2019 releases

May 15 2019

Chief Joseph Slide improvements scheduled to resume next week northwest of Cody

A $5.54 million project to repair the Chief Joseph Slide is scheduled to resume work next week on WYO 296 near Cody. Oftedal Construction Inc., of Casper, is the prime contractor. The Chief Joseph Slide is located about 20 miles east of WYO 120, northwest of Cody. "All work will need to be completed by June 30, 2019," said Wyoming Department of Transportation resident engineer Todd Frost of Cody. "Remaining...

May 15 2019

Railroad crossing repairs slated Saturday near Lovell

BNSF Railway Co. workers are scheduled to make repairs on an at-grade railroad crossing east of the Bighorn Lake causeway this Saturday. The US 14A at-grade railroad crossing is located at milepost 55.43, west of Lovell, according to WYDOT Traffic Engineer Jack Hoffman of Basin. The repairs are scheduled to begin about 5 a.m. Saturday. "During the work, traffic will be detoured around the construction...

May 15 2019

Superior Interchange will be affected by bridge removal

The Wyoming Department of Transportation will be intermittently closing a section of roadway underneath the bridge at the WYO 371 Superior Road and Interstate 80 interchange. WYDOT, along with contract crews Kilgore Companies doing business as Lewis & Lewis Inc. and DeBernardi Construction Co., will be initiating temporary periodic daytime closures of both lanes under the bridge off the interchange...

May 14 2019

Brief closures scheduled for Interstate 80

The Wyoming Department of Transportation will be briefly closing a section of Interstate 80 near the Superior exit and Point of Rocks exit (milepost 122 to milepost 131) to conduct some rock scaling work. Crews are currently working in the area and the closures will be necessary for certain site areas that are too close to the highway for scaling activities to take place safety. The closures will begin...

May 10 2019

Public Safety Communications Commission to meet in Buffalo

The Wyoming Public Safety Communications Commission (PSCC) will meet at 3 p.m., May 14 in the Hampton Inn & Suites Meeting Room at 85 US16 in Buffalo. The commission will hear updates on the expansion of WyoLink and FirstNet. Commissioners will also attend the groundbreaking for a new tower in Buffalo that is part of the expansion of WyoLink. The groundbreaking will be east of exit 298 off of Interstate...