NDOT headquarters is located on Stewart Street (former State Route 520) in Carson City, Nevada.

True to its name, the Department of Highways has focused mostly on creating roads that can accommodate automobiles since its year of inception.

[1] The current Department of Transportation supervises five divisions, which are the following:[3] The division consists of the following sub-divisions: accounting, administrative services, civil rights/disadvantaged business enterprises, communications, financial forecasting, financial management, flight operations, and information technology.

These subdivisions fall under the purveyor of the Engineering Division: design, environmental program, location, project management, right of way, and structure.

The division has the largest number of subdivisions in comparison to the others, which are: aviation, bicycle and pedestrian, Connecting Nevada, freight, performance analysis, public transit, rail, research, roadway systems, traffic safety engineering, traffic information, and transportation planning.