2023 Releases

May 30 2023

Structure and paving work to begin in Baggs

BAGGS, Wyo.- Crews with the Wyoming Department of Transportation and McGarvin-Moberly, with subcontractors DeBernardi Construction Co., will begin work in the Town of Baggs today, weather permitting. The first phase of the three phase project on Wyoming Highway 789 and Wyoming Highway 70 will involve sidewalk, curb and gutter, ADA updates, and double gutter work. Crews will close alternating intersections...

May 25 2023

WYO 70 over Battle Pass opens for the season

SARATOGA, Wyo. — Wyoming Department of Transportation maintenance crews reopened the seasonally-closed section of Wyoming Highway 70 today for the summer season. Crews from Saratoga and Baggs started work on the 23-mile stretch of highway in early May, using multiple rotary plows, snowcats and other heavy equipment to clear large drifts of snow. The highway is one of several high-elevation mountain...

May 25 2023

WYO 130 through the Snowy Range opens for the season

LARAMIE, Wyo. – The seasonally-closed section of Wyoming Highway 130 through the Snowy Range has officially reopened for the summer. Crews from Laramie and Saratoga, with some assistance from Arlington and Cheyenne crews, started work on the 12-mile stretch of the scenic byway in early May with a target reopening date of Memorial Day Weekend. Multiple rotary plows, snowcats and other heavy equipment...

May 23 2023

WYDOT to begin working on retrofitting US16 CatchNET runaway truck system

Buffalo, Wyo – The Wyoming Department of Transportation Commission awarded S&S Builders of Cheyenne a $1.4 million contract to retrofit the runaway truck system on US 16 west of Buffalo at mile marker 85.40. Work will begin the week of May 29 and is scheduled to be completed by September 30, 2023. While work is being completed on this project the truck arrestor, also known as a CatchNET system will...

May 22 2023

Pavement improvement project starts this week west of Riverton

A $5.82 million pavement improvement project is scheduled to begin Wednesday, May 24, on US26/287 near Crowheart. The project includes asphalt pavement surfacing, milling, chip sealing, traffic control and other work on 12.9 miles of US26/287 between mileposts 72.13 (about 16 miles southeast of Dubois) and 85.03 (14 miles northwest of Diversion Dam Junction). Prime contractor on the project is McGarvin-Moberly...