A section of Wyoming highway between Jackson and the Idaho border was completely torn away in a landslide, leaving a gaping chasm where Teton Pass used to be.
On Thursday, June 6, the Wyoming Department of Transportation closed a section of Teton Pass due to road damage. By Saturday, a mudslide had completely torn away the road and the entire hillside it was built on.
According to the Wyoming Department of Transportation, state Route 22 was first closed Thursday as crews worked to repair road damage. It was "temporarily patched," according to a social media post, and the road reopened. "Due to the continued movement at milepost 12.8, crews are now working on a temporary solution to stabilize the slide area by removing the asphalt on the roadway, minimizing the weight on the unstable ground," the department posted early Friday morning. "This in turn will help reduce the driving force pushing the movement."
"The roadway at milepost 12.8 on Teton Pass, has catastrophically failed, and a long term closure is expected," according to WYDOT, whose crews and other contracted workers "were working in the area to construct a detour around the damage, but the landslide continued to move, taking out the whole road. No crews were hurt in the process, and no equipment was damaged."
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