JACKSON, Wyo. — The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) announced on Tuesday that U.S. 191/189 through Hoback River Canyon would be closed on the morning of Wednesday, May 1, for avalanche mitigation operations.
The closure is set to begin at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, with work expected to be completed by noon, WYDOT said. The road will be closed for up to 20 minutes at a time between mileposts 146.9 to 157.9.
“This temporary closure is necessary to perform maintenance on avalanche infrastructure where a helicopter will need to fly above the highway with an external load below it,” WYDOT’s press release stated. “Crews will be staging the work out of the Stinking Springs area of Hoback Canyon.”
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