(OCTOBER 30, 2015) — Two sections of U.S. 16 east of Worland were the focus of highway patching efforts this week.
“We have very poor soil quality between Worland and Ten Sleep, and we’ve had deterioration of the driving surface through Blue Ridge on U.S. 16,” according to Wyoming Department of Transportation district maintenance engineer Pete Hallsten of Basin.
Hallsten said WYDOT maintenance crews patched two quarter-mile sections of highway this week on U.S. 16, and some of the work involved excavating bad soils under the existing asphalt prior to paving.
“These are the spots that had to be fixed, and we plan to come back next summer to address other U.S. 16 locations east of Worland,” Hallsten said.
Hallsten said the asphalt used for the patching effort was obtained from local asphalt pavement suppliers at a cost of nearly $65,000, and all work was performed by WYDOT maintenance workers.
“We appreciate citizens’ patience during these highway repairs,” Hallsten said. “Our goal was to complete these repairs prior to winter weather and winter driving conditions arriving in the Big Horn Basin.”
The Blue Ridge section of U.S. 16 being patched was reconstructed by WYDOT in 2004.
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