LAS VEGAS -- Drivers will want to avoid the Rainbow curve again this weekend.
Nevada Department of Transportation crews will be closing down the 95 at Rainbow in both directions tonight so they can continue installing that high occupancy vehicle fly-over bridge.
Traffic reconfiguration begins tonight at 7 p.m. and ends Monday 5 a.m. Last weekend N-DOT crews finished early.
Here is a list of traffic configuration changes made from the weekend prior:
- Northbound U.S. 95 will have one lane open and will no longer be detoured.
- Southbound U.S. 95 will continue to be detoured through Rainbow Blvd.
- Summerlin Parkway eastbound onto U.S. 95 southbound will have one lane open. No closures on Summerlin Parkway West.
- Access from Rainbow Blvd. to northbound U.S. 95 will no longer be restricted.
- Silver Springs Rd. at Rainbow Blvd. will remain open.
- Access to U.S. 95 north from Jones Blvd. and from Lake Mead Blvd. to U.S. 95 south will be restricted.
- Shuttle services will continue to be provided 24-hours for pedestrians needing to get across Rainbow Blvd.
- Drives needing to get across Rainbow Blvd. will be diverted through surface streets and marked detours. Use recommended or preferred alternate route.
The Summerlin HOV connector is a federally funded project designed to create an overpass for drivers using the HOV connectors to exit onto Summerlin Parkway safely by avoiding weaving traffic.
The $26 million project is expected to be completed by the summer of 2012.
More information can be found at
www.nevadadot.com.
