Work installing a strip of rough pavement designed to warn motorists they are crossing the center line is expected to continue on Highway 88 this morning.
The highway will be down to one lane between Mottsville Lane and the California stateline while a rumblestrip is installed.
Nevada Department of Transportation spokesman Scott Magruder said the rumblestrip is being installed 2,000 miles of rural Nevada highways to improve safety.
Workers are expecting to start work on Highway 395 through the Pine Nut Mountains depending on the weather today.
Magruder said the work could result in traffic delays of 15-20 minutes.
"The strips will match the ones on the side," he said. "We are doing an aggressive statewide campaign to get these on the majority of rural roads."
Magruder said the strips should help prevent head-on collisions caused by inattention.
"They are on narrow roads, where if you happen to drift over toward the center they will jar you if you're drifting off," he said. "They are going to reduce head-on collisions."
Work should start on highways in Lyon County.
The work will move down the highway along with the machine that installs the strip and then paint a new centerline.
Pilot cars will escort motorists around the road work.
Work to expand Highway 395 north to three lanes between Jacks Valley and Clear Creek roads is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. tonight.
The construction will reduce northbound Highway 395 to a single lane.
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