Wyoming Wildfires Prompt Emergency Livestock Transport
With wildfires still threatening Wyoming’s landscape and livestock, Gov. Mark Gordon has renewed two emergency orders to streamline the transportation of animals and their feed.
WYDOT Rolls Out Web-Based Permitting for Heavy Loads
Launched on Oct. 1, the ProMiles commercial web-based system streamlines the administration of self-issued permits while maintaining existing state permit requirements.
Wyoming Gets Tough on Drivers Ignoring Road Closure Signs
A new law in Wyoming is aimed at reducing blow-over crashes of light and high-profile vehicles.
Large Chunk of Wyoming’s Teton Pass Road Collapses
JACKSON, Wyo. — A chunk of the Teton Pass collapsed in Wyoming, leaving a chasm in the highway and severing a well-traveled link between towns in Idaho and the tourist destination of Jackson.
June 10, 2024Wyoming Helps Navigational Apps Improve Road Closure Data
Wyoming is sharing road closure data directly with Google and other navigation companies to save lives when Interstate 80 travelers find themselves stranded in bad weather.
Wyoming to Add 365 Truck Parking Spaces on I-80
The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a $26.6 million grant to Wyoming to build 365 truck parking spaces along Interstate 80 in Evanston.
Wyoming to Alert Truckers at Risk for Blow-Over Crashes
Wyoming transportation officials are deploying a new roadway messaging system to help truckers avoid dangerous blow-over crashes on interstates as winter's peak accident season nears.
Wyoming Lands $13 Million Grant to Improve Interchange
Wyoming officials are eager to start spending a new $13 million federal grant to complete final redesign to modernize a heavily used interchange in Cheyenne that was built in the 1960s.
Wyoming to Replace Aging Twin Bridges Over I-80
Truckers traveling in Wyoming over Interstate 80, which sees the most truck traffic there, will be able to drive over two new bridges to be built mostly with a new Federal Railroad Administration grant.
Wyoming Group: Most Local Refineries Sell Fuel Elsewhere
Most of Wyoming’s output of diesel, renewable diesel and biodiesel is sent to other states rather than being used locally.