Interstate 80 west of Laramie will remain closed due to multi-vehicle crash

Interstate 80 between Sinclair and Laramie will be closed until Tuesday or longer, following Monday morning's multi-vehicle crash near the Quealy Dome Interchange, about 20 miles west of Laramie.   At latest count, approximately 50 vehicles, a majority of them large tractor-trailer combinations, were involved in the crash. which occurred about 8 a.m. The wreckage was scattered along the highway for...

Reopening of I-80 not expected until Saturday

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WYDOT crews don't expect to be able to reopen I-80 between Cheyenne and Laramie until sometime Saturday. An earlier reopening would require a break in the weather, which looked extremely unlikely Friday based on existing conditions and forecasts. An additional 6 inches to 11 inches of snow were forecast for the area Friday night and into Saturday. Two of the tractor-trailer rigs involved in the chain...

Transportation Commission awards $12.8 million in highway contracts

Contracts totaling $12.8 million for six highway projects around the state, including two to be funded with revenue from the fuel tax increase, were awarded by the Wyoming Transportation Commission during its March meeting in Cheyenne. Cheyenne’s Simon Contractors and Subsidiaries won the largest of the contracts with a bid of $3.2 million for improvements to nearly 4 miles of US 26 (Valley Road) in...

Wyoming residents continue to express high satisfaction with WYDOT

Eight out of 10 Wyoming residents are satisfied with WYDOT’s stewardship of the state’s transportation system, according to a telephone survey completed by the Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center at the University of Wyoming. WYSAC interviewed 1,004 adult Wyoming residents between Dec. 1 and Dec. 19, and 80 percent of them expressed overall satisfaction with WYDOT’s stewardship of the statewide transportation...

WYDOT, DWS collaborating to provide travel information for workers

WYDOT and the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services (DWS) are collaborating to make it easier for workers to stay abreast of travel conditions. Employers now have the opportunity to display customized road and weather information on large television monitors or other devices placed prominently at work sites to provide employees with regularly updated road condition reports to help them make informed...