News Releases

July 28 2026

Wyoming Aeronautics Commission to meet August 3-4

Converse & Goshen Counties, Wyo. – The Wyoming Aeronautics Commission will meet August 3-4, 2026, to tour regional airports and hold a monthly business meeting. The Commission will tour the Converse County Airport at 2 p.m. on Monday, August 3. Following the tour, the commission will hold its regular business meeting at the Wyoming Department of Transportation's Shop in Douglas (50 Orin Way). The...

July 22 2026

WYDOT crews will be striping in Teton County at night

JACKSON, Wyo. The Wyoming Department of Transportation and contract crews from Straight Stripe Painting, Inc. will be grinding and striping markings in Teton County beginning the evening of Sunday, July 26th. Crews will be grinding off old markings and striping new markings on most of Wyoming State Highway 22, Wyoming State Highway 390 and US 89 Broadway from High School Road to the Grand Teton National...

July 20 2026

Transportation Commission awards three highway contracts in July

STATEWIDE, Wyo. – At its July regular business meeting, the Wyoming Transportation Commission awarded three contracts valued at approximately $7.6 million for Wyoming Department of Transportation construction projects. The Commission awarded a bid valued at approximately $4.3 million to Cheyenne-based Reiman Corp. for a bridge replacement on County Road No. 660 beginning at mile marker 9.7 over the...

July 15 2026

Emergency road repair forces I-80 closure

The Wyoming Department of Transportation closed Interstate 80 late yesterday to perform some emergency roadway patching. WYDOT crews were notified late Tuesday afternoon of some extensive pavement damage on a patched bridge section on Interstate 80 near Patrick Draw at mile marker 146. The damaged pavement was within a construction project east of Rock Springs, in head-to-head traffic. To ensure public...

July 13 2026

WYDOT District 4 expands seasonal paving operations into Johnson and Sheridan Counties

SHERIDAN, Wyo. Maintenance crews with the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) District 4 will begin seasonal paving operations in Johnson County on Monday, July 20, weather permitting. These essential repairs target roadway damage caused by winter frost, snow removal, and heavy traffic wear to ensure the continued safety and efficiency of the region's highways. Paving operations are a critical...