2018 releases

March 30 2018

Department offers online motorcycle training option

The Wyoming Department of Transportation is committed to removing barriers for riders on the path to the freedom of the open road on a motorcycle. Starting this spring, Motorcycle Safety classes through WYDOT will now include an online component for a portion of the classroom learning. The classes will provide students a flexible option to complete a 3-hour e-course during the two weeks prior to the...

March 30 2018

Asphalt milling begins on project between Lovell and Cowley

Traffic delays of up to 20 minutes are expected beginning Monday, April 2, on US 310/WYO 789 between Lovell and Cowley in northwest Wyoming. "The contractor will begin milling the highway shoulders and portions of the areas being reconstructed," according to Wyoming Department of Transportation resident engineer Michael Miller of Basin. The $11.7 million Sage Creek highway and bridge improvement project...

March 30 2018

Woman rescued from WYO 28 crash after spending 10 hours pinned inside her vehicle near Lander

An observant Wyoming Department of Transportation maintenance employee saw tire tracks and a hole in the fence along WYO 28 south of Lander Tuesday, eventually leading to the rescue of a Fort Washakie woman. Candice Tindall, 25, of Fort Washakie, was extricated from her crashed vehicle by Fremont County fire and emergency services personnel after they were dispatched to the scene by South Pass WYDOT...

March 28 2018

Reduced 40 mph speed limit in place on WYO 132 (Blue Sky Highway) north of Ethete

Maintenance crews from the Wyoming Department of Transportation are working to hold together WYO 132 (Blue Sky Highway) near Wyoming Indian Elementary School on the Wind River Reservation. The highway, between the traffic signal in Ethete and US 287 north of Lander, is slated for reconstruction beginning this spring. The reconstruction project is expected to be completed in 2018. In the meantime, parts...

March 28 2018

US 14-16-20 safety project to reopen parking area for climbers west of Cody

A parking area will be reopened in June to improve pedestrian safety to a popular climbing area in between the tunnels on US 14-16-20 near Cody. Improvements on the $219,000 project are scheduled to begin April 9. Work consists of replacement of guardrail, new curb and gutter, new double gutter for the new entrance into the climbing area parking lot, and paving and chip sealing of the parking area....