District-wide chip seal project could cause delays

LARAMIE, Wyo. — Motorists around southeast Wyoming can expect delays as the Wyoming Department of Transportation’s District 1 begins its annual chip sealing project on Tuesday, June 4, weather permitting. Chip sealing helps preserve the pavement and improves pavement traction. Crews with Intermountain Slurry Seal, Inc. will begin the project in Laramie County on Bishop Boulevard, between mile markers...

Crews will be striping Interstate 80

Rock Springs, Wyo.  The Wyoming Department of Transportation, along with contract crews from Streamline Markings, will be striping traffic markings on Interstate 80 at various locations between the Bridger Valley and Rock Springs beginning Wednesday, May 29.  Operations will take place as temperatures allow from sunrise to sunset.  Striping operations are mobile so motorists are asked to reduce their...

Paving work has begun on I-80 near Wagonhound

RAWLINS, Wyo. - Crews with Simon Contractors and the Wyoming Department of Transportation have begun work along Interstate 80 near Wagonhound.   Work will take place between mile markers 258 to 268 in the eastbound lanes only. Work will include mill and overlay, with a high performance wearing course. Some concrete slabs will be replaced in the driving lane as well. The hot plant for the project is...

WYO 70 over Battle Pass opens for the season

SARATOGA, Wyo. — Wyoming Department of Transportation maintenance crews reopened the seasonally-closed section of Wyoming Highway 70 today for the summer season. Crews from Saratoga and Baggs started work on the 23-mile stretch of highway in early May, using multiple rotary plows, snowcats and other heavy equipment to clear large drifts of snow. The highway is one of several high-elevation mountain...

WYO 130 through the Snowy Range opens for the season

LARAMIE, Wyo. – The seasonally-closed section of Wyoming Highway 130 through the Snowy Range has officially reopened for the summer. Crews from Laramie and Saratoga, with some assistance from Casper and Cheyenne crews, started work on the 12-mile stretch of the scenic byway in mid-May with a target reopening date of Memorial Day Weekend. Multiple rotary plows, snowcats and other heavy equipment were...