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Highway pavement improvement project starts this month east of Shoshoni

A 37-mile highway improvement/spot patching project is scheduled to start after Memorial Day weekend on U.S. Highway 20/26 east of Shoshoni. The $4.3 million project will focus on seven sections of U.S. 20/26, with the first section beginning about 4.5 miles east of Shoshoni (mileposts 95.45 to 93.68). The other sections begin nine miles east of Shoshoni (mileposts 91.00 to 89.50), 21 miles east of...

Lane striping changes coming this month across Corbett Bridge on U.S. 14A

Reducing vehicle conflicts and improving highway safety are the goals for roadway work on 1.4 miles of U.S. 14A between Cody and Powell. The Wyoming Department of Transportation and contractor S&L Industrial of Cowley are scheduled to work May 27-28 to remove and replace highway striping to create a continuous center left-turn lane. Motorists should expect reduced speeds, traffic control operations...

Paving on each end of Thermopolis' Broadway Street bridge scheduled for next week

UPDATE: Paving on each side of new Broadway Street bridge was postponed today due to manpower issues. THERMOPOLIS, Wyo. -- Paving on each end of the Broadway Street bridge between Thermopolis and East Thermopolis is scheduled for next week. Traffic control devices will be placed on each end of the bridge on Monday, May 18, and flaggers will control bridge access. Paving is scheduled to begin Wednesday,...

Pavement improvements scheduled for May start east of Dubois

A $3.05 million pavement improvement project east of Dubois is scheduled to begin after the Memorial Day holiday. The U.S. Highway 26/287 project includes asphalt pavement milling and surfacing, chip sealing, traffic control, fencing and other work on 4.82 miles of highway between milepost 67.25 (Wind River bridge) and milepost 72.07. Prime contractor is McGarvin-Moberly Construction Co., of Worland....

Paving begins in Laramie County

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Wyoming Department of Transportation maintenance crews have begun a district-wide paving operation in Laramie County. Crews started the district-wide project in Laramie County on Monday, May 11. They will progress west across Laramie and Albany Counties, ending the season-long project in Carbon County. Various road sections will be impacted across Laramie County; crews will relocate...