road construction

The nearly two-month construction project on the Salt Creek Highway bridge over U.S. Highway 20-26, known as the Shoshoni Bypass, should end on Monday, according to a news release from the Wyoming Department of Transportation on Thursday.

The Wyoming Department of Transportation plans to get to work on 19 additional highway projects over the next year now that lawmakers have approved a 10-cent-per-gallon increase in the state fuel tax.

The STIP contains a listing of highway and bridge projects, and also airport improvement work, that WYDOT tentatively expects to let to contract during the upcoming fiscal year.

As the snow starts to melt away for the season, the orange barrels are usually getting ready to take over the roadways.

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — The federal government is providing over $8 million to finish construction work along 17 Mile Road in the Wind River Reservation. County, state and tribal funding had paid for the project but those funds ran out. The Associated Press reports that work is set to resume in late summer or early fall...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A bill that would give localities the option of using sixth-penny sales tax money to pay for road work has won preliminary approval in the Wyoming state Senate. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reported that the Senate voted Wednesday to restore the bill to the version that passed the House...

The widening of Wyoming Hwy 220 west of Casper has been moved up on the road construction calender. Wyoming Department of Transportation officials held an open house Wednesday evening to answer questions on the just over 5 mile, 28 million dollar project, that could start by July. Jack Stone, resident engineer in Casper, says the construction extends the current four lanes that end just short of

The Nicolaysen Art Museum and Discovery Center in Casper will be closed Thursday.