Warm Springs bridge work closes I-15 ramps, lanes
Several ramp closures and lane restrictions along Interstate 15 will be implemented Wednesday night while Las Vegas Paving crews pour concrete for the new Warm Springs Road bridge.
From 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. Thursday, the ramps from Interstate 215 to southbound I-15 will be closed, along with the access roads. The Nevada Department of Transportation said traffic will be detoured to southbound Las Vegas Boulevard or Decatur Boulevard to Blue Diamond Road and onto I-15 south. Throughout the night, the southbound lanes of the freeway will be reduced to as few as two lanes.
From 7 p.m. until midnight, the new northbound access roads will be reduced to one lane and guided onto Interstate 15. Ramps to Interstate 215 from I-15 north will be closed. To access Interstate 215, take I-15 north to westbound Russell Road, where traffic will be detoured south on the new access roads and onto the 215. To access McCarran International Airport, take I-15 north to Tropicana Avenue.
From midnight to 5 a.m. Thursday, northbound Interstate 15 will be reduced to two lanes and routed to the northbound access road at Blue Diamond. The flyover ramp from eastbound Blue Diamond to I-15 north will be closed.
The bridge will open as a two-lane span at the end of May. The entire six-lane bridge is expected to be completed by mid-summer.
Contact reporter Adrienne Packer at apacker@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-2904.
