WILSON, Wyo. — Teton Pass will be unusable for the foreseeable future. The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) announced on the morning of Saturday, June 8, that the roadway at milepost 12.8 had “catastrophically failed,” and that “a long-term closure is expected.”
The announcement came at 7:57 a.m., after WYDOT and Evans Construction crews had been working overnight to handle twin problems of a mudslide at milepost 15 and a growing crack in the road at milepost 12.8, both of which had caused closures of the road earlier this week.
Crews had been in the process of constructing a detour around the milepost 12.8 road damage, removing the guardrail and preparing to remove the pavement, WYDOT said, “but the landslide continued to move, taking out the whole road. No crews were hurt in the process, and no equipment was damaged.”
The mudslide at milepost 15 continues to be a problem for WYDOT, too. The agency said that mud and debris were still flowing across the roadway, unable to be wrangled by the emergency drainage ditch and culvert installed on Friday night.
“WYDOT is now reviewing a long term solution and repairs, and more information on planning efforts will be available soon,” WYDOT said in its Saturday morning update.
This is a developing story. Buckrail will continue to provide information as it becomes available.
