News Releases

WYDOT awarded competitive federal grant for Green River tunnel safety improvements

GREEN RIVER, Wyo. – The Wyoming Department of Transportation was recently awarded a $6.659 million competitive federal grant for safety improvements in the Green River tunnels on Interstate 80. The US Department of Transportation recognized WYDOT with a competitive Nationally Significant Multimodal Freight and Highways Projects grant (often called INFRA for short) in October. Project scope includes...

Transportation Commission awards 10 highway contracts in October

STATEWIDE, Wyo. – At its October regular business meeting, the Wyoming Transportation Commission awarded 10 contracts valued at approximately $109 million for Wyoming Department of Transportation construction projects. The Commission awarded a bid valued at approximately $42.4 million to Worland-based McGarvin-Moberly Construction Co. for milling, overlay and the rehabilitation of 12 bridge structures...

WYO 59 North bridge replacement project to begin

GILLETTE, WY – The Wyoming Department of Transportation and its contractor, Croell, Inc., will begin preliminary work on WYO 59 North just south of the Wyoming and Montana State line. This $17.8 million project includes widening approximately seven miles of WYO 59N, extending five box culverts and replacing a bridge at Olmstead Creek. Preliminary work is scheduled to begin the week of October 26, with...

WYDOT late season construction updates

JACKSON, Wyo.  The Wyoming Department of Transportation is working on several late season construction projects before winter weather brings work activity to a halt this year. Broadway work Work began this month on two infrastructure projects in the downtown area. Initial work is focused on the installation of new drain inlets, sidewalk, and ramp replacements on Broadway Avenue at Cache Street, Glenwood...

Sheridan’s Works Street bridge to be replaced – traffic to be detoured

SHERIDAN, WY – The Wyoming Department of Transportation and its contractor, RoamMT, LLC, will remove and replace the Works Street bridge beginning the week of October 19, 2026. This bridge qualified for the Federal Highway Administration Bridge Formula Program (BFP) funds, which WYDOT then allocates to off-system bridges owned by local agencies throughout the state that are in poor or fair condition....