Transportation Commission awards $56.5 million in highway contracts in September

Crews will work on a $16.8 million project to repair six bridges and repave a section of road on Interstate 80 between Rock Springs and Rawlins in Sweetwater County.

The Wyoming Transportation Commission awarded Kilgore Co., of Rock Springs, the contract for the work. The commission awarded that and 11 other contracts totaling $56.6 million at its recent meeting.

For the work on I-80, crews will mill and repave a 10-mile section of road. For the bridge work, crews will make repairs to four of the bridges and replace two of them. The contract completion date is Oct. 31, 2020.

Other contracts the commission awarded include repaving, sign installation and landslide work.

Kilgore Co. also was the low bidder on an $8.4 million pavement contract on I-80 between Lyman and Granger Junction in Uinta County. 

Crews will mill and repave about 8 miles of road and perform minor bridge work in the area. The contract completion date is Oct. 31, 2020.

Northern Improvement Co., of Fargo, North Dakota, won a $7.6 million contract for a pavement and bridge project on WYO 387 between Edgerton and Pine Tree Junction in Campbell and Johnson counties.

Crews will repave about 14 miles of WYO 387 to smooth out the surface. Crews will also perform work on two bridges in the area by replacing expansion joints and repairing the surface just before the bridges.

The contract completion date is Oct. 31, 2019.

The commission awarded Riverside Contracting Inc., of Missoula, Montana, a $7.6 million contract for work on 5 miles of Interstate 90 between the Montana state line and Ranchester in Sheridan County.

Crews will heat the road surface and grind up the top layer. They will put that material back on the road and put an overlay on top. The contract completion date is Oct. 31, 2019.

Reiman Corp., of Cheyenne, was the low bidder on a $4.5 million contract for surface work on I-80 near Rawlins in Carbon County.

Crews will do pavement and bridge work to improve the road surface. The contract completion date is Oct. 31, 2019.

The commission also awarded contracts for:

• $3.6 million to Kilgore Co. for bridge deck rehabilitation on US 189-191 between Daniel Junction and Hoback Junction in Sublette County by Oct. 1, 2019;
• $2.5 million to Wilson Brothers Construction Inc., of Cowley, for slide repair work on WYO 233 in Lincoln County that will consist of repairing and repaving the road by Oct. 31, 2019;
• $1.9 million to Oftedal Construction Inc., of Casper, for landslide work at four locations between Moran Junction and Dubois in Teton County by Nov. 30, 2019;
• $1 million to Wilson Brothers Construction Inc. for slope stabilization work on US 30 between Kemmerer and Cokeville in Lincoln County by June 30, 2019;
• $793,654 to Frost Rock Products Co., of Lovell, for stockpiling chips for maintenance at several locations in Fremont County by May 31, 2019;
• $731,750 to Sign Up Ltd., of Webster, Iowa, to install several no-passing signs at different locations throughout the state by Oct. 31, 2019; and
• $596,349 to CC Enterprises Traffic Control Specialists Inc., of Grand Junction, Colorado, for a sign installation project statewide by Oct. 31, 2019. 

For additional information about this news release, contact Aimee Inama, senior Public Affairs specialist, at (307) 777-4013.