ROCK SPRINGS — The Wyoming Department of Transportation, along with contract crews from Kilgore Companies, LLC, doing business as Lewis & Lewis, Inc. will be closing the westbound off-ramp at Exit 142 on Interstate 80, the Bitter Creek Rest Area Interchange, beginning Thursday.

The closure is scheduled for roughly a week to allow for paving operations at on the westbound lanes at the Bitter Creek Rest Area. The Bitter Creek Rest Area has been closed since the start of summer and will remain closed during the duration of the work. Travelers heading westbound will be able to exit at the Exit 139 Red Hill Interchange and then head east on I-80 to access the Exit 142 Bitter Creek Interchange.

Work has been underway on the I-80 Patrick Draw to Wamsutter construction project since spring, w

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