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[TheStranger]

On a Tahoe vacation this weekend and...oof.  Night driving on US 50 between Stateline and NV 28, and on NV 28 all the way to the California border...

Poor lighting, faded lane lines, and lack of reflectors or anything on most of those stretches.   That was a challenge!

[Occidental Tourist]

Does NDOT put recessed reflectors on highways that get plowed?

[gonealookin]

No.  NDOT does striping only, plus the rumble strips on the center line and the fog line.

A striping job never survives even a mild Tahoe winter.  Our roads have to be restriped every spring.  Caltrans seems to be more diligent in getting that done than NDOT.

Most of the meteor crater potholes on the main roads have received at least a band-aid patch.  Watch out for those on side roads though.

[roadfro]

I don't think any agencies in Nevada regularly use recessed reflectors.

NDOT uses raised pavement markers in several areas of District 1, but that's primarily within Clark County. You go much north of urban limits of Las Vegas, and it's all paint.

LG-H871

[cl94]

Lines...yeah, tell me about it. I work up there and some parts of both US 50 and SR 207 have been effectively unmarked for months. Spray paint markings for future painting went down within the past 2 weeks, so that will hopefully be addressed soon. US 50 has been repainted east of Spooner Summit within the past 2 weeks. With the resurfacing project on 50 being pushed back a couple of years, don't hold your breath for improved/recessed markings like have been used elsewhere. And potholes, there are some massive ones that have been around for several months. Again, good luck getting Douglas County or whoever to fix those with their limited budgets and staffing.

NDOT has trialed recessed/snowplowable reflectors in the past, but does not currently use them. Old ones exist along I-80 east of Sparks and along US 95 in Winnemucca. It should be noted that Caltrans doesn't use them in most of the Sierra, despite recessed reflectors being used in other mountainous parts of the state. Just too much snow for them to survive. Nor do most other states/regions with extreme snowfall have them.

For surface markers, NDOT and local agencies will throw them on raised medians and curbs in Northern Nevada, but never on the driving surface. Only Clark County gets the "traditional" surface markers.

[cl94]

Speak of the devil- NDOT finally started line painting in the basin. US 50 north/east of Zephyr Cove has been repainted within the last week. West of there has not been done yet.