30 highway sections scheduled to get 70 mph speed limit in April

Drivers can expect to see WYDOT crews installing 70 mph speed limit signs around the state in April to bring the roads up to the new statutory speed limit for non-interstate highways in Wyoming.

WYDOT expects to have about 1,500 miles of highways raised to the 70 mph limit by the end of April, with another 1,000 miles to follow in May.

WYDOT’s 511 Travel Information Service map at www.wyoroad.info will be updated to show each highway increased to the 70 mph limit when the signing is completed on that section.

Until the new signs are up, the existing posted speed limit remains in effect.

“Drivers are reminded to obey whatever speed limit is posted on the highway section they are traveling,” Wyoming Highway Patrol Col. Kebin Haller said.

Highway sections expected to be signed for the 70 mph limit in April include:

• US 189 - I-80 to Daniel Junction, 125 miles;
• US 287/WYO 789 - Rawlins to WYO 28 south of Lander, 125 miles;
• US 20-26 - Casper to Shoshoni, 87 miles;
• US 30-287 - Walcott Junction to Laramie, 86 miles;
• WYO 450 - Newcastle to Wright, 76 miles;
• US 14-16 - Ucross to Gillette, 72 miles;
• US 30 – Sage Junction to I-80 at Granger Junction, 70 miles;
• US 26-287 - Dubois to Kinnear, 58 miles;
• WYO 487 - Medicine Bow to WYO 220 southwest of Casper, 52 miles;
• WYO 28 - from WYO 372 to the Fremont County line, 52 miles;
• WYO 120 - Meeteetse to Thermopolis, 50 miles;
• WYO 789 - Creston Junction to Baggs, 49 miles;
• US 191 - Farson to Boulder, 47 miles;
• US 16 - Moorcroft to Newcastle, 42 miles;
• WYO 530 - Green River to the Utah border, 42 miles;
• WYO 372 - from I-80 at the La Barge Interchange to Fontenelle, 40 miles;
• US 191 - Rock Springs to Eden, 32 miles;
• WYO 59 - Wright to Gillette, 31 miles;
• WYO 116 - Upton to WYO 450, 31 miles;
• US 30/WYO 89 - Idaho border to Cokeville and Sage Junction, 29 miles;
• US 14-16-20 - Cody to WYO 30, 26 miles;
• US 310/WYO 789 – US 14-16-20 Junction to Lovell, 26 miles;
• WYO 220 - Muddy Gap Junction to Pathfinder Reservoir, 28 miles;
• WYO 230 - Encampment to Colorado border, 26 miles;
• US 16 - Worland to Ten Sleep, 22 miles;
• US 287 - Laramie to Colorado border, 20 miles;
• US 191 – Daniel Junction to Bridger-Teton National Forest boundary, 19 miles;
• US 287 - Fort Washakie to US 26 Diversion Dam Junction, 16 miles;
• WYO 130 - Saratoga to Encampment, 16 miles; and
• US 16 - Buffalo to Ucross, 15 miles.