Carlin Tunnel East
Live camera on I-80, with the current status of the road it sits on and the forecast at the nearest pass.
Storm alerts
A notification on this device when chain control starts, changes or lifts, or a road closes or reopens. Pick your roads:
An alert is a heads-up that something changed, not a road report, and it can arrive a few minutes after the change. Before you drive, check Caltrans QuickMap or Nevada 511 (nvroads.com), or call 511. A few alerts a day at most; no account, no email, and you can turn them off here any time (what we keep).
Live video, confirmed streaming at .
Weather at Carlin
- Today
- Sunny
- Temperature
- 70°F
- Wind
- 0 to 5 mph
- Zone
- NVZ038
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Forecast read
Where this camera is
This camera is the red marker; the blue dots are the other cameras on I-80. Click one to open it.
What this camera shows
Sitting at 4,984 feet, this view captures conditions at the eastern approach to the bore, sharing virtually the same elevation as the adjacent eastbound thermal sensor and westbound installations. Because no published chain-control checkpoints operate near this stretch, the roadway typically remains free of mandatory restrictions during lighter storms. Watching the live video stream reveals how traffic moves across the tunnel threshold, giving immediate confirmation if high-speed travel has begun bunching up or slowing down on the concrete lanes.
Instead of showing elevation-driven changes along the grade, this position clarifies whether localized freezing has taken hold near the portal itself. The twin views alongside it provide direction-specific angles, but this feed lets drivers gauge blowing snow and tracking slush right at the entrance. If the pavement here shows accumulating slush rather than clear tire tracks, similar surface conditions are likely established across the neighboring cameras on this immediate section.
I-80: questions answered
Chain-control points on I-80
Caltrans does not control the whole road at once — it sets controls at whichever point matches the snow level, so the same storm produces controls at different places on different days. These are the California-side points, highest first:
| Point | Elevation | Near | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Peak, (@ DRA Holding only) | 7,247 ft | Norden | Clear |
| DLI (Donner Lake Interchange) | 6,404 ft | Truckee | Clear |
| Kingvale | 6,076 ft | Soda Springs | Clear |
| Rainbow | 5,921 ft | Soda Springs | Clear |
| Truckee | 5,905 ft | Truckee | Clear |
| Overland Trail - OTL Truck Screens | 5,820 ft | Truckee | Clear |
| Yuba Gap | 5,770 ft | Emigrant Gap | Clear |
| Cisco Grove | 5,659 ft | Soda Springs | Clear |
| Boca | 5,531 ft | Truckee | Clear |
| Eagle Lakes | 5,449 ft | Emigrant Gap | Clear |
| Floriston On-ramp | 5,403 ft | Floriston | Clear |
| Nyack | 5,400 ft | Emigrant Gap | Clear |
The cameras either side
More cameras on I-80
- Hwy 80 at Applegate
- Hwy 80 at Colfax
- Hwy 80 at Whitmore Grade
- Hwy 80 at Kingvale Eastbound 2
- I-80 at Kingvale - Eastbound
- I-80 at Kingvale - Westbound
Other roads
Camera: Nevada DOT. Chain-control status and closures: Caltrans District 3 (public domain) and Nevada DOT / nvroads.com. Nevada Explorer is not affiliated with any of them. Always confirm at roads.dot.ca.gov or nvroads.com before you travel.