Since the rapid response to a landslide closing it last year, the Teton Pass corridor has continued to accelerate its role as a key commuting route connecting Driggs, Idaho, and Jackson.

"It was really a great example of what you can do when you have the attention and the resources towards the problem," said Charlotte Frei, transportation manager for Teton County, Wyoming, describing how the landslide focused everyone and delivered results.

The pass was reopened three weeks after the catastrophic failure.

Wyoming Highway 22 unites Teton County in Wyoming with Teton County in Idaho. Increasingly in this "Wydaho" region, the Driggs-to- Jackson-and-back routine involves so many locals that the two towns in two states feel bound together, with Idaho offering bedroom communities for a larg

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