Construction take place on the Teton Pass on Tuesday, June 25, 2024 near Jackson, Wyo. Wyoming officials are expected to reopen this week a large chunk of a mountain pass highway in Wyoming that collapsed earlier this month, severing a well-traveled commuter link between small towns in eastern Idaho and the tourist destination of Jackson. Wyoming officials will provide media with a tour of the area on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Natalie Behring)
Construction take place on the Teton Pass on Tuesday, June 25, 2024 near Jackson, Wyo. Wyoming officials are expected to reopen this week a large chunk of a mountain pass highway in Wyoming that collapsed earlier this month, severing a well-traveled commuter link between small towns in eastern Idaho and the tourist destination of Jackson. Wyoming officials will provide media with a tour of the area on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Natalie Behring)
This satellite image released by Maxar Technologies a damaged section of Teton Pass near Jackson, Wyo., Tuesday, June 11, 2024. ((Satellite image ©2024 Maxar Technologies via AP)
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Crews were almost done building a temporary route on Tuesday around a landslide that closed a vital road for thousands of workers in a western Wyoming resort town.
Wyoming Department of Transportation officials were eyeing Friday to reopen Wyoming Highway 22. The road over Teton Pass near the Idaho state line has been closed since the landslide sent both lanes crashing into a deep ravine June 8.
No one was hurt when the pavement gave way. The road was already closed because another landslide had washed mud and debris across the road nearby.
Yet the collapse was a for thousands of commuters. Many people work in Jackson — a ski and tourism hub at the doorstep of Grand Teton and Yellowstone national parks where the average home costs millions — and live in more affordable eastern Idaho.
The destroyed highway has been forcing them to take a different route to the south, adding over an hour to their commute each way.
Cars will need to slow down through the temporary section to 20 miles per hour (32 kilometers per hour) but won't have to stop, said Bob Hammond, an engineer with the Wyoming Department of Transportation. The two paved lanes will span about 600-700 feet (180-230 meters).
“We have a steeper grade, which really isn’t that big of a problem. But the turns are a little tighter,†Hammond said during a news media site tour Tuesday.
A permanent fix costing perhaps upward of $20 million will take longer, Hammond said.
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