Businesses open during Sheridan Avenue project; traffic moving through project

As the $4.93 million concrete rehabilitation project began this week along Cody's Sheridan Avenue, the Wyoming Department of Transportation reminds citizens that all Sheridan Avenue businesses are open.

Work is continuing on the north side of Sheridan Avenue from 10th Street to 12th Street. The north side of the 10th Street and 11th Street intersections will be closed while traffic is carried, one lane in each direction, on the south side of Sheridan Avenue.

Though parking is limited inside the work zone, pedestrians are able and encouraged to use the existing sidewalks to visit businesses inside the work zone.

Phase 1 of the project -- 10th Street to 14th Street -- is required to be complete by June 15,  2020, said WYDOT resident engineer Todd Frost of Cody.

"The project will be shut down from June 16, 2020, through Aug. 23, 2020," Frost said.

Weekly public work progress meetings are being held at 10 a.m. every Tuesday between March 3 and June 9 at the Cody Club Room. Citizens and businesses are invited to these weekly meetings, where the prime contractor will answer questions and share a two-week schedule of upcoming work.  

The Sheridan Avenue project (#CodyImprovements) includes removing and replacing existing damaged concrete slabs, resealing existing concrete joints, grinding and texturing existing roadway, upgrading Americans with Disabilities requirements at every street corner between 10th Street and Stampede Avenue, replacing broken curb and gutter and sidewalk, and upgrading wiring at traffic signals.

The project begins at US14/16/20 milepost 51.78 at the intersection of 10th Street and Sheridan Avenue in front of the Park County Courthouse, and it proceeds 1.20 miles on US 14/16/20 to the Intersection of 17th Street and Stampede Avenue on Greybull Hill.

During work, Frost said a maximum of two intersections may be closed at any one time. "Work will be completed on one side of the street while two-way traffic is carried on the other half," he said. "Left turns will not be allowed through the work zone. Parking may not be allowed through the work zone, and a 10-foot width restriction will be in effect."  

By contract, S&S Builders has a public information specialist, Jenn Epperson, on the project who is working with businesses and answering questions and providing scheduling updates.  

For information about this news release, please contact Cody Beers, WYDOT public relations specialist, at (307) 431-1803.