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A 300-foot work zone is in place for Paint Creek Canyon slide repairs on Wyoming Highway 296 (Chief Joseph Scenic Byway).
The work zone on the $130,000 job is located about 11 miles west of the …
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A 300-foot work zone is in place for Paint Creek Canyon slide repairs on Wyoming Highway 296 (Chief Joseph Scenic Byway).
The work zone on the $130,000 job is located about 11 miles west of the Chief Joseph highway’s junction with Wyo. Highway 120, northwest of Cody. Single-lane traffic around the short work zone is being handled with the use of portable traffic signals.
“Motorists should expect short traffic delays,” said Lyle Lamb of Basin, Wyoming Department of Transportation district maintenance engineer.
Repairs involve placing grouted hollow bar anchors and a concrete gravity retaining wall into a section of canyon wall for permanent support below the byway. Lamb expects the soil nailing repairs to take several weeks to complete.
The contractor on the slide repair project is Geological Stabilization, Inc., (GSI) of Grand Junction, Colorado, which will work with WYDOT maintenance workers to complete the repairs.
“Several of the existing gabion baskets were washed out this spring during a runoff event,” Lamb said. “Maintenance workers installed new asphalt pavement curb in the area this summer to mitigate future water flows, but our goal with this small project is to repair the wall and prevent future issues.”
