US 191/189 reopens

US 191/189 between Daniel Junction andĀ Hoback Junction reopenedĀ at noon Friday, July 22. The highway had been closed for five days while U.S. Forest Service crews battled the Cliff Creek fire north of Bondurant. The wildfire in the Bridger-Teton National Forest has burned more than 11,500 acres, and is only 10 percent contained. High winds, high temperatures and low humidity forecast today make it...

Aeronautics Commission schedules July 19 teleconference

The Wyoming Aeronautics Commission will conduct a teleconference meeting beginning at 1:30 p.m. on July 19. To be included in the teleconference, or for more information about the meeting agenda, the commission or its schedule, please contact the commission secretary at (307) 777-3952. The commission approves grants and loans of state and federal money for airport construction, maintenance, improvements,...

Repairs will cause bridge lane closures near Saratoga

Workers will make repairs to a bridge north of Saratoga on WYO 130 starting this week, which will cause traffic to be down to one lane. One lane of alternating traffic will be allowed to cross the bridge at a time while crews do the work on Thursday, June 30 and Friday, July 1. Flaggers will be on each end of the bridge directing traffic. Mountain Construction of Lovell is the prime contractor on the...

WYDOT to start construction on $46.4 million North Sheridan Interchange project

Construction of a new interchange on I-90 and work on several streets in Sheridan will start this summer as part of a $46.4 million North Sheridan Interchange project. The Wyoming Transportation Commission during its Thursday meeting awarded the contract to Reiman Corp. of Cheyenne and High Country Construction Inc. of Lander. The project entails replacing the existing interchange with a new one about...

Wildlife crossing project featured in Wyoming PBS Trapper's Point documentary

WYDOT's project to build two overpasses and six underpasses on a 12-mile section of WYO 191 west of Pinedale to provide safe crossings for pronghorn, deer and other wildlife is featured in the a new episode of the Wyoming PBS show Main Street Wyoming. The "Trapper's Point" episode explains how an archaeological study of in Sublette County helped researchers better understand wildlife movement along...