both directions of I-80 between McCarran Boulevard and Keystone Avenue in west Reno.

The aging roadway surface will be removed and repaved on more than one mile of interstate.

• An auxiliary merge lane will also be added on eastbound I-80 between western McCarran Boulevard and Keystone Avenue, providing additional merge opportunities for enhanced traffic safety and mobility.
• Approximately 8,000 linear feet of decorative sound wall will be added in certain areas to help reduce traffic sound impacts for surrounding neighborhoods. Sound walls will feature water and fish imagery, reflecting the Truckee River.
• Select interstate bridges will also be resurfaced and improved, and the westbound I-80 bridge over Stoker Avenue will be widened.
• Roadside drainage, signage, lighting and wrong-way driver detection systems will be enhanced.
• Interstate bridges will also be painted and enhanced with sculptures and landscaping celebrating the flora and fauna of the Truckee Meadows:
  •  I-80 West McCarran Boulevard- Bridge will be painted and decorative bridge panels with lizard motif installed. Decorative rock work and additional landscaping trees will also be added.
  • Stoker Avenue bridge underneath I-80- Bridge will be painted.
  • I-80 Keystone Avenue- Bridge will be painted and decorative panels with jackrabbit motif installed. Decorative rock work will also be added.

     

• Approximately 246 existing roadside trees will be removed and replaced to make way for the interstate widening and sound walls and drainage, as well as to provide more resilient vegetation. Existing healthy trees will be replanted on nearby areas of the roadside. Other existing trees determined by an arborist to not be thriving will be replaced with more than 400 hearty trees adapted to the northern Nevada climate, ultimately increasing the number of resilient trees and vegetation on the roadside. Irrigation and detention basins will also be replaced and improved.   

Landscape and aesthetics are used to enhance and define roadway corridors, reflect the heritage and culture of communities and further an area’s tourism and economic development potential.