Prefeasibility Access Road Design-Revised
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The intersections of the access routes and US HWY 14 are not illuminated
intersections and have approach radii which do not meet design requirements. If
these intersections are not reconstructed with the construction of the road, they will
need to be widened to safely accommodate the design vehicle. Sight distances are
adequate at all intersections.
Wyoming HWY 116 has recently had an asphalt overlay and shoulder widening for
approximately half of the alignment which will be used for the route. WYDOT plans
to do the following construction on the remaining portions of Highway 116, HWY 14
and Warren Peak Road in the upcoming years. The route to the Hydromet plant will
also go through Buffalo Creek Rd. Weston County is currently working to secure
funding for a study to address safety concerns with the current Buffalo Creek Road
in the area of the plant. This is anticipated to begin in the spring of 2013 and will
assess the options for improving the safety of the Buffalo Creek Road.
Planned Road Construction
Year
Road
General Location
Detail
Location
Description
2012
WYO
116
Reconstruction of 5.9 miles south
of Sundance
2012
Warren
Peak
HRRR/CORD 100
Warren Peak
#100
Paint/Lines/Delineators/Signs
2014
WYO
116
SUND-UPTON/CO LN
NO
County Line
North
Section
Widen & Overlay
2016
WYO
116
SUND-
UPTON/O'HAVER
PEAK
O’haver Peak
Section
Widen & Overlay
Future WYO 14 DVLT JCT-SUND
Mill & Overlay
Future
WYO
116
SUND-
UPTON/CUNDY CR
Cundy Creek
Section
Widen & Resurface
Accident Data
Historic crash data has been collected from WYDOT, Crook County, and Weston
County to evaluate the existing roads for areas with safety concerns. Much of the
data available does not include specific locations for each accident. This makes it
difficult to identify areas of concentrated accidents. There are fatal accident maps
available for the WYDOT roads. These maps show that there was no more than one
fatal crash in any given year for the areas of WY Hwy 116 and US Hwy 14, which will
be included in the access route. This information was obtained from the maps for
2007, 2009 and 2010. The map for 2008 was not provided by WYDOT. The available
data does not show any areas of accident concentration. Additional accident data is
included in Appendix D.
