Road Conditions
The summer season for Cody and northwest Wyoming starts this Friday with the opening of the East Entrance to Yellowstone National Park. But the entrance could close on the same day – temporarily. Weather permitting, the road from the East Entrance to Fishing Bridge Junction (Sylvan Pass) & Canyon Village to Lake Village will open…
The Wyoming Department of Transportation is removing eight of its Twitter accounts after the social media platform recently announced changes to its application programming interface platform. Keeping the accounts would mean unnecessary costs for W.Y.D.O.T. and potentially deprive Wyomingites of vital information. The A.P.I. platform allowed W.Y.D.O.T. to send automated tweets straight from the agency’s…
W.Y.D.O.T.’s website was getting great traffic last year as people repeatedly checked the state’s go-to road information resource for closures and road conditions. The Wyoming Department of Transportation’s 511 travel website registered about 2.2 billion site visits in 2022. “This is by far the most hits in a calendar year since the department started tracking…
UPDATE: WYDOT IS REPORTING THE ROAD IS OPEN AND CLEAR Cody Beers, the public relation specialist for WYDOT, informed KODI about an accident on WY120 between Cody and Meeteetse this morning. The road is extremely slick. WYDOT writes, “Please stay home if you can. A tow truck is on the way, and the road may…
W.Y.D.O.T.’s update on its Shoshone River Bridge project includes more information on times and delays drivers between Cody and Ralston will want to know. Earlier this week, work began on three W.Y.D.O.T. road projects in Park County. One of these projects involves pavement and guardrail improvement for the section of U.S. 14A that crosses the…
The Public Affairs Office is advising visitors to anticipate winter weather and hazardous driving conditions in Yellowstone National Park in the coming days. The Office said travelers should, “anticipate temporary road closures and driving delays.” The East Entrance Road between the East Entrance and Fishing Bridge is temporarily closed due to winter weather and hazardous…
Alexa can now give Wyomingites a traffic report, as the voice in the box can now share the most up-to-date W.Y.D.O.T. info on road conditions and closures. Winter is finally bringing snow and severe cold to Wyoming. Unfortunately, such weather can easily make Wyoming’s highways treacherous and icy. Despite a lack of people driving the…
The latest update on the Sheridan Avenue project has been received: lots to do, some shortages, no delays. As originally planned, the section from 10th Street to 11th Street and the north intersection of 10th Street and Sheridan Avenue is tentatively scheduled to open sometime today. The north side of Sheridan Avenue from 12th Street…
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