2021 Releases

August 18 2021

Riverton Main Street repair project slated to restart Thursday, Aug. 19, with concrete milling

Rehabilitation of Riverton Main Street's concrete driving surface is slated to restart with concrete milling Thursday between North Federal Boulevard and North 1st Street. 71 Construction of Riverton is the prime contractor on a $1.443 million concrete rehabilitation project on Main Street in downtown Riverton. Traffic movements will involve two-way traffic on the north half of Main Street between...

August 16 2021

I-80 Exit 111 westbound will be closed this week

Rock Springs, Wyo. – The Wyoming Department of Transportation and contract crews from IHC SCOTT Inc., will be closing the westbound off-ramp at exit 111, Middle Baxter Road, as part of a project taking place East of Rock Springs on Interstate 80. The closures will take place from today, Aug.16 through Sat. Aug. 21, while they install a new cattle guard. For those traveling to the airport from Rock...

August 16 2021

WYDOT/Fremont County joint project to remove Burma Road cattle guard Wednesday

Removal of a cattle guard will disrupt traffic patterns at WY789's intersection with Burma Road on Wednesday, Aug. 18, north of Riverton Wyoming Department of Transportation maintenance foreman Shane Pugh of Riverton said WYDOT and the Fremont County Transportation Department are collaborating on the project to permanently remove the cattle guard at the Burma Road/WY789 intersection. The cattle guard...

August 13 2021

Driver Services locations in Jackson, Thayne adjusting hours

The Driver Services office in Thayne will see an increase in services in early 2022 after some internal restructuring by the Wyoming Department of Transportation. Starting in January, the Thayne office will transition to being open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with a break for lunch at noon. Currently, some employees from the Jackson location are traveling to Thayne twice a week to...

August 13 2021

Lander Main Street concrete grinding to begin next week

The $6.89 million Lander concrete rehabilitation project/US287 pavement overlay project is continuing, and concrete grinding along Lander's Main Street is scheduled to begin Monday, Aug. 16. Wyoming Department of Transportation resident engineer Erik Smith said the concrete grinding operation will be a nighttime operation scheduled between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. on working days. "The concrete grinding is...