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Roadbuilding

Busy Las Vegas pedestrian bridges get $34 million upgrade

The pedestrian bridges at Tropicana Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard have undergone a $34 million upgrade. The bridges connect to the MGM Grand, Tropicana, Excalibur and New York-New York hotel casinos and serve about 130,000 pedestrians a day. The work involved replacing 16 escalators and adding tempered-glass wind screens, polished aluminum composite material panel cladding […]

December 22, 2017

Roadbuilding

New I-15 interchange near Las Vegas to reduce congestion, noise

A new interchange to Interstate 15 near Las Vegas is being built to relieve traffic and reduce traffic noise for nearby residents. The $33.7 million interchange at Starr Avenue will include six lanes, landscaped medians and bike lanes and is scheduled to be completed in mid-2019. The project completes construction of Starr Avenue between Las […]

December 4, 2017

Roadbuilding

U.S. 95 in Las Vegas to be widened under $65 million contract

Widening of a busy corridor in Las Vegas will begin in January now that the Nevada Department of Transportation has awarded a $65 million contract. U.S. 95 will be widened from four lanes to six for 6 miles between Durango Drive and Kyle Canyon Road. “This project will relieve congestion, improve efficiency and enhance safety […]

November 16, 2017

Roadbuilding

Lane closures planned for widening I-15 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Drivers on Interstate 15 near the Las Vegas Motor Speedway can expect nighttime lane closures this week. The Nevada Department of Transportation says the closures are part of a project to widen 4.8 miles of I-15 between Craig Road and Speedway Boulevard from four to six lanes. The $33.8 million project is designed to alleviate […]

October 23, 2017

Roadbuilding

Nevada DOT hopes I-11 signs will stop GPS confusion

A new two-mile section of an interstate highway that will eventually link Las Vegas and Phoenix ­– and one day, Mexico and Canada – is causing some confusion for drivers relying on GPS systems, the Las Vegas Sun reports. To help remedy the problem, the Nevada Department of Transportation plans to change interstate shield signs […]

September 14, 2017

Roadbuilding

Nevada DOT celebrates 100 years

The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) celebrated its 100th birthday Thursday. Formed as the Nevada Department of Highways in 1917, the department’s original mission was to turn the rutted dirt paths forged by pioneers into roads, according to a report from CarsonNow.org. Highway construction, at the time, was difficult, and road grading was done using teams of horses. In January […]

March 24, 2017

Roadbuilding

ARTBA ranks Nevada bridges #1 in the nation

The American Road and Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) recently-released analysis of bridges in the United States shows that only 1.6 percent of Nevada’s approximately 2,000 public bridges are considered structurally deficient, once again making Nevada the top ranking state in the nation, the Carson Valley Times reports. The Nevada Department of Transportation’s (NDOT) bridge inspection and rehabilitation program has […]

March 1, 2017

Roadbuilding

Nevada DOT installing the first of 52 active traffic management signs on its highways

Earlier this month, the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) began upgrading the way it alerts motorists by installing the first of 52 Active Traffic Management (ATM) signs on a portion of U.S. 95,  the Las Vegas Sun reports. The signs are part of Project Neon, a nearly $1 million project that includes widening 3.7 miles of Interstate 15 from […]

February 27, 2017

Roadbuilding

Nevada DOT’s Project Neon providing training spots for federal law enforcement

Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) right-of-way purchases for the Project Neon Interstate 15 widening project has created a series of vacant buildings in which the agency is allowing federal law enforcement officials to use as training site. “They have smashed windows, blown doors, and busted through walls in order to simulate a real engagement,” says […]

July 28, 2016

Roadbuilding

Nevada DOT awards $33.8 million I-15 widening project

The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) has awarded Las Vegas Paving a contract for improvements and widening of a 5-mile stretch of Interstate 15 in North Las Vegas. This section of roadways has 41,600 travel along it each day, but is expected to increase 71 percent in the next 15 years. NDOT estimates the project […]

June 14, 2016

Roadbuilding

Las Vegas spending $20 million on seismic updates to bridges on I-15

While engineers try to figure out why a bridge in Oklahoma failed so easily when it was hit by a truck on May 19, highway workers in Las Vegas are busy making sure their bridges are safe. According to 3 News Las Vegas, several Interstate 15 bridges are receiving $20 million worth of seismic updates. “We are wrapping […]

May 27, 2016

Roadbuilding

Nevada DOT taps Kiewit Infrastructure West for design-build on Project NEON

The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) has awarded the $559.4 million Project NEON  design-build contract to Kiewit Infrastructure West. The project involves widening a 3.7-mile stretch of I-15 between Sahara Avenue and the Spaghetti Bowl interchange in downtown Las Vegas. NDOT says this section of the interstate is the busiest section of highway in […]

November 12, 2015