2022 Releases

June 6 2022

Paving scheduled on Twin Creek highway improvements southeast of Lander

Roadway work is scheduled to begin this week on US287/WY789 southeast of Lander near Twin Creek. "The contractor will begin shoulder work operations between mileposts 74 to 64," said Wyoming Department of Transportation project engineer Brian Martin of Lander. "Pavement milling is scheduled, beginning Wednesday, June 8, with paving expected to begin Monday, June 13." Martin said prime contractor McGarvin-Moberly...

June 3 2022

Bridge rehab and pavement work to start on WYO 70 by Savery

BAGGS, Wyo. – Crews with the Wyoming Department of Transportation and McGarvin-Moberly Construction Co. are scheduled to begin work on WYO 70 by Savery on Monday, June 6, weather permitting. The work will begin at mile marker 11 and end approximately 6 miles to the east at mile marker 17. The project includes milling and pavement work, as well as a structure rehabilitation on bridges at mile markers...

June 3 2022

Reminder: Signs not allowed in highway right-of-way

The Wyoming Department of Transportation today issued a reminder that advertising signs cannot be placed in the state right-of-way. "With the upcoming elections, we’ve seen an increase in the number of signs our maintenance crews are having to remove from the right-of-way fence or from the right-of-way itself,” said WYDOT area maintenance supervisor Mike Hitshew of Lander. “Wyoming law and WYDOT policy...

June 2 2022

Point of Rocks off-ramp will be closed for maintenance work Monday

The Wyoming Department of Transportation, along with contract crews from Kilgore Companies, LLC doing business as Lewis & Lewis, Inc. will be closing the eastbound on and off ramps at exit 130, the Point of Rocks interchange, for maintenance milling and paving operations. Eastbound traffic will have to detour to exit 122. The work is scheduled to last one day and will take place Monday, June 6. The...

June 1 2022

US14A reopens between Lovell and Sheridan after Memorial Day weekend blizzard

US14A has reopened following a Memorial Day weekend blizzard which dropped up to 2 feet of snow and wind deposited deep drifts between Lovell and Sheridan. US14A opened for the spring at noon Friday, May 27, but the opener was short-lived as a good old-fashioned spring blizzard rocked the mountains of northwest and north central Wyoming with wet, heavy snow and self-closed the high mountain, scenic...