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State Awards Highway Contracts

  • Contracts totaling nearly $22.4 million for 12 highway projects around the state were awarded by the Wyoming Transportation Commission during its January meeting in Cheyenne.Donald B. Murphy Contractors of Federal Way, Wash., submitted the low bid of $5.8 million for reconstruction of a section of Wyoming 28 about 19 miles south of Lander damaged by a landslide.
  • High County Construction of Lander won a $5.4 million contract for reconstruction of eight miles of Johnson County Road 13 southeast of the Trabing Road Interchange on Interstate 25.Four miles of Wyoming 414 between Urie and Mountain View will be resurfaced, a turn lane added and a bike path built along two miles of the highway under a $2.9 million contract awarded to LeGrand Johnson Construction of Logan, Utah.Worland’s McGarvin-Moberly Construction won a $1.5 million contract for a pavement overlay on five miles of Wyoming 70 just east of Baggs.
  • Western Wyoming Construction of Lander was awarded a $1.2 million contract for widening and drainage improvements on a half-mile section of Wyoming 28 in the Red Canyon area about 15 miles south of Lander.Western also submitted the low bid of $1 million for construction of a wildlife crossing underpass and deer fencing on Wyoming 789 about three miles north of Baggs.Concrete Foundations of Douglas was awarded a $1.1 million contract for milling off deteriorating pavement on Wyoming 59 in Douglas between Center Street and Richards Street and replacing it with a new layer of pavement.
  • A total of nearly three miles of new snow fence will be built along I-25 between Cheyenne and Wheatland and along other highways in Converse, Laramie and Platte counties under a $1.1 million contract won by Oftedal Construction of Miles City, Mont.Gillette’s S&S Builders submitted the low bid of $829,000 to install a new, larger drainage culvert on Wyoming 130 at Brush Creek, where the highway was washed out by flash flooding.K’s Construction of Otto submitted the low bid of $697,000 for safety upgrades to bridge railings at three locations on Wyoming 32 southwest Lovell, and three locations on U.S. 287, one near Fort Washakie, one south of Lander and one west of Sweetwater Station.
  • American Construction of Cheyenne won a $601,000 contract for concrete repairs to sections of Interstate 80 in Rock Springs and Green River and other highways in southwest Wyoming, along with the ports of entry at Evanston and Kemmerer.Wishbone Fencing of Aladdin was awarded a $220,000 contract for installing right-of-way fencing along Wyoming 335 and Wyoming 342 south of Sheridan.

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