Current highway conditions: Jan. 14, 2020
UPDATE 2:36 P.M.:
Interstate 80:
For Interstate 80 eastbound traffic, chains are required on all vehicles except 4-wheel-drive vehicles with snow tires on all four wheels from Nyack in Placer County to Truckee in Nevada County.
Eastbound trucks are being screened at Applegate. Westbound trucks are being screened 10 miles east of the Nevada State Line at Mogul.
For Interstate 80 westbound traffic, chains are required on all vehicles except 4-wheel-drive vehicles with snow tires on all four wheels from the Donner Lake Interchange in Nevada County to Nyack in Placer County.
State Route 89:
No chain controls on State Route 89 in Nevada or Placer County.
State Route 20:
chains are required on all vehicles except 4-wheel-drive vehicles with snow tires on all four wheels from 5 miles west of the Junction of I-80 to the Junction of I-80 in Nevada County.
UPDATE 10:45 A.M.:
For Interstate 80 eastbound traffic, chains are required on all vehicles except 4-wheel-drive vehicles with snow tires on all four wheels from Nyack in Placer County to Truckee in Nevada County.
For Interstate 80 westbound traffic, chains are required on all vehicles except 4-wheel-drive vehicles with snow tires on all four wheels from Truckee in nevada County to 2.1 miles east of Baxter in Placer County.
On State Route 89, chains or snow tires are required from Squaw Valley Road in Placer County to Truckee in Nevada County. Also on SR 89, chains or snow tires are required from Truckee in Nevada County to 16 miles north of Truckee in Sierra County. Chains or snow tires are required from Bliss State Park in El Dorado County to Tahoe City in Placer County on SR 89 as well.
Chain controls have been lifted on State Route 28.
UPDATE 8:58 A.M.:
Westbound trucks traveling on Interstate 80 are being screened at the Nevada State Line.
On State Route 20, chains are required on all vehicles except 4-wheel-drive vehicles with snow tires on all four wheels from Washington Road to the Junction of I-80 in Nevada County.
ORIGINALLY POSTED:
Interstate 80
Chains are required on all vehicles except 4-wheel-drive vehicles with snow tires on all four wheels from 2.1 miles east of Baxter in Placer County to the Nevada State Line.
Eastbound trucks are being screened at Applegate in Placer County.
State Route 28
Chains are required on all vehicles except 4-wheel-drive vehicles with snow tires on all four wheels from Tahoe City to 4 miles east of Tahoe City in Placer County.
Chains or snow tires are required from 4 miles east of Tahoe City in Placer County to the Nevada State Line.
State Route 89
Chains or snow tires are required from Truckee in Nevada County to the Sierra/Plumas County Line.
State Route 267
Chains or snow tires are required from Truckee in Nevada County to 5 miles south of Truckee in Placer County.
Chains are required on all vehicles except 4-wheel-drive vehicles with snow tires on all four wheels from 5 miles south of Truckee to Kings Beach in Placer County.
State Route 20
Chains are required on all vehicles except 4-wheel-drive vehicles with snow tires on all four wheels from 9.3 miles east of Nevada City to the Junction of I-80 in Nevada County.
Eastbound trucks are being screened at Nevada Street in Nevada City (Nevada County).
Source: Caltrans
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