US 16 project under way between Worland and Ten Sleep

A $3.6 million highway improvement project has started on 5.2 miles of US 16 between Worland and Ten Sleep.

Mountain Construction Co., of Lovell is the prime contractor on the US 16 project that begins 18.53 miles east of Worland and ends about three miles west of Ten Sleep.

The Wyoming Transportation Commission awarded the project to Mountain Construction Co., on April 18, 2019. By contract, the project must be complete by July 31, 2020.

The scope of work on the 5.2-mile project includes one inch of asphalt pavement leveling, a two-inch asphalt pavement overlay, a chip seal finish, replacement of guardrail and fence, paving of Cottonwood Street and 1st Street in the Town of Ten Sleep, and a double chip seal of Washakie County roads 20-54, 20-580 and 65.

Paving on US 16 is scheduled in early May, with chip sealing in June.

"The contractor is currently working on replacing guardrail and fence," said Wyoming Department of Transportation resident engineer Kaia Tharp of Thermopolis. "Twenty-four-hour flagging is occurring in the guardrail sections of US 16 when the guardrail has been removed."

For information about WYDOT's work, contact WYDOT public relations specialist Cody Beers at (307) 431-1803.