WYDOT warns public about texting scams

CHEYENNE, Wyo.  – The Wyoming Department of Transportation wants to warn the public about ongoing text-based scams targeting Wyoming residents. At least two recent scams have posed as WYDOT to try to trick residents into clicking/tapping a link to a spoofed version of the WYDOT website. The scammers use varying language, but ultimately threaten an immediate loss of driver privileges if action isn’t...

Burns interchange work to impact motorists

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Crews with the Wyoming Department of Transportation and Simon Contractors will be detouring motorists by the Burns interchange along Interstate 80 at exit 386 on Monday, weather permitting. Crews will be closing the northbound lane on Wyoming Highway 213 to install storm water pipes and manholes. Southbound traffic will remain open with reduced speeds while northbound traffic will...

Final paving work on the Big Fill Slide will close Teton Pass for the weekend of June 21

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Jackson, Wyo.  The Wyoming Department of Transportation and contract crews from Ames Construction will be entering the final phases of work this month on the Big Fill Slide on Wyoming State Highway 22, Teton Pass. As crews pave the final stretch of new roadway, WYDOT will need to close the road to traffic for the weekend of June 21. The closure is planned to begin the evening of June 20, at 6 p.m....

Wagonhound Rest Area to close during construction

RAWLINS, Wyo. - Crews with Avail Valley Construction and the Wyoming Department of Transportation will close Wagonhound Rest Area on Monday, weather permitting.   The rest area is along Interstate 80 at mile marker 267. Crews will be updating ADA, curb and gutter, adjusting manholes and drill shaft bases. Crews will also expand and repave the current parking lot. Plumbing upgrades will take place to...

Transportation Commission awards emergency contracts for Green River Tunnel work

GREEN RIVER, Wyo. – The Wyoming Transportation Commission awarded two emergency bids relating to the Interstate 80 Green River Tunnel during a special meeting May 27 via Zoom. A $1.03 million emergency contract was awarded to Holophane for tunnel lighting equipment to replace the lighting damaged in the crash. The second emergency contract was awarded to Rock Springs-based DeBernardi Construction for...