Casper Commuters Face Exit 186 Closure Through Tuesday For I-25 Work

If you've been avoiding I-25 in Casper like the plague, I wanted to share an update on progress and key dates to note. Crews are chugging along, and yesterday was a move in the right direction.

I feel like I've been on I-25 more since the latest round of construction started a couple of months ago than I have in the last 5 years. So, I've seen the progress and felt the frustrations firsthand. Yesterday, on my third trip from downtown to Hat-Six Road, I saw progress firsthand.

On my first trip, early in the day, crews were finishing last-minute preparations to pour the new road. On my second trip, they had begun pouring. On the third, and final, trip of the day, they had poured a significant portion of the new road.

If you don't roll that way very often, it probably looks the same every time, but when you can see the work they get done in a day, it's different. Seeing the machines in operation is cool, too.

The latest project is still a couple of years from completion, with an expected completion date of late June or early July 2028. So, in the grand scheme of things, seeing the new road being laid isn't a big deal, but it's nice to see it moving forward.

Over the last month or so, we've seen temporary closures of the highway through parts of the construction zone so crews could do crucial tasks, and beginning Saturday, October 24, I-25 will close again.

According to a post on the WyDOT District 2 Facebook page, this closure will last a little longer than the previous ones:

On Saturday, Oct. 24, the northbound off ramp to Beverly Street/Bryan Stock Trail (exit 186) will be closed to allow the contractor to remove the old ramp concrete and install a temporary off ramp. It's expected exit 186 northbound will be open by Tuesday, Oct. 27. Northbound traffic accessing the Beverly Street/Bryan Stock Trail area near the interstate should use either exit 185 (Wyoming Boulevard) or exit 187 (McKinley Street).