Wyoming Transportation Commission to meet Nov. 18 and 19

The Wyoming Transportation Commission will meet via video conference Nov. 18 and 19. The commission will meet at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, to hear the results of WYDOT’s Transportation Needs Study. Dye Management Group Inc., the consultant that prepared the study, will present its findings. Immediately following the Transportation Needs Study presentation (approximately 4 p.m.), WYDOT Director Luke...

Adopt-A-Highway volunteers enjoy cleaning up Hot Springs County-area highways in 2020

The view from Hot Springs-area highways improved in 2020 as hundreds of Adopt-A-Highway volunteers cleaned their 2-mile highway sections. In its 31st year, Wyoming’s Adopt‑A‑Highway program has nearly 1,000 participating groups in Wyoming. Hot Springs County-area groups include: Patricia Wahler Memorial; Big Horn Enterprises; Kiwanis Club; Knights of Columbus 2578; Thermopolis Rotary Club; Central...

Preliminary construction work begins on Etna North

The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) will begin work on the Etna North Project on US 89 between Etna and Alpine.     WYDOT and contract crews plan to remove the permanent fence along the job and install a temporary fence in its place for the winter.  Crews have begun work at the Bear Pit and plan on crushing next week.  Crews also hope to get some clearing and grubbing done along the job...

WYDOT to close US 14A Nov. 16

SHERIDAN – The Wyoming Department of Transportation will close US14A in the Big Horns on Nov. 16 due to significant amounts of snowfall, minimal traffic and projected winter weather. WYDOT seasonally closes this 22-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in the Big Horn Mountains of north-central Wyoming at the end of the fall hunting season. Dustin Hockett, WYDOT highway maintenance supervisor out of...

Winter closure of US 14A scheduled for Nov. 16

The annual fall closure US 14A between Burgess Junction and Lovell is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 16. "Depending upon winter weather, for safety reasons, Nov. 16 will be the annual closure in 2020," said Wyoming Department of Transportation maintenance foreman Jason Fleming of Lovell. "Snow depths up there are significant, and we have minimal traffic." The annual winter closure of US 14A, west of Burgess...