2019 releases

August 6 2019

WYDOT, WHP urge motorists and motorcyclists to be extra vigilant during Sturgis

With more motorcyclists expected on the roads in the next week, the Wyoming Department of Transportation and the Wyoming Highway Patrol want to remind all motorists to be extra vigilant when driving. The annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally will start this weekend, which means more traffic on Wyoming’s roads and in the northeast part of the state as they head to Sturgis. This year’s event will run from...

August 5 2019

WYDOT’s 2020 STIP now available for review

The Wyoming Department of Transportation is seeking public comment and review of its 2020 transportation improvement planning document. WYDOT’s draft 2020 State Transportation Improvement Plan (STIP) is available on the department’s website. People can click on the blue box on the right side of the page to access the STIP web page, which contains the 2020 STIP PDF and the STIP map where people can...

August 1 2019

WYDOT adds new truck warning sign on WYO 230

LARAMIE, Wyo. – The Wyoming Department of Transportation has installed a new truck warning sign on WYO 230 west of Woods Landing to further warn truckers of the steep descent and sharp curves from the top of the Woods Creek canyon to Woods Landing. WYDOT crews installed the sign on July 23. It is in addition to new chevron signs that will be added to curves on WYO 230 later this summer as part of a...

July 31 2019

Scrub seal highway rehabilitation project set for August south of Ten Sleep

A $1.1 million pavement rehabilitation project is scheduled to begin Aug. 6 on WYO 434 (the Big Trails Road) south of Ten Sleep. The project is slated to begin on the south edge of Ten Sleep (milepost 0.267) and it extends nearly 15 miles south to milepost 15. "Crack surfacing is scheduled to begin next week (mileposts 7.75 to 11), with the scrub seal portion of this project starting about Aug. 19,"...

July 31 2019

Pavement improvement project begins north of Thermopolis

A $2 million pavement improvement project has started on US 20/WYO 789, about 7 miles north of Thermopolis. Asphalt pavement milling started Monday. The scope of work for prime contractor Mountain Construction Co., of Lovell includes milling of existing asphalt pavement, asphalt paving, chip sealing and other work on 6.8 miles of US 20/WYO 789. Chip-sealing only will take place on the first 2.2 miles...