Transportation Commission awards $22.7 million in highway contracts in August

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The Wyoming Transportation Commission awarded $22.7 million in contracts for seven Wyoming Department of Transportation construction projects during its August regular business meeting. The Commission awarded a $8.29 million bid to Idaho-based H-K Contractors, Inc., for combined projects involving asphalt paving, fencing, grading, traffic control and chip seal work on approximately...

Paving operations to temporarily close Grand Ave. approaches in Laramie

LARAMIE, Wyo. – Crews with Knife River and The Wyoming Department of Transportation will temporarily close the approaches to Grand Avenue from US287/3rd Street tonight, weather permitting. Crews will begin milling operations Thursday morning. Once the surface has been milled, paving operations will take place. Detours will be in place. The temporary closure will last a couple weeks. All WYDOT project...

WYDOT crews will be working on Fish Creek Bridge tonight

JACKSON, Wyo. – The Wyoming Department of Transportation drilling crews will be taking core samples on the Fish Creek Bridge on Wyoming State Highway 22  overnight in the early morning hours of August 19th, from 4 a.m. to 6 a.m. The work will necessitate lane closures for crews to access areas on the bridge to take core samples. Any nighttime traffic will be controlled by localized flagging operations...

District-wide epoxy striping to begin throughout northeast Wyoming.

SHERIDAN, Wyo - The Wyoming Department of Transportation and its contractor, S&L Industrial, will begin epoxy striping in five northeast Wyoming counties the week of August 24. Epoxy striping is a durable line marking method that uses epoxy resin paint, typically applied in high-traffic areas.  In preparation for the epoxy, the roadway is cleaned, and the lines are etched into the roadway, followed...

WYO 374 bridge will close for a week for paving

GREEN RIVER, Wyo. – The Wyoming Department of Transportation and contract crews from DeBernardi Construction Company, Inc., will be closing the bridge on Wyoming State Highway 374 at mile marker 82.67, the bridge over the railroad near the La Barge Interchange west of Green River, for paving operations beginning Monday, Aug. 25. The work should last through the week. Once the paving work is complete,...