WILSON, Wyo. — The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) announced Tuesday that the three-day closure of Teton Pass originally scheduled for this weekend has been rescheduled to the weekend of June 28 due to “weather delays and scheduling conflicts.”
The closure is now scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. on Friday, June 27, and to be lifted at 6 a.m. on Monday, June 30. WYDOT and Ames Construction crews will be working around the clock to pave the final stretch of the roadway at the Big Fill Slide detour site. Pass commuters will have to use US26 through Swan Valley and the Snake River Canyon while the road is closed.
“We had some rain recently that put us behind schedule, and we wanted to make sure the crews were absolutely ready for the compressed weekend schedule,” WYDOT Resident Engineer Bob Hammond said in the announcement. “We didn’t want to schedule the closure during the week and disrupt commuters, so we opted to move the work to the following weekend.”
While the road is closed, cyclists and recreators can access Coal Creek Campground on the west side and the top of Teton Pass from the east side. WYDOT requests that people in the area be cautious and aware of heavy trucks traveling to and from the work site and not to descend west toward the construction site.
“I know that rescheduling the work will impact people’s daily lives, but we want to be sure we are ready when the weekend comes,” Hammond said.
WYDOT added that the work is expected to be completed in a single weekend, with the caveat that unpredictable weather and “other unforeseen variables could necessitate last-minute changes to the plans.”
Drivers can sign up for 511 Notify alerts here. See the Wyoming Department of Transportation’s Teton Pass webcam for conditions, and the travel map for additional details.
