Lanes on U.S. 93 will be closed starting Wednesday.
Crews from Nevada Department of Transportation will be closing one lane of U.S. 93 in each direction from Buchanan Boulevard to Lake Shore Drive. The closures will be in place for about two weeks while crews complete the final paving of the highway.
This project will be followed by paving of the area of the freeway from Lake Shore Drive to the Hoover Dam exit. No date for that project has been announced.
The paving is part of the project to widen U.S. 93. The freeway needed to be widened after the O'Callaghan-Tillman Memorial Bridge opened in 2010. The bridge, which allows traffic to bypass the Hoover Dam, increased traffic along U.S. 93 and caused major traffic backups in Boulder City. The expanded lanes will alleviate the problem.
The entire project is expected to be finished by the end of the November.