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In two years, U.S. Highway 14A is going to start getting a facelift. At its annual STIP presentation June 18 at the Park County commissioners meeting in Cody, WYDOT District 5 representatives …
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In two years, U.S. Highway 14A is going to start getting a facelift.
At its annual STIP presentation June 18 at the Park County commissioners meeting in Cody, WYDOT District 5 representatives reaffirmed a plan to do mill and overlay work on the highway between Blair’s and the railroad tracks in Ralston.
"It's unbelievable that it's 20 years old already," District 5 Engineer Pete Hallsten said.
Two years after that, work will continue from Ralston toward Cody.
Those projects are two of many sketched out by WYDOT through 2030 in Park County. The STIP is a prioritized construction plan for the 1,326 miles of highway in WYDOT District 5, which covers Northwest Wyoming.
And WYDOT doesn’t anticipate any slowdown with any of these projects due to the money being spent to fix Teton Pass. Hallsten told Commissioner Scott Mangold that will come from other funds available after a disaster declaration, just as the repairs needed after floods near Yellowstone in 2022 were funded.
Cody and Meeteetse are getting some projects as well, including creation of a turn lane on U.S. Highway 14A to Road 2AB east of Cody to allow for drivers to slow down and turn off the 70 mph highway without blocking the lane of travel.
“I’ll be looking forward to the 2AB turn lane,” said Commission Chair Dossie Overfield, a nearby resident.
The main street through Meeteetse is also slated for an upgrade, although exactly what that will look like is still up in the air.
“We’re required to do work to ADA standards,” Hallsten said in response to Overfield’s concern on protecting the historic wooden boardwalks. “I think we could have wood surfaced sidewalk but it’d be up to Meeteetse to maintain. Towns rarely choose something super high maintenance like that.”
He said from what they’ve heard so far some downtown Meeteetse business owners want to stick with wood and some may prefer concrete.
Beyond work around the towns, there’s a number of other projects planned, including on Wyo. Highway 296, which will see some overlay work in areas throughout many of the next six years, as it’s an area Hallsten said WYDOT has done much on in awhile.
