Thousands of viewers from across the globe could be watching Wyoming’s roads at any given time.

The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) maintains 226 web cameras set up to monitor major roadways across the state on a 24/7 basis. They monitor roads near 52 Wyoming cities as well as stretches of Interstate-80, I-90 and other U.S. highways.

WYDOT’s Wyoming 511 travel website, which includes access to webcams, received as many as 2.2 billion online views in 2022, according to the most recent cumulative information available from the agency.

The surge in traffic prompted the department to overhaul its servers and cameras in 2024 to better accommodate the viewers, WYDOT spokesperson Doug McGee told Cowboy State Daily on Wednesday.

The cameras shoot a new photo once every five minute

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