The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) was awarded a 2022 Environmental Excellence Award (EEA) in the category of Ecosystems, Habitat, and Wildlife from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The award was for the agency’s efforts on the Snake River Bridge reconstruction and wildlife crossing integration project, and was one of 14 conferred nationwide in a variety of environmental categories.
WYDOT, along with their partners from the Wyoming Game and Fish, Teton County and other community organizations, designed a project for the replacement of a critical bridge on Wyoming Highway 22 over the Snake River, near Jackson. The bridge was expanded to accommodate local and migrating wildlife within the Greater Yellowstone National Park ecosystem.
