Nye County roads will soon be undergoing construction for new center-lane rumble strips thanks to a contract awarded by the Nevada Department of Transportation to MKD Construction.

The total project includes about 1,300 miles of rumble strips on Nevada's rural roads.

Centerline rumble strips have been shown to minimize head-on collisions and are being installed throughout the United States.

The construction is expected to result in single work lanes where 20-minute delays can be expected.

Travelers will be happy to know work will be performed only during daylight hours and not during holidays or special events.

For Nye County the new rumble strips will be keeping drivers awake on sections of Highways 6, 95, 318, 361 and 375.

Highway 375, which takes drivers to Warm Springs, will have approximately 50 miles improved.

Highway 361, which runs through the uppermost northwestern border of Nye County, will have about 22 miles of rumble strips contstructed.

Highway 318, which travels along the upper, short northeastern border of Nye County will have about four miles of new center lane rumble strip.

Highway 376, from just east of Tonopah north through Round Mountain and Carvers, will also be getting new right shoulders in both directions.