2020 releases

August 14 2020

Wyoming Transportation Commission to meet Aug. 20

The Wyoming Transportation Commission will meet at 8:30 a.m., Aug. 20, via video conference. The purpose of the business meeting is to address and vote upon, when appropriate, the topics on the attached agenda. Following the business meeting, the commission will meet for an education session about WYDOT’s engineer's estimates and bid analysis. For more information about the meeting, please contact...

August 13 2020

Sand Turn lookout temporarily closed to traffic

SHERIDAN -- The Sand Turn scenic turnout on US 14 west of Dayton will be temporarily closed to traffic due to damage from a accident.. The accident occurred on Aug. 12 when a semi truck lost its brakes when coming to a stop and took out the majority of the guardrail along the turnout. According to Wyoming Highway Patrol Trooper Louis Tegdesch, the driver had stopped at the brake check station prior...

August 13 2020

Pavement improvements scheduled to begin Monday on US 26/287 east of Dubois

A $4.4 million pavement improvement project is scheduled to begin Monday, Aug. 17, on 10.9 miles of US 26/287 directly east of Dubois. The pavement overlay, chip seal, fencing and other work are scheduled between the Dubois city limits (milepost 56.40) to milepost 67.25, which is about 500 feet inside the western edge of the Wind River Reservation on US 26/287, according to Wyoming Department of Transportation...

August 13 2020

Wyoming Aeronautics Commission to meet Aug. 18

The Wyoming Aeronautics Commission will meet at 1:30 p.m., Aug. 18, via a video conference. The purpose of the business meeting is to address and vote upon, when appropriate, the topics on the attached agenda. For more information about the meeting, please contact the Aeronautics Commission Secretary at (307) 777-4015 or by email. For information to join the meeting, or to view and download the...

August 12 2020

Legal loads will be allowed overnight on Snake River Bridge

JACKSON, Wyo. – The Wyoming Department of Transportation’s (WYDOT) will be setting up temporary signals at each end of the Snake River Bridge on WYO 22 near the intersection of WYO 22 and WYO 390 this week to allow legal loads to cross the bridge at night. Traffic will be restricted to alternating, one-way traffic from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. nightly (seven days a week). Due to the reduced traffic volumes...