WYDOT celebrates completion of Teton Pass Big Fill Slide restoration
Ariel Jensen
JACKSON, Wyo. (KIFI) — After a year of intense work, the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) is celebrating the full completion of repairs to the Big Fill Slide on the Teton Pass. The critical roadway, Wyoming Highway 22 (Idaho 33), suffered a significant failure after a landslide swept away a section of the roadway at milepost 12.8, the weekend of June 8, 2024.
It was a much different scene today as the Wyoming Department of Transportation, Ames Construction, and government officials from across the state held a ribbon-cutting celebration near the Teton Pass to celebrate the final touches on the Big Fill Slide’s restoration.
“I would attribute why we were able to get it done as fast as we can is the old Wyoming way, said WYDOT Director Darin Westby. “We build relationships for decades. So when things happen, we’re able to call upon anybody and everybody that can lend assistance to make it happen, whether it’s U.S. Forest Service, park service contractors, local communities and governments, and be able to pull it all together to make sure it works.”
The event commemorated successful repairs to the Snake River Bridge.
While the pass did have a detour built in two and a half weeks to go around the missing spot of Highway 22 after last year’s collapse, it is no longer necessary, as the main road is paved and the guardrails are up, ready to carry people in and out of Jackson once more.