Temporary route around collapsed portion of Wyoming’s Highway 22 will open Friday, officials say

Temporary route around collapsed portion of Wyoming’s Highway 22 will open Friday, officials say
Construction was underway on the Teton Pass Tuesday, June 25, near Jackson, Wyoming. Officials are expected to reopen this week a large chunk of a mountain pass highway in Wyoming that collapsed earlier this month on the Teton Pass highway. (AP Photo/Natalie Behring)
 

JACKSON, Wyo. — On Tuesday, June 25, crews were almost done building a temporary route around a landslide that shut down a portion of Wyoming Highway 22, a vital road for thousands of workers in a western resort town.

 

Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) officials were eyeing Friday to reopen the temporary route. The road over Teton Pass near the Idaho state line has been closed since the landslide sent both lanes crashing into a deep ravine on June 8.

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