The stretch between Rawlins and Laramie is notorious for being a dangerous winter drive, so much so it’s been dubbed the “Snow Chi Mihn Trail.” A new truck parking lot will give drivers much-needed haven.

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Bill Sniffin: Wyoming's Love-Hate Relationship With Interstate 80

September 16, 2023

Bill Sniffin writes: “I am always complaining about the 12,000 to 16,000 semitrailer trucks on Interstate 80. Even if 99% are courteous and safe, that other 1% means 120-150 monsters making stupid decisions that risk the lives of all of us.”

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How Elvis Helped Create A Divided Highway In The Middle Of Nowhere In Wyoming

August 26, 2023

Before it was a back road between Rock River and Bosler, U.S. Highway 30 was one of Wyoming’s busiest stretches of road. A crash that killed one of Elvis Presley’s movie co-stars helped upgrade 19 miles of it with wide-open four-lane pavement.

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Column: Worst Winter Road in America – Who Named Our Snow Chi Minh Trail? – Sheridan Media

December 12, 2022

“Dear God, please help us get through this awful mess of a highway. If you get us through safely, so help me, we will never do anything bad again.” Prayers like the above and many more variants emanate from folks in a long line of cars stranded in blizzards on a horrible stretch of winter highwa

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