RAWLINS, Wyo.—Wyoming highway officials hope to finish work this winter on a bridge to replace one destroyed in a washout that killed four members of Colorado family.
A flash flood on July 19 washed out a section of Wyoming 130. The family’s camper van ran into the breach as they fled a nearby campground in the middle of the night.
A temporary, one-lane bridge has been used since the flood.
The Rawlins Times () reported Wednesday that the design for a permanent, replacement bridge is almost complete and the project is on schedule. A spokesman for the Wyoming Department of Transportation, Ross Doman, said the best-case scenario is to finish work before the snow gets too heavy. Otherwise, the work will have to wait until after the water levels drop following the spring runoff.
