Title 24, Title 24 — Highways

Public highways defined and established; creation by adverse possession. (a) On and after January 1, 1924, all roads within this state shall be highways, which have been or may be declared by law to be state or county highways. It shall be the duty of the several boards of county…

Location, survey and construction. (a) Any such highways, and such additional highways in connection therewith as may be provided for, which are designated as state highways, shall be located and surveyed under the direction and supervision of the director of the department of tr…

State transportation commission of Wyoming to acquire right-of-way; when right-of-way becomes state property. The transportation commission is hereby authorized, required and may proceed under the provisions of W.S. 24-2-109(a), to secure the right-of-way for all state highways p…

Management and control of county roads. All county roads shall be under the supervision, management and control of the board of the county commissioners of the county wherein such roads are located, and no county road shall hereafter be established, altered or vacated in any coun…

Width restrictions. (a) All county roads established under this chapter shall not be less than sixty (60) nor more than one hundred (100) feet in width, unless the board of county commissioners determines that a county road be established with a less width; provided, that for the…

Closing or restricting use; when necessary. (a) The department of transportation may restrict the use of, or close, any state highway whenever the department considers the closing or restriction of use necessary: (i) For the protection of the public; (ii) For the protection of th…

Closing or restricting use; who may close; notice to controlling agency required. Whenever a dangerous condition is prevailing upon or so near a public highway as to create a menace to public health or safety, members of the Wyoming highway patrol, police departments or sheriff o…

Closing or restricting use; public notice. (a) To notify the public that a state highway is closed or its use restricted pursuant to this act notification shall be in one (1) or more of the following forms: (i) Erect suitable barriers or obstructions upon such highway; (ii) Post …

Closing or restricting use; failure to observe signs and markers; exceptions. (a) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, any person who willfully fails to observe any sign, marker, warning, notice or direction, placed or given under W.S. 24-1- 108 is guilty of a mi…

Speed or acceleration contest or exhibition on highways. (a) No person shall engage in any motor vehicle speed or acceleration contest, or exhibition of speed or acceleration on any highway without approval of such use by the governing body in charge of said highway. No person sh…

County road districts. All counties shall be divided into road districts. The board of county commissioners of each county shall divide their county into road districts of as compact form and convenient size as is practicable, and embracing the territory within an election distri…

Construction and repair of fences to be performed by department of transportation. (a) Except as provided by W.S. 11-24-108(g) or subsection (c) of this section, in the event that fences paralleling state highways, or built on the highway right-of-way need repair or reconstructio…

Owner of unnatural canal to construct and maintain bridge at road crossing; subsequent assumption and maintenance by county. Any person, company, corporation or association of persons, operating or maintaining in whole or in part, either as owners, agent, occupant or appropriator…

Bridges between counties. Whenever it shall appear to be advantageous to any county or counties to build or repair any bridge or bridges over streams constituting the boundary line of such county or counties, or when such bridge or bridges when built will be partly in one (1) cou…

Restrictions upon damming streams; generally. No person or persons, company or corporation, or association of persons, shall be permitted or allowed to dam the water or waters of any stream or irrigating or mining ditch or any waterway so that the water thus dammed, or any part t…

Restrictions upon damming streams; effect of failure to comply with W.S. 24-1-116. Any person or persons, company or corporation, violating the provisions of W.S. 24-1-116, shall be liable to a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00), and shall also be liable to the part…

Construction and maintenance to be performed at expense of state; geologic formations. (a) Excepting as such work may be performed through mutual agreement with other entities, either public or private, the construction and maintenance of all state highways, including all bridges…

State highway fund created; income and expenditure. There is created a fund known as the state highway fund, to the credit of which the state treasurer, who is designated as the state official to receive all amounts paid by the United States under the act of congress approved Jul…

Administration of provisions; maximum overhead expenses. It is hereby provided that all expenses of the maintenance of office, offices, salary, salaries, engineering, surveying, field supervision and other overhead expenses in connection with the administration of this act, shall…

Highways subject to injury from cattle; designation; entry of order; notice to be posted. The board of county commissioners of every county, wherein is situated any mountain road or highway or portion thereof, which would be liable to receive unusual injury and damage by driving …

Highways subject to injury from cattle; designation of substitute highway. In case of such designation it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of such county to provide in lieu of the portion of such highway, so designated, a highway for herds and flocks of catt…

Highways subject to injury from cattle; drover's liability. Any person who shall drive any herd of horses, cattle or flock of sheep over any portion of any road or highway, so designated as not for horses, cattle or sheep as aforesaid, after such designation and the posting of no…

Livestock crossings; generally. The department of transportation may provide suitable livestock crossings on all state highways, having an oil surface, in the state of Wyoming, at places where necessity and convenience require. Ranchmen, farmers and livestock raisers and producer…

Livestock crossings; construction; length and width. Such livestock crossings shall be constructed of such material that livestock will readily cross over the same and shall not be less than sixty (60) feet in length and the full width of the highway.

Livestock crossings; signs required. Livestock crossings shall be indicated by conspicuous signs placed on each side of the highway.

