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WYDOT plans to close part of the Beartooth Highway Saturday due to snow predicted in the forecast. US 212 will close from the Long Lake barricade to the Montana/Wyoming line at 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10. Snow and wind are predicted during this time. For the time this 24 mile stretch of highway is closed,…
WYDOT is making progress on the dramatic, multi-million-dollar projects on the Chief Joseph and Beartooth Highways. Both projects are far from completion but are important improvements to ensure the roadways remain functional for the discernible future. Dead Indian Pass Slide project on WY 296, which has a budget of $5.7 million, has been underway since…
An incident of vandalism during the Sheridan Avenue Project cost thousands of dollars and days of unnecessary delays to the time-sensitive project. Phase 2 of the Sheridan Avenue Project continues this week, with work switching over to the westbound lanes sometime Wednesday. The contractor, S&S Builders, is capitalizing on the warm, dry weather to move…
WYDOT has completed the asphalt paving on the 6.6 miles of the Cody South Project, with chip sealing of the same stretch of Wyoming 120 set for June 2021. The $5.5 million dollars’ worth of highway improvements stretches between Yellowstone Regional Airport and milepost 74 – the snowplow turnaround south of the Park County Landfill. The WY120…
As progress on the $4.93 million-dollar Sheridan Avenue rehabilitation project moves forward, work enters the night grinding stage. Starting next Monday, September 21, concrete grinding will begin between 14th and 15th Streets on side of Sheridan, and Beck and Alger Avenues on the other. The hours for this work will be between 9 PM and…
The work resumes and continues. It’s now 1 week into Phase 2 of the Sheridan Avenue Rehabilitation project, and the results are speaking for themselves. The Alger Avenue Intersection with 17th Street reopens today, while the Beck Avenue Intersection at 17th will simultaneously close. The work continues crawling along – concrete slab replacement, curb and gutter,…
Worland is next for a thorough coating of thermoplastic. Starting this Wednesday, August 19th, WYDOT will be on Big Horn Avenue in Worland to apply a coat of thermoplastic pavement markings. It’s the first stop in a number of pavement-marking projects throughout northwest and central Wyoming. Every community in the region will be affected at…
Does your driver license expire tomorrow? Not anymore. There have already been several pandemic-related concessions made by WYDOT’s Driver Services. And while offices are currently open, the state wants to ensure that nobody finds themselves unfairly penalized. Governor Gordon previously signed an executive order granted a 90-day grace period for anyone needing to get their…
Concrete work in Cody? WYDOT will soon begin another road repair project between the Shoshone River Bridge and Park County Road 2AB, north of town. S&S Builders LLC of Gillette will be removing and replacing concrete road slabs. The slabs were settled and broke sometime in the spring. If they are not repaired in a…
WYDOT is asking for your participation. A number of in-person public meetings have been set up throughout the Bighorn Basin. This is one of the central aspects of the State Transportation Improvement Program, a prioritized construction plan for the 1,326 miles of highway in northwest Wyoming. This 6-year effort of the Wyoming Transportation Commission involves providing citizens…