Those thousands of visitors making their way to the state’s top tourist destinations may be getting a break home, but they won’t get much in the way of a break from highway construction delays this week.
Construction projects continue at full speed across the state, with dozens of projects on Wyoming’s roads creating the potential for slowed and stopped traffic, according to the Wyoming Department of Transportation’s road condition website.
On Interstate 80, delays are expected with a bridge replacement project near Hillsdale, while pavement marking projects in Laramie county will also cause delays on the highway west of Cheyenne. Another bridge rehabilitation project will cause delays near Laramie.
Continuing construction on a project to expand the parking lot at Fort Steele will continue to delay traffic west of Laramie, and a construction project near Elk Mountain will delay traffic there as well.
On Interstate 25, bridge rehabilitation projects are expected to cause delays between Cheyenne and the Colorado border, as well as south of Chugwater, while delays of up to 20 minutes are expected south of Kaycee for a paving project.
On Interstate 90, a bridge repair project east of Moorcroft is expected to create some traffic delays.
A number of projects are also underway on state and federal highways. Work causing delays in travel can be expected in the following areas:
U.S. Highway 14/16/20 west of Cody, delays of up to 20 minutes;
Wyoming Highway 120 northwest of Cody, delays of up to 20 minutes;
Wyoming Highway 296 northwest of Cody, expect delays;
U.S. Highway 14A between Cody and Powell, expect delays;
U.S. Highway 14A near Powell, delays of up to 20 minutes;
U.S. Highway 14A near Byron, expect delays;
U.S. Highway 310/Wyoming Highway 789 near Cowley, delays of up to 20 minutes with stopped traffic;
U.S. Highway 14A/310/Wyoming Highway 789 near Lovell, expect delays;
U.S. Highway 16/20/Wyoming Highway 789 near Worland, delays of up to 20 minutes;
U.S. Highway 20/Wyoming Highway 789 near Shoshoni, delays of up to 20 minutes;
U.S. Highway 287 northwest of Lander, delays of up to 20 minutes;
Wyoming Highway 131 in Sinks Canyon, delays of up to 15 minutes;
U.S. Highway 287/Wyoming Highway 789 southeast of Lander, delays of up to 15 minutes;
U.S. Highway 26/287 northwest of Dubois, expect delays;
U.S. Highway 26/287 near Moran Junction, delays of up to 20 minutes;
U.S. Highway 189/191/26/89 south of Jackson, delays of up to 20 minutes between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.;
U.S. Highway 89 near Thayne, delays of up to 20 minutes with stopped traffic;
Wyoming Highway 372/374 west of Rock Springs, delays of up to 10 minutes with stopped traffic;
U.S. Highway 16 near Ten Sleep, delays of up to 20 minutes;
U.S. Highway 16 between Ten Sleep and Buffalo, delays of up to 15 minutes with stopped traffic;
U.S. Highway 20/26 west of Casper, delays of up to 20 minutes;
U.S. Highway 20/26/87 near Casper, expect delays;
U.S. Highway 20 east of Lusk, delays of up to 15 minutes with stopped traffic;
U.S. Highwy 85 between Lusk and Lingle, expect delays;
U.S. Highway 85 near Cheyenne, expect delays, and
Wyoming Highway 211 northwest of Cheyenne, expect delays.
