2017 releases

September 14 2017

WYDOT’s 511 map now features alternative fuel locations

Drivers with alternative fuel vehicles can now find locations in the state where they can fuel up by visiting the Wyoming Department of Transportation’s 511 Travel Information map. The map’s new “Alternative Fuel Sites” layer shows alternative fuel locations and what types of fuels are offered. The alternative fuels layer is the latest enhancement to the 511 map, which provides travelers with road...

September 11 2017

Fremont County DUI crackdown nets 10 DUI arrests

As part of the county-wide, multi-agency DUI crackdown this past Labor Day holiday weekend, Fremont County law enforcement arrested 10 drunk drivers. During a longer than normal five-day operation, area law enforcement made 331 traffic stops, issued 105 speeding tickets, 80 other tickets and issued 214 warnings. Fremont County law enforcement agencies have completed 11 multi-agency traffic safety operations...

September 11 2017

Sugden to be inducted into Wyoming Aviation Hall of Fame

Richard G. Sugden, M.D., of Jackson, who played a pivotal role in establishing aviation assisted emergency medical services in the Jackson Hole area, is the 2017 inductee into the Wyoming Aviation Hall of Fame. An induction ceremony in his honor will be held 6 p.m., Sept. 19 at the Teton Aviation/Warbirds Restaurant at the Driggs, Idaho, airport. After starting Jackson Hole Air Ambulance in 1980,...

September 11 2017

Section of Walterscheid Blvd. closed, I-80 reduced to one lane after truck cargo strikes bridge

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Walterscheid Boulevard is closed between Deming Drive and Fox Farm Road after a truck carrying heavy equipment struck the bridge that carries Interstate 80 over Walterscheid Friday afternoon, Sept. 8. The right lane of I-80 eastbound will also be closed over that bridge indefinitely. The I-80 closure is a precaution until the bridge can be inspected, and Walterscheid is closed as a...

September 7 2017

Department encourages reuse, recycling of old plates

Over the course of the eight-year license plate design for the state of Wyoming, the Wyoming Department of Transportation will produce between 3.5-4.5 million sets of plates. This amounts to more than 1 million pounds of aluminum every eight years that WYDOT Tag Plant Manager Steve Lund said WYDOT hopes will be reused or recycled. The initial run of the new license plates was 1.2 million sets of plates....