Tunnel closure tonight

Green River, Wyo.  The Wyoming Department of Transportation will be closing access to the Interstate 80 tunnels outside of Green River on the evening of Wednesday, May 29 from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.   Crews will be performing annual maintenance on the electrical infrastructure, as well as cleaning and road maintenance. Similar work was performed earlier this month, but crews were unable to complete all...

Snake River Bridge - Additional bridge deck pour scheduled

The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT), along with contract crews from Ames Construction, will be continuing with the bridge deck concrete pours for the new bridge deck on the Snake River Bridge on Wyoming State Highway 22 at the intersection of Wyoming State Highway 390.  The deck pours are currently scheduled for Thursday, May 30 and Monday, June 3, beginning at 5 a.m. Crews will again...

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...