Burns interchange work to impact motorists

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Crews with the Wyoming Department of Transportation and Simon Contractors will be detouring motorists at the Burns Interchange along Interstate 80 beginning Oct. 27, weather permitting. Beginning Monday morning, crews will be closing the crossroad at the I-80 Burns Interchange, Wyoming Highway 213/214, to perform concrete paving and stormwater inlet installation beneath the structures....

Interstate 80 westbound tunnel will reopen next Wednesday, Oct. 29

GREEN RIVER, Wyo. – The Wyoming Department of Transportation and contract crews from Casper Electric will reopen the westbound tunnel on Interstate 80 near Green River to traffic on the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 29. With the recent delivery of electrical components, and some use of temporary materials, crews were able to expedite work on the lighting system and signage. WYDOT officials and contractors...

Slope repair work to begin on I-90 east of Sheridan

SHERIDAN, WY – The Wyoming Department of Transportation and its contractor, DRM Inc. will begin repairs on a slope failure the week of October 27. The slope failure, or slide, is located along the westbound shoulder of I-90 near mile marker 29.7. Slope failures are common in Sheridan County and occur because existing soils become over saturated and heavy due to extended periods of moisture and runoff...

WYDOT’s I-90 Montana State Line Project – Year one completed

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SHERIDAN, WY – Motorists traveling between the Montana state line and Ranchester will notice the road is a little smoother than it was a year ago. The Wyoming Department of Transportation and its contractor, Croell Inc., began working on the westbound lane of I-90 in late March of this year focusing on repairing five slope failures along a six-mile stretch of shoulder. A slope failure happens when...

Transportation Commission awards seven highway contracts in October

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – At its October regular business meeting, the Wyoming Transportation Commission awarded seven contracts valued at approximately $38 million for Wyoming Department of Transportation construction projects. The Commission awarded a bid valued at approximately $15.4 million to Cheyenne-based JTL Group Inc., dba Knife River, for a mill and overlay project involving asphalt paving, aggregate...