News Releases

March 13 2026

Wyoming Transportation Commission to meet March 18-19

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The Wyoming Transportation Commission will meet Thursday, March 19 for its regular business meeting beginning at 8:30 a.m. via Zoom and in person at WYDOT University, 5300 Bishop Blvd., Cheyenne. The commission has also been invited to attend the WYDOT/AGC Coop Meeting on Wednesday, March 18 at Little America, 2800 West Lincolnway, Cheyenne. The purpose of the meeting is to address...

March 13 2026

Closures, Blow Overs, Property Damage, and Trooper Resiliency Amid Deadly Wind Storm

The Wyoming Department of Transportation and Wyoming Highway Patrol responded to a major high-wind event yesterday that had widespread impacts to highway travel, resulting in as many as 32 blow over crashes across the state. Of the crashes, at least 15 took place on Interstate 25, with nearly half of them between Cheyenne and the Colorado border. On Interstate 80, as many as twelve occurred between...

March 12 2026

Wyoming Aeronautics Commission to meet March 17

The Wyoming Aeronautics Commission will meet via videoconference for its regular business meeting on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. The purpose of the business meeting is to address and vote upon, when appropriate, the topics on the attached meeting agenda. To join the meeting or to view the meeting materials, visit the Aeronautics webpage and click on the corresponding hyperlink. You can also...

March 12 2026

Speed limit changes on WYO 89 near Bear River

The Wyoming Department of Transportation WYDOT has issued a temporary speed limit change on Wyoming State Highway 89 in Bear River from mile marker 8.5 to mile marker 9.28 lowered from 65 MPH to 45 MPH. The new speed limit was effective Tuesday afternoon, after the new signs were installed. The new speed limit will be in place for at least a year while engineers conduct a speed study in the area, gather...

March 11 2026

WYDOT returns to finish work on the Green River tunnel

The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT), with contract crews from Casper Electric, will be closing the eastbound tunnel near Green River in preparation for head-to-head traffic beginning Monday, March 23rd. The closure will allow crews to install concrete barriers and glare shields for head-to-head traffic for the duration of the work. The closure will take 3 days and during that time eastbound...