2019 releases

July 26 2019

Work on WYO 789 to begin next week

RAWLINS, Wyo. – Work to resurface part of WYO 789 and rehab a bridge between Creston Junction and Baggs is scheduled to begin on Monday, July 29. Crews with McGarvin Moberly Construction will begin traffic control on Monday at MM 30.37, which is the location of the bridge rehab over Muddy Creek about 20 miles north of Baggs. During the rehab part of the project, one direction of traffic will be allowed...

July 26 2019

Transportation Commission awards $27.8 million in highway contracts in July

The Wyoming Department of Transportation will replace a bridge and widen a section of WYO 59 near Gillette to improve driving conditions. The Wyoming Transportation Commission awarded Northern Improvement Co., of Fargo, North Dakota, a $11.7 million contract for the WYO 59 work between Gillette and the Montana state line in Campbell County. The commission awarded that and eight other contracts totaling...

July 25 2019

Dubois-area rain events flood U.S. 26/287 with water, mud twice this week

Twice this week, rain-induced water and mud flows have flowed across U.S. 26/287, about 13.5 miles east of Dubois. Wyoming Department of Transportation maintenance crew members were on site to plow mud and water off the highway between 5-8 p.m. on Monday, July 22, and between 4 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 23. WYDOT received assistance from the Dubois Volunteer Fire Department "in washing the...

July 25 2019

New billboards highlight important seat belt message for Fremont County residents/visitors

A new Wind River Reservation billboard campaign uses a local Native American's photographs to highlight the importance of seat belt use in saving lives. The creative work of Eastern Shoshone tribal member Michael Chingman of Fort Washakie is featured in the new seat belt billboards, which as part of the highway safety message, uses "thank you" in the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone languages....

July 23 2019

WYDOT auctioning two more Welcome to Wyoming signs

People who may have missed the Wyoming Department of Transportation’s last “Welcome to Wyoming” sign auction have another chance to own a piece of history. WYDOT is holding an online auction for two 4-by-8-foot aluminum “Welcome to Wyoming” signs featuring the Grand Tetons. The signs feature the Tetons as the background image, with the bucking horse and rider and the words “Forever West” in the foreground....