2020 releases

August 18 2020

Bridge maintenance work on I-25 extended one day

WYDOT maintenance crews will continue bridge repairs on I-25 southbound between mile markers 9.14-8.9 on Wednesday. Motorists through the area should be prepared to slow down and expect delays due to lane closures, speed limit reductions and workers present. There will also be detours in place for those looking to merge onto I-25 southbound from US 30 (Lincolnway). Work will begin around 6 a.m. and...

August 17 2020

Black Hills Energy and Wyoming Department of Transportation advise of I-80 traffic delays near Cheyenne

CHEYENNE, Wy. – Motorists traveling on Interstate 80 west of Cheyenne will experience delays beginning at 6 a.m. on Aug. 18 and 19 as contractors with Black Hills Energy and the Wyoming Department of Transportation work to install overhead power transmission lines across the interstate. The installation will require temporarily stopping both eastbound and westbound interstate traffic for at least 15...

August 17 2020

Paving to begin Aug. 17 on WYO 59 through Wright

WRIGHT, WY -- Contractors have been widening a 6-mile section of WYO 59 from milepost 71 to 77 through the town of Wright over the past few months and are now ready to begin paving operations. These paving operations will begin at the south end of the project near the intersection of WYO 450. Contractors will pave the newly constructed outer travel lanes first where they will tie into the existing...

August 17 2020

Pavement marking project scheduled to begin Aug. 19 in Worland

A northwest and central Wyoming thermoplastic pavement marking project is scheduled to begin Wednesday, Aug. 19, on Big Horn Avenue in Worland. The work in Worland is scheduled to take about a week to complete, according to Wyoming Department of Transportation project engineer Riley Palsma of Basin. The Worland thermoplastics installation will involve the intersections of Big Horn and 15th Street,...

August 17 2020

Upcoming bridge repair work likely to cause delays on I-25

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Southbound motorists on Interstate 25 through Cheyenne should expect delays early next week as maintenance crews with the Wyoming Department of Transportation work on bridge repairs. Crews will be working on a structure in the southbound lanes of I-25 between mile markers 9.14-8.9, just north of the I-25/Interstate 80 interchange. Work is scheduled to last from 6 a.m.-5 p.m. both Monday...