2020 releases

March 4 2020

Wyoming Transportation Commission to hold special meeting March 6

The Wyoming Transportation Commission will hold a special meeting via telephone at 10 a.m., on Friday, March 6. The call will be held at the Wyoming Department of Transportation Headquarters, Executive Staff Conference Room, 5300 Bishop Boulevard, in Cheyenne. The purpose of the special meeting is to receive information in an executive session that is classified as confidential by law, in accordance...

March 4 2020

Crews working to clean up US 26 fuel spill; highway reopened late Tuesday

A Fremont County company is working west of Riverton Wednesday to complete cleanup efforts on a 2,500-gallon fuel spill that occurred mid-day Tuesday alongside US 26 near Diversion Dam Junction. A westbound semi-truck pulling a pup trailer, and hauling unleaded gasoline, wandered off the north edge of US 26 late Tuesday morning, struck guardrail at the Winchester Draw bridge (milepost 99.65), crashed...

March 4 2020

Businesses open during Sheridan Avenue project; traffic moving through project

As the $4.93 million concrete rehabilitation project began this week along Cody's Sheridan Avenue, the Wyoming Department of Transportation reminds citizens that all Sheridan Avenue businesses are open. Work is continuing on the north side of Sheridan Avenue from 10th Street to 12th Street. The north side of the 10th Street and 11th Street intersections will be closed while traffic is carried, one...

March 2 2020

Troopers investigate multiple crashes involving over 100 vehicles

On Sunday, March 1, 2020, around 3:39 p.m., Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers were notified of crashes involving multiple vehicles around milepost 181 and 184 on Interstate 80. Troopers arrived to find over 100 vehicles involved between both crashes. Multiple injuries and three fatalities have been confirmed with this crash. The east and westbound lanes remain closed, while troopers continue to investigate...

February 25 2020

Transportation Commission awards $17 million in contracts in February

The Wyoming Department of Transportation will make improvements to the road surface along a section of Interstate 90 between Sheridan and Buffalo. The Wyoming Transportation Commission awarded a $9.8 million contract to Simon Contractors, of Cheyenne, for the surface work in Johnson and Sheridan counties. The commission awarded that and eight other projects during its recent meeting. For the I-90 work,...