Nevada Appeal Capitol Bureau
Friday, April 15, 2022
The Nevada Department of Transportation has substantially completed the installation of fencing along U.S. Highway 50 designed to reduce collisions between vehicles and animals.
The fencing in Dayton is primarily designed to protect horses but will also keep cattle from being hit.
A spokesman for NDOT said a total of eight miles of four-strand, four-foot high livestock fencing was installed on both sides of U.S. 50. The fencing is between State Route 341 to just west of River Street in Dayton, between Fortune Drive and western Occidental Drive and between Six Mile Canyon Road and Chaves Road.
The remaining work on the project consists of installing roadway lighting at the end of each fenced section for better visibility.
Between 2017 and 2019, a spokesman said there were 27 horse-related crashes in the area where the fences have been installed.
The new fences join the nearly 24 miles of existing highway fencing on U.S. 50 between Dayton and Silver Springs.
Other highways bordering the Virginia Range, which is home to a significant horse herd, include USA Parkway and U.S. 50A north of Silver Springs.
NDOT has also installed three wildlife “under-crossings” in the Virginia Range to accommodate horses and other animals.
