road closures

Early this morning, at about 1:00 a.m., a WHP trooper took a photo of their patrol car which was absolutely buried in snow.

While road closures can be frustrating, the Wyoming Department of Transportation says ignoring them is not only dangerous it can delay the opening of the roads.

The 8 second video showed complete whiteout conditions on the highway, with very little visibility.

Gayle Russel lives right right off I-25, near the Bordeaux exit at mile marker 77. She took some photos of what the Bordeaux underpass looked like this afternoon and it did not look pretty (well, it did look pretty, but it didn't look safe).

WYDOT says that I-80 is closed in both directions between Rawlins and Laramie.

At last report, most of Interstate 25 and much of I-80 in Wyoming were closed.

Closures impact all of SE Wyoming.

Starting on Monday, August 9, 22nd St. between E. Hancock St. and E. Binford St. will be closed to through traffic. This is caused by the Scout Park development project, which will be working on a restroom sewer connection. Local detours will be in place and local businesses and residential access will be provided...

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One of the closures involves a portion of Taft Avenue.

The cause of the leak remains under investigation.

Meanwhile, other portions of Interstate 80 might not open until 10 p.m. Tuesday.