In November 2025, NDOT completed a project to install a traffic roundabout on State Route 227 (Lamoille Highway) at Boyd-Kennedy Road in the Elko area.

The approximately 100-foot diameter two-lane traffic roundabout is larger in size than the existing Lamoille Highway roundabout at nearby Spring Creek and Licht parkways. Buses and freight trucks will be able to drive over the side of the inside concrete median to travel through the roundabout. 

Photo Illustration of Roundabout

The project also included the following improvements:

• Pedestrian crosswalks will lead to the multi-use path along the north side of the road, providing additional pedestrian access.
• Acceleration and deceleration (turn) lanes at Lamoille Highway and Trescartes Avenue, as well as at the entrance to Spring Creek High School, for channelized turns.
• New LED lighting and advanced roadway signage for additional visibility.
• Landscape artwork installed in the roundabout, including metal cutouts of Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep and mountain lions, along with decorative rock, adapted plants and more.
• The posted speed limit on Lamoille Highway approaching the new roundabout is reduced to 45 mph, with an advisory speed of 25 mph through the roundabout.

Project Benefits

The project will enhance traffic mobility for the approximately 11,000 drivers who travel near the intersection daily.

A one-way circular intersection in which traffic flows around a center island without stop signs or signals, roundabouts can enhance traffic safety. Because traffic enters and exits through right turns only, the occurrence of severe right-angle crashes in roundabouts is less than in many four-way intersections. Traffic crashes reduced more than 80 percent in the three years following the installation of the Spring Creek Parkway roundabout, compared to the three years prior to installation. Lower speeds, increased traffic capacity and decreased delays, congestion, fuel consumption and air pollution are other roundabout benefits found in many national studies.

Traffic Roundabouts

Learn more about traffic roundabouts here: Roundabouts | Nevada Department of Transportation