2017 releases

July 12 2017

WYDOT adjusts speeds through Pinedale

Rock Springs, Wyo. – The Wyoming Department of Transportation has made some changes to the speed limits on US 191 north and south of Pinedale. Previously, the speed limits were set at 55 mph at milepost 96.22 to 98.88 (south of Fayette Pole Creek Road), then 40 mph to milepost 99.12 (south of Fremont Lake Road) and then 25 mph through town. Speeds picked up at milepost 99.90 (Lincoln Avenue) to 30...

July 12 2017

Fort Steele rest area closed for maintenance

RAWLINS, Wyo. – The Fort Steele rest area will be closed for several days for maintenance work. Crews will be paving the rest area. It closed today, July 11, and is estimated to reopen Friday morning, July 14. The Fort Steele rest area is off Exit 228 east of Sinclair in Carbon County. For information about this news release, contact WYDOT District 1 public information specialist Matt Murphy at 307-745-2142....

July 10 2017

WYDOT constructs I-80 on-ramp detour near Rock Springs

Two weeks ago, some local residents notified the Wyoming Department of Transportation of some buckling and failing concrete on the exit 102 eastbound on-ramp off Dewar Drive. WYDOT crews responded immediately and were able to clear the debris and fill the gap with patch mix the same day. A damage repair job has been put together to replace the deteriorating section of concrete and will be underway...

July 10 2017

Work continues on Elk Street in Rock Springs, traffic will switch sides

Rock Springs, Wyo. The Wyoming Department of Transportation will be paving the northbound lane this week on Elk Street. Crews will also be striping and then switching traffic to the new pavement by the end of the week. “We ask that local businesses bear with us. We are trying to get approaches open as quickly as possible, while allowing the new asphalt to cool to the required temperatures.” WYDOT...

July 7 2017

Superload to move through downtown Laramie, other Wyo. roads

LARAMIE, Wyo. – A “superload” is scheduled to move through Laramie and across several Wyoming counties on Sunday morning, July 9. The superload, which contains a compressor generator building, is 18 feet wide, 22 feet high, 140 feet long and weighs in at around 400,000 lbs. “It looks like a backyard shed on steroids,” said Gregory Cross, the heavy haul supervisor with Barnhart Crane, the company moving...