CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Wyoming Transportation Commission has approved significant funding for several road construction projects in Cheyenne and Laramie County, totaling over $40 million.
These projects are part of a larger statewide initiative that saw the commission award more than $74.8 million in contracts for eight Wyoming Department of Transportation projects in November.
The largest contract awarded locally is a $26.6 million project for bridge replacement and road improvements on a 11.25-mile stretch of Interstate 80 between Cheyenne and Pine Bluffs. This project, awarded to Cheyenne-based Simon Contractors, will involve concrete and asphalt paving, bridge work and drainage improvements. The project is expected to be completed by Nov. 30, 2026.
Another major project in Laramie County is a $12.2 million contract awarded to Cheyenne-based JTL Group Inc., doing business as Knife River, for milling, overlay and ADA upgrades on a 2.01-mile section of Highways 287 and 30 in Laramie. This project will include asphalt paving, grading, sidewalk work and improved stormwater drainage. The expected completion date is Oct. 31, 2025.
Cheyenne-based Reiman Corp. was awarded $2 million bid for a bridge rehabilitation project involving structure work, traffic control, asphalt paving, guardrail and erosion control/seeding work at various locations within Sublette County. The contract completion date is Oct. 31, 2025.
Funding for these projects is primarily sourced from federal dollars, and contracts are typically awarded to the lowest bidder.
Other projects awarded funding in November include:
- A $17.3 million bridge rehabilitation project on Interstate 25 between Casper and Kaycee in Johnson County. Sundance-based Croell Inc. won the award for the work to be completed by Oct. 31, 2026.
- A $9.8 million mill, overlay and bridge rehabilitation project on Wyoming Highway 296/Chief Joseph Highway in Park County. The award went to Lovell-based Mountain Construction Co. Work should be done by June 30, 2026.
- Worland-based McGarvin-Moberly Construction Co. was awarded a $3.8 million bid for a project involving asphalt paving, stormwater drainage, chip seal, traffic control, grading and milling work on 7.9 miles of Wyoming Highway 433 between Worland and Manderson in Big Horn County. The contract completion date is July 31, 2026.
- A $3.8 million bid awarded to Worland-based McGarvin-Moberly Construction Co. for a project involving asphalt paving, stormwater drainage, chip seal, traffic control, grading and milling work on 7.9 miles of Wyoming Highway 433 between Worland and Manderson in Big Horn County. The contract completion date is July 31, 2026.
- A $496,782 bid awarded to Mills-based King Enterprises for a fencing project involving fencing, clearing/grubbing, grading and asphalt paving work on approximately 7.2 miles of Wyoming Highway 372 between Kemmerer and Fontenelle in Lincoln County. The contract completion date is Oct. 31, 2026.
Almost all WYDOT projects are awarded to the lowest bid.
