TETON PASS, Wyoming (KIVI) — After a landslide completely wiped out a section of the Teton Pass highway in Wyoming, crews are working on a temporary fix.
The roadway at milepost 12.8 was damaged due to a landslide on Thursday. Then on Saturday, the road "catastrophically failed." No crews were hurt in the process and no equipment was damaged, but a long-term closure is expected, according to the Wyoming Department of Transportation.
On Monday, the Wyoming Department of Transportation announced that crews have started to build a temporary detour, and they hope to have it open within a few weeks. They said the plan is to use "local fill material" and pave two temporary lanes.
WYDOT said this will allow vehicles to travel through the pass while they develop a long-term plan to restore the road.
In the meantime, officials advise those traveling to Jackson Hole from the west to use Highway 26 and Highway 89.
Additionally, just after 4 a.m. on June 7, a mudslide came down into Teton Pass near milepost 15.