Speed on city streets designated state highways. When city streets are designated as state highways leading into, through, or out of a town or city, the department of transportation shall regulate the speed limits on such streets.

Marking of highways. All center markings and supplementary road shoulder markings on all highways within the boundaries of the state of Wyoming completed in asphalt, oil, concrete, or other hard surface shall be maintained with bright yellow lines, whether or not said markings be…

Marking of bypasses. It is declared to be the policy of the state of Wyoming that where the Wyoming department of transportation has by law authorized a bypass to be built around any incorporated city or town, or an unincorporated community of the state of Wyoming, regardless of …

Administration of highway safety provisions and programs. The governor, in addition to other duties and responsibilities conferred upon him by the constitution and laws of this state is hereby empowered to contract and to do all other things necessary to secure the full benefits …

Travel centers. (a) The transportation commission and the director of the department of transportation shall ensure that all buildings owned or controlled by the department of transportation and utilized as travel centers are directed and operated by one (1) or more agencies appo…

Contracts for county, city and town bridge work; bids; exception. (a) The board of county commissioners of any county or governing body of any city or town shall cause to be prepared comprehensive plans and specifications for the construction of any bridge on any dedicated and ma…

Posting notice of restrictions to public roads and adjacent lands; restrictions; penalties. (a) No person shall post a notice purporting to restrict access over a public road unless the restriction has been approved by the governing body having jurisdiction over the road. (b) For…

Wyoming veterans memorial highway. United States Highway 14-Alternate between the city boundaries of Cody, Wyoming and Powell, Wyoming shall be known as the "Wyoming Veterans Memorial Highway."

Vietnam veterans welcome home highway. United States interstate highway 25 between the Colorado/Wyoming border and its terminus at Buffalo, Wyoming shall be known as the "Wyoming Vietnam Veterans Welcome Home Highway."

Wyoming Women's Suffrage Pathway-highway designation. State highway 28 from the Fremont county line northeast to the boundary of the Shoshone national forest shall be known as the "Wyoming Women's Suffrage Pathway."

Wild Horse Highway. United States highway 14/16/20 between Wyoming state highway 32 and the city boundary of Cody, Wyoming shall be known as the "Wild Horse Highway."

Dr. Leonard L. Robinson World War II Bataan Death March memorial bridge. The bridge on United States Interstate Highway 25 crossing over Center Street in Casper, Wyoming shall be known as the "Dr. Leonard L. Robinson World War II Bataan Death March Memorial Bridge." The departmen…

Department and commission created; qualifications; appointment; term; removal; compensation; location of offices; power to bring civil actions; official seal. (a) There is created a department of transportation to consist of a transportation commission and a director of the depar…

General powers; power of eminent domain limited. (a) To construct, maintain and supervise the public highways of this state, the department of transportation is authorized to: (i) Acquire, hold and manage real property in the name of the transportation commission and to develop, …

Appointment of director; qualifications; salary and expenses; powers and duties. (a) The commission shall submit a minimum of three (3) names of qualified candidates to the governor who shall appoint a director of the department of transportation. The director shall receive an an…

Appointment of chief engineer; duties of director and engineer. (a) With the approval of the commission, the director of the department of transportation shall appoint a qualified chief engineer who shall: (i) Compile all available information relative to the public roads and bri…

Required reports. The director of the department of transportation shall make an annual report to the commission of the transactions of the department, and on or before December first of each even-numbered year, the commission shall, as required by W.S. 9-2-1014, report to the go…

Road and bridge construction; professional services procurement. (a) All road and bridge construction work, any part of the cost of which is paid from the state highway fund, shall be performed in accordance with the plans and specifications prepared by the director of the depart…

Designation of state highways; vesting of county interest in state; commission authorized to acquire severed portions of land; land to be sold. (a) The transportation commission shall designate public highways to be known as state highways, which may coincide in whole or in part …

Cooperation with counties in construction and maintenance of county roads; allocation of costs. (a) The board of county commissioners of each county shall establish a separate road construction and maintenance fund solely for the construction and maintenance of county roads, brid…

Cooperation with cities in construction of streets connecting state highways and construction of storm sewers along streets designated as state highways. (a) The transportation commission may cooperate with incorporated cities and towns in the construction of public streets and h…

Contracts and agreements with United States government. The legislature of the state of Wyoming assents to the provisions of the act of congress approved July 11, 1916, entitled "an act to provide that the United States shall aid the states in the construction of rural post roads…

State agency law enforcement communications system; department duties and responsibilities. (a) The department of transportation shall: (i) Maintain, install, operate and dispatch the state agency law enforcement communications system as defined by W.S. 9-2-1101(b); (ii) Supervis…

Program for specific service signing by businesses or attractions; department duties and responsibilities; contracting of duties; fees. (a) As authorized under W.S. 31-5-406(b), the department of transportation shall establish a program for specific service signing by business en…

Department of transportation state-funded communications facilities. (a) Upon application by a telecommunications company, the Wyoming department of transportation may lease excess capacity on any state-funded communication infrastructure operated by the department of transportat…