Cheyenne contractor begins district-wide bridge rehabilitation project in Northwest Wyoming

A $2.95 million bridge rehabilitation project is under way with work beginning at Kirby Creek bridge on Black Mountain Road north of Thermopolis.

Work on the Black Mountain Road (WYO 172) bridge is part of district-wide work on four bridges this year and 14 bridges next year in Northwest Wyoming for prime contractor Reiman Corp., of Cheyenne. The work is scheduled in Big Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs and Park counties.

Bridge work and traffic delays started this week on the Kirby Creek bridge at milepost 1.90 on WYO 172. Following work on the Kirby Creek structure, bridge repairs are scheduled on the Meeteetse Creek Bridge on WYO 120 (milepost 54.26) north of Meeteetse.

“There will be one-way traffic with traffic signals on these bridges until we have completed the work,” said Wyoming Department of Transportation resident engineer Kaia Tharp of Thermopolis.

Following work at Meeteetse Creek, the contractor is scheduled for work on Garland Canal bridge on WYO 295 (milepost 12.55) at the Bent Street intersection in Powell, and Sage Creek bridge south of Cowley on WYO 35 (milepost 0.72). “On these last bridges, the contractor has the option to close the road for 45 days, but is required by contract to give 14 days public notice to citizens prior to any closure,” Tharp said.

Repairs and improvements include bridge deck repair, silica fume overlay, expansion joint replacement, and a few approach concrete slab replacements.

The bridge rehab work will continue next summer with work on 14 bridges, including seven on the North Fork of the Shoshone River (US 14-16-20 west of Cody, one bridge on the South Fork of the Shoshone River (WYO 291), three bridges between Cody and the Montana State Line on WYO 120, the Greybull River Bridge in Greybull, and two bridges south of Dubois on US 26-287 southeast of Dubois.

“We will be doing epoxy overlays on the bridge decks, including replacement of bridge expansion joints and some approach slab replacements,” Tharp said.

Contract completion date is Oct. 31, 2018.

Information about this news release is available by calling WYDOT public relations specialist Cody Beers at (307) 431-1803.