(OCTOBER 20, 2015) — Highway striping is scheduled to begin Wednesday on the Riverton South project, south of Riverton on Wyoming 789.
Prime contractor LeGrand Johnson Construction Co., is scheduled to complete asphalt paving activities south of Riverton on Tuesday afternoon, according to Wyoming Department of Transportation resident engineer Robert Scheidemantel of Riverton.
“WYDOT striping crews are scheduled to be working south of Riverton beginning Wednesday. Please mind the construction zone speed limits while this work is happening. Please slow down and respect the workers and striping effort,” Scheidemantel said.
Highway and bridge improvements are nearly complete, with the exception of seeding and reclamation on the 3.32-mile highway and bridge improvement project directly south of Riverton on Wyoming 789. Construction of the five-lane highway and widening of the Little Wind Bridge carries an Oct. 31 contract deadline, with the chip sealing and seeding contract deadline being June 30, 2016.
Prime contractor of the $11.04 million project is LeGrand Johnson Construction Co., of Logan, Utah.
When the Riverton South project is complete, a new five-lane roadway will stretch from the Big Wind River bridge on Riverton’s south edge to south of Wind River Casino on Wyoming 789.
The scope of work for the Riverton South project includes grading, draining, bridge widening, milling of asphalt pavement, removal and replacement of the existing temporary traffic signal at the Wyoming 137/Wyoming 789 intersection, placement of crushed gravel and new asphalt pavement, chip sealing, electrical work, guardrail removal and replacement, fencing and other work on 3.32 miles of Wyoming 789 beginning at milepost 100.86 between Hudson and Riverton.
*Photographed: a flagger works to move traffic through the area.
*Photographed: A pedestrian moves toward Riverton on the newly-paved pathway.
*Photographed: Paving in the Wind River Casino entrance slows traffic.
Photo Credit: WYDOT