Caltrans has resumed its Interstate 80 projects from Colfax to the Nevada state line.

Actual project time lines may vary, but weather permitting construction is scheduled from now through November.

Projects slated for construction this season will replace and rehabilitate worn roadway, rehabilitate ramps, improve drainage, widen shoulders and replace metal guardrails. Caltrans will make every effort to limit traffic impacts to the public caused by the construction.

Projects include:

Emigrant Gap

The $167 million project will repair and resurface more than 42 lane miles of roadway in Placer and Nevada counties from Carpenter Flat undercrossing at the Emigrant Gap interchange to Hampshire Rock undercrossing at the Rainbow interchange. The project will repair severely distressed pavement and improve safety by upgrading median barriers. Completion is expected by fall 2013.

Donner III

This project will rebuild and replace aging pavement and improve safety on eastbound Interstate 80 from Castle Peak undercrossing to 1.4 miles west of Donner overcrossing, and westbound from the Donner Summit Rest Area to just east of Donner Lake. In addition to roadway rehabilitation, the $78 million project includes replacement of guardrail, existing drainage systems, storm water treatment systems, lighting safety upgrades and rehabilitation of the Donner Lake undercrossing. Expected completion of the project is fall 2011.

Meadow Vista to Colfax

The $4.9 million rehabilitation project will replace and improve almost nine miles of pavement on Interstate 80 from Meadow Vista to Colfax in both east and westbound directions. The project is scheduled to begin mid-June and completed by late October 2011.

The “Get Across 80” construction program, launched in 2010, consists of eight projects totaling more than $520 million to repair and improve Interstate 80 between Colfax and the Nevada state line. Voter-approved, Proposition 1B funds contributed almost $74 million to the cost of improving this vital economic artery.