Paving crew scheduled for Big Horn Basin hot-mix patching

A Wyoming Department of Transportation asphalt paving crew is scheduled for hot-mix patching work beginning Monday, Aug. 19, in Big Horn County. All work is dependent upon favorable weather conditions. The WYDOT hot-mix asphalt patching work is scheduled on U.S. Highway 14 east of Greybull (milepost 4.9) on Aug. 19. Other patching work scheduled includes Wyoming 434 south of Ten Sleep (milepost 17.9)...

Speed limit to lower on WYO 50 Skyline Drive in Gillette

Gillette, Wyo – The Wyoming Department of Transportation will be lowering the speed limit of WY 50 between Westover Road and Lakeway Road from 55 MPH to 45 MPH. A request was driven by safety concerns from citizens, local elected officials, and the Wyoming Highway Patrol, specifically at the intersection of WYO 50 and Boxelder Road.  The concern was that the current speed limit of 55 mph was not appropriate...

Signal arm installation to cause temporary closures at the US30/East Lincolnway and Whitney intersection in Cheyenne

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Crews with the Wyoming Department of Transportation and Casper Electric will be installing signal arms at the US Highway 30/East Lincolnway and Whitney Road intersection tomorrow, weather permitting.   Tomorrow, crews will be in the southeast corner of the intersection, causing eastbound US 30 to be closed to traffic. They will then move to the southwest corner and close Whitney south...

Traffic signal replacement project under way in Riverton

An $888,300 project has started to replace a pair of traffic signals on West Main Street in Riverton. Traffic signals are being replaced at the intersections of West Main and 5th Street, and West Main and 8th Street in Riverton. "Work consists of installation of two new traffic signal systems, electrical work, traffic control and pavement striping at the intersection of West Main Street and 5th, and...

Transportation Commission awards emergency contract for the first work package on Teton Pass landslide

The Wyoming Transportation Commission awarded an almost $12 million bid to Ames Construction during a special meeting Aug. 2 via Zoom. This is one phase of a multi-phased project to fix the landslide that occurred on Wyoming Highway 22, known as Teton pass. The landslide, nicknamed the Big Fill slide, occurred June 8, and the temporary detour opened to traffic June 28. For the first work package in...