NDOT nearly finished with first year of repaving project at Stateline

STATELINE, Nev. (KOLO) - The Nevada Department of Transportation says it is preparing to wrap up the first of two years of a project to repave U.S. 50 at Stateline.

The first year wraps up this Friday for a five and half mile stretch of highway between Spooner Summit and the Nevada/California border.

After Oct.24, drivers will no longer see lane reductions or other traffic related controls related to the project.

Crews have made the following highway improvements since construction began in April:

Paved five and a half miles of U.S. 50 from the Stateline area to just south of Cave Rock, an equivalent of 22 individual lane miles.

A one-mile section of U.S. 50 was not paved from Round Hill to Zephyr Cove this season. With continuation of drainage improvements as part of the Nevada Tahoe